# Under-five mortality rate in Sierra Leone

Under-five mortality rate in Sierra Leone was 90.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `sl`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/sierra-leone
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=sl

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 90.5 |
| 2023 | 93.8 |
| 2022 | 97.1 |
| 2021 | 100.6 |
| 2020 | 104.4 |
| 2019 | 108.3 |
| 2018 | 112.4 |
| 2017 | 117 |
| 2016 | 121.8 |
| 2015 | 136.8 |
| 2014 | 135.9 |
| 2013 | 137.9 |
| 2012 | 144.1 |
| 2011 | 150.8 |
| 2010 | 157.9 |
| 2009 | 165.2 |
| 2008 | 172.4 |
| 2007 | 179.6 |
| 2006 | 186.5 |
| 2005 | 193.2 |
| 2004 | 199.6 |
| 2003 | 205.7 |
| 2002 | 211.6 |
| 2001 | 217.3 |
| 2000 | 222.8 |
| 1999 | 228.2 |
| 1998 | 233.1 |
| 1997 | 237.9 |
| 1996 | 242.2 |
| 1995 | 245.9 |
| 1994 | 249.1 |
| 1993 | 251.7 |
| 1992 | 253.8 |
| 1991 | 256 |
| 1990 | 258 |
| 1989 | 260.1 |
| 1988 | 262.2 |
| 1987 | 264.8 |
| 1986 | 267.5 |
| 1985 | 270.3 |
| 1984 | 273.1 |
| 1983 | 276.1 |
| 1982 | 279.2 |
| 1981 | 282.6 |
| 1980 | 286.1 |
| 1979 | 290 |
| 1978 | 294 |
| 1977 | 298.2 |
| 1976 | 302.7 |
| 1975 | 307.2 |
| 1974 | 311.9 |
| 1973 | 316.5 |
| 1972 | 321.5 |
| 1971 | 326.6 |
| 1970 | 332.1 |
| 1969 | 337.5 |
| 1968 | 343.2 |
| 1967 | 349 |
| 1966 | 355.1 |
| 1965 | 361.1 |
| 1964 | 367.2 |
| 1963 | 372.9 |
| 1962 | 378.7 |
| 1961 | 384.4 |
| 1960 | 390 |