Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.14% to 32.0 in Sierra Leone in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 54.1 in 1985 and an all time low of 32.0 in 2019. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso amounted to 26.2, 30.3 in Guinea, 31.1 in Liberia and 32.3 in Mali in 2019.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 12th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Neonatal Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Algeria | 15.7 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | 28.8 | 28.2 | 27.7 | 27.3 | 26.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Ghana | 26.8 | 26.0 | 25.4 | 24.7 | 24.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Guinea | 32.4 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 30.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 36.8 | 36.2 | 35.6 | 35.0 | 34.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Liberia | 32.3 | 32.2 | 32.0 | 31.8 | 31.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Mali | 35.6 | 34.9 | 34.2 | 33.6 | 32.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Mauritania | 35.2 | 34.6 | 33.8 | 33.1 | 32.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Niger | 27.4 | 26.8 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 25.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Senegal | 24.2 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 22.4 | 21.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Sierra Leone | 35.7 | 35.0 | 34.1 | 33.4 | 32.7 |