Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 2.61% to 78.3 in Liberia in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Liberia reached an all time high of 313 in 1961 and an all time low of 78.3 in 2020. When compared to Liberia's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Ghana amounted to 44.7, 95.6 in Guinea, 77.9 in Ivory Coast and 108 in Sierra Leone in 2020.
Liberia has been ranked 14th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (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 |
| Benin | 99.8 | 97.6 | 95.4 | 93.2 | 90.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 105 | 101 | 97.5 | 94.1 | 90.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 57.1 | 54.6 | 52.2 | 50.1 | 48.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 109 | 107 | 105 | 103 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 93.6 | 90.8 | 88.4 | 86.0 | 83.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 92.1 | 88.3 | 86.1 | 84.3 | 82.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 112 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 97.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 52.3 | 49.4 | 46.5 | 44.0 | 41.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | 139 | 140 | 125 | 121 | 116 | |||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 78.3 | 75.9 | 73.4 | 71.1 | 68.8 |
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