The invention relates to a non-recursive SC decoding likelihood ratio determining method and device, and aims at solving the defects that the number of times of calling a recursive function by the existing recursive SC decoding algorithm is too much, and the space complexity is relatively high. The non-recursive SC decoding likelihood ratio determining method provided by the invention comprises the following steps of sequentially computing f2, f4 to fN when (formula) is computed; and sequentially computing (formula) when (formula) is computed, wherein fj represents that a likelihood ratio of the jth layer is computed by using a formula f, and gj represents that the likelihood ratio of the jth layer is computed by using a formula g. The non-recursive SC decoding likelihood ratio determiningdevice comprises a first computing module and a second computing module, wherein the first computing module is used for sequentially computing f2, f4 to fN when i is equal to 1, namely (formula) needs to be computed; the second computing module is used for sequentially computing (formula) when i is not less than 2 and not greater than N, namely (formula) needs to be computed. According to the method and the device, an SC decoding algorithm is realized by adopting a non-recursive mode, the number of times of calling the recursive function is reduced to zero, and the coding rate is improved. Inaddition, by adopting a time division multiplexing storage mode for the likelihood ratio, the space complexity of the algorithm is reduced to 0(N).