Lesotho vs Madagascar: Child mortality
Lesotho
6 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Madagascar
6.24 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
21st
Madagascar rank
19th
Child mortality over time
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 6.24 deaths per 100 live births against 6 deaths per 100 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 0.24 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Madagascar ahead.
Lesotho ranks 21st and Madagascar ranks 19th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 21.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1810s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1820s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1830s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1840s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1850s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1860s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1870s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1880s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1890s | 40.71 deaths per 100 live births | 43.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1900s | 40.4 deaths per 100 live births | 43.37 deaths per 100 live births | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1910s | 39.58 deaths per 100 live births | 42.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2.9 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1920s | 38.62 deaths per 100 live births | 41.46 deaths per 100 live births | 2.83 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1930s | 36.7 deaths per 100 live births | 40.43 deaths per 100 live births | 3.73 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1940s | 29.64 deaths per 100 live births | 35.43 deaths per 100 live births | 5.78 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1950s | 21.3 deaths per 100 live births | 27.5 deaths per 100 live births | 6.2 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1960s | 18.43 deaths per 100 live births | 20.76 deaths per 100 live births | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 15.42 deaths per 100 live births | 15.93 deaths per 100 live births | 0.509 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 10.1 deaths per 100 live births | 20.6 deaths per 100 live births | 10.5 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 9.4 deaths per 100 live births | 13.21 deaths per 100 live births | 3.81 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 11.1 deaths per 100 live births | 8.69 deaths per 100 live births | 2.41 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 7.68 deaths per 100 live births | 6.63 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 6.27 deaths per 100 live births | 6.41 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1414 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Lesotho or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 6.24 deaths per 100 live births against 6 deaths per 100 live births in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Lesotho and Madagascar?
- 0.24 deaths per 100 live births, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Madagascar?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Madagascar rank globally for child mortality?
- Lesotho ranks 21st and Madagascar ranks 19th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.