Lesotho vs Togo: Child mortality
Lesotho
6 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Togo
5.61 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
21st
Togo rank
23rd
Child mortality over time
- Lesotho
- Togo
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 6 deaths per 100 live births against 5.61 deaths per 100 live births in Togo, a difference of 0.39 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Togo's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Togo ahead.
Lesotho ranks 21st and Togo ranks 23rd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Togo in 20.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 42.66 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1810s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 42.66 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1820s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 42.66 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1830s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 42.66 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1840s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 42.66 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1850s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 42.66 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1860s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 42.66 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1870s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 42.66 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1880s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 42.66 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1890s | 40.71 deaths per 100 live births | 42.64 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1900s | 40.4 deaths per 100 live births | 42.32 deaths per 100 live births | 1.92 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1910s | 39.58 deaths per 100 live births | 41.45 deaths per 100 live births | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1920s | 38.62 deaths per 100 live births | 40.45 deaths per 100 live births | 1.83 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1930s | 36.7 deaths per 100 live births | 39.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2.53 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1940s | 29.64 deaths per 100 live births | 32.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1950s | 21.3 deaths per 100 live births | 27.14 deaths per 100 live births | 5.84 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1960s | 18.43 deaths per 100 live births | 24.58 deaths per 100 live births | 6.15 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1970s | 15.42 deaths per 100 live births | 20.44 deaths per 100 live births | 5.02 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1980s | 10.1 deaths per 100 live births | 16.3 deaths per 100 live births | 6.2 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 1990s | 9.4 deaths per 100 live births | 13.62 deaths per 100 live births | 4.22 deaths per 100 live births | Togo |
| 2000s | 11.1 deaths per 100 live births | 10.44 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6552 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 7.68 deaths per 100 live births | 7.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0075 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 6.27 deaths per 100 live births | 6 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2689 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Lesotho or Togo?
- Lesotho, at 6 deaths per 100 live births against 5.61 deaths per 100 live births in Togo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Lesotho and Togo?
- 0.39 deaths per 100 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Togo?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Togo rank globally for child mortality?
- Lesotho ranks 21st and Togo ranks 23rd 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.