Which has higher child mortality, Cote d'Ivoire or Lesotho?

Cote d'Ivoire, at 6.45 against 6 in Lesotho as of 2024.

What is the difference in child mortality between Cote d'Ivoire and Lesotho?

0.45, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.

70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.

Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cote d'Ivoire

6.45

in 2024

Lesotho

in 2024

Cote d'Ivoire rank

18th

Lesotho rank

21st

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 6.45 against 6 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.45.

That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Cote d'Ivoire ahead.

Cote d'Ivoire ranks 18th and Lesotho ranks 21st of 200 countries.

Cote d'Ivoire has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Decade	Cote d'Ivoire	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1950s	34.46	19.67	14.79	Cote d'Ivoire
1960s	28.53	18.43	10.1	Cote d'Ivoire
1970s	20.94	15.42	5.52	Cote d'Ivoire
1980s	15.8	10.1	5.7	Cote d'Ivoire
1990s	15.12	9.4	5.72	Cote d'Ivoire
2000s	12.31	11.1	1.22	Cote d'Ivoire
2010s	8.78	7.68	1.1	Cote d'Ivoire
2020s	6.87	6.27	0.598	Cote d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, Cote d'Ivoire or Lesotho?: Cote d'Ivoire, at 6.45 against 6 in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Cote d'Ivoire and Lesotho?: 0.45, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Lesotho?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Cote d'Ivoire and Lesotho rank globally for child mortality?: Cote d'Ivoire ranks 18th and Lesotho ranks 21st of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.