Chad vs Lesotho: Infant mortality rate by sex
Chad
5.04 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lesotho
5.03 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chad rank
9th
Lesotho rank
11th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Chad
- Lesotho
How they compare
Chad currently reports 5.04 deaths per 100 live births against 5.03 deaths per 100 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1952 it was Lesotho ahead.
Chad ranks 9th and Lesotho ranks 11th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 6 and Lesotho in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13.38 deaths per 100 live births | 13.81 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4292 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
| 1960s | 13.1 deaths per 100 live births | 13.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3708 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 12.57 deaths per 100 live births | 12.08 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4851 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 1980s | 11.61 deaths per 100 live births | 8.25 deaths per 100 live births | 3.36 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 1990s | 10.15 deaths per 100 live births | 6.77 deaths per 100 live births | 3.38 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 2000s | 8.47 deaths per 100 live births | 7 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 2010s | 6.59 deaths per 100 live births | 6.19 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3919 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 2020s | 5.34 deaths per 100 live births | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0244 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Chad or Lesotho?
- Chad, at 5.04 deaths per 100 live births against 5.03 deaths per 100 live births in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Chad and Lesotho?
- 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Lesotho?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1952 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Lesotho rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Chad ranks 9th and Lesotho ranks 11th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .