Lesotho vs Mali: Infant mortality rate by sex
Lesotho
5.03 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mali
4.33 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
11th
Mali rank
14th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Lesotho
- Mali
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 5.03 deaths per 100 live births against 4.33 deaths per 100 live births in Mali, a difference of 0.7 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Mali ahead.
Lesotho ranks 11th and Mali ranks 14th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Mali in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.73 deaths per 100 live births | 18.48 deaths per 100 live births | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
| 1970s | 12.08 deaths per 100 live births | 16.47 deaths per 100 live births | 4.39 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
| 1980s | 8.25 deaths per 100 live births | 13.06 deaths per 100 live births | 4.81 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
| 1990s | 6.77 deaths per 100 live births | 10.76 deaths per 100 live births | 3.99 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
| 2000s | 7 deaths per 100 live births | 8.35 deaths per 100 live births | 1.35 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
| 2010s | 6.19 deaths per 100 live births | 6.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0413 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | 4.69 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6303 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Lesotho or Mali?
- Lesotho, at 5.03 deaths per 100 live births against 4.33 deaths per 100 live births in Mali as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Lesotho and Mali?
- 0.7 deaths per 100 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Mali?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Mali rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Lesotho ranks 11th and Mali ranks 14th 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 .