Afghanistan vs Lesotho: Mortality rate, infant, female
Afghanistan
44.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho
50.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
13th
Lesotho rank
10th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Afghanistan
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 50.3 per 1,000 live births against 44.5 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan, a difference of 5.8 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 13th and Lesotho ranks 10th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 5 and Lesotho in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 227.93 per 1,000 live births | 134.67 per 1,000 live births | 93.26 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 205.17 per 1,000 live births | 120.83 per 1,000 live births | 84.34 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 176.61 per 1,000 live births | 82.47 per 1,000 live births | 94.14 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 122.12 per 1,000 live births | 67.71 per 1,000 live births | 54.41 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 90.49 per 1,000 live births | 70.02 per 1,000 live births | 20.47 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 61.4 per 1,000 live births | 61.94 per 1,000 live births | 0.54 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 47.6 per 1,000 live births | 53.18 per 1,000 live births | 5.58 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Afghanistan or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 50.3 per 1,000 live births against 44.5 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Afghanistan and Lesotho?
- 5.8 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Lesotho?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Lesotho rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Afghanistan ranks 13th and Lesotho ranks 10th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.