Lesotho vs Lower middle income: Mortality rate, infant, female
Lesotho
50.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lower middle income
30.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
10th
Lower middle income rank
13th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Lesotho
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 50.3 per 1,000 live births against 30.5 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income, a difference of 19.8 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.6 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Lesotho ranks 10th and Lower middle income ranks 13th of 197 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Lower middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.71 per 1,000 live births | 73.84 per 1,000 live births | 6.13 per 1,000 live births | Lower middle income |
| 2000s | 70.02 per 1,000 live births | 55.83 per 1,000 live births | 14.19 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 61.94 per 1,000 live births | 39.76 per 1,000 live births | 22.18 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 53.18 per 1,000 live births | 32.08 per 1,000 live births | 21.1 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, Lesotho or Lower middle income?
- Lesotho, at 50.3 per 1,000 live births against 30.5 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Lesotho and Lower middle income?
- 19.8 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Lower middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Lower middle income rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Lesotho ranks 10th and Lower middle income ranks 13th 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.