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
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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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Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.