Chad vs Lesotho: Mortality rate, infant, male

Chad
61.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho
62.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Chad rank
11th
Lesotho rank
10th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Chad
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 62.1 per 1,000 live births against 61.8 per 1,000 live births in Chad, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 11th and Lesotho ranks 10th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 5 and Lesotho in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad Lesotho Difference Ahead
1960s 149.71 per 1,000 live births 150.65 per 1,000 live births 0.94 per 1,000 live births Lesotho
1970s 143.9 per 1,000 live births 134.99 per 1,000 live births 8.91 per 1,000 live births Chad
1980s 133.43 per 1,000 live births 95.62 per 1,000 live births 37.81 per 1,000 live births Chad
1990s 118.39 per 1,000 live births 81.81 per 1,000 live births 36.58 per 1,000 live births Chad
2000s 101.18 per 1,000 live births 85.68 per 1,000 live births 15.5 per 1,000 live births Chad
2010s 79.98 per 1,000 live births 75.86 per 1,000 live births 4.12 per 1,000 live births Chad
2020s 65.42 per 1,000 live births 65.54 per 1,000 live births 0.12 per 1,000 live births Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Chad or Lesotho?
Lesotho, at 62.1 per 1,000 live births against 61.8 per 1,000 live births in Chad as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Chad and Lesotho?
0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Lesotho?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Chad and Lesotho rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
Chad ranks 11th 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, male (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, male (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, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.