What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Chad and Lesotho?

0 per 1,000 live births, with Chad ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Lesotho?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Lesotho: Mortality rate, infant

Chad

56.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lesotho

56.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Chad rank

10th

Lesotho rank

10th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Chad
Lesotho

How they compare

Chad currently reports 56.3 per 1,000 live births against 56.3 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 0 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 10th and Lesotho ranks 10th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 6 and Lesotho in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1960s	140.61 per 1,000 live births	142.9 per 1,000 live births	2.29 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
1970s	135.02 per 1,000 live births	128.07 per 1,000 live births	6.95 per 1,000 live births	Chad
1980s	124.94 per 1,000 live births	89.22 per 1,000 live births	35.72 per 1,000 live births	Chad
1990s	110.16 per 1,000 live births	74.96 per 1,000 live births	35.2 per 1,000 live births	Chad
2000s	93.15 per 1,000 live births	78.06 per 1,000 live births	15.09 per 1,000 live births	Chad
2010s	73.12 per 1,000 live births	69.11 per 1,000 live births	4.01 per 1,000 live births	Chad
2020s	59.62 per 1,000 live births	59.56 per 1,000 live births	0.06 per 1,000 live births	Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Chad or Lesotho?: Chad, at 56.3 per 1,000 live births against 56.3 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Chad and Lesotho?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Chad 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?: Chad ranks 10th 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 (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 (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: 20 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.