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

16.82 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

IDA only vs Lesotho: Mortality rate, infant

IDA only

39.48 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lesotho

56.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

IDA only rank

12th

Lesotho rank

10th

Mortality rate, infant over time

IDA only
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 56.3 per 1,000 live births against 39.48 per 1,000 live births in IDA only, a difference of 16.82 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.4 times IDA only's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was IDA only ahead.

IDA only ranks 12th and Lesotho ranks 10th of 45 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, IDA only averaged higher in 1 and Lesotho in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA only	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1990s	95.13 per 1,000 live births	74.96 per 1,000 live births	20.17 per 1,000 live births	IDA only
2000s	68.23 per 1,000 live births	78.06 per 1,000 live births	9.83 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2010s	48.86 per 1,000 live births	69.11 per 1,000 live births	20.25 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2020s	41.82 per 1,000 live births	59.56 per 1,000 live births	17.74 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, IDA only or Lesotho?: Lesotho, at 56.3 per 1,000 live births against 39.48 per 1,000 live births in IDA only as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between IDA only and Lesotho?: 16.82 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA only and Lesotho?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do IDA only and Lesotho rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: IDA only ranks 12th and Lesotho ranks 10th of 45 groups.
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.