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

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

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

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.

Lesotho vs Low income: Mortality rate, infant

Lesotho

56.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Low income

46.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lesotho rank

10th

Low income rank

7th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Lesotho
Low income

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 56.3 per 1,000 live births against 46.7 per 1,000 live births in Low income, a difference of 9.6 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Low income's.

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

Lesotho ranks 10th and Low income ranks 7th of 197 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Low income in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Low income	Difference	Ahead
1990s	74.96 per 1,000 live births	102.52 per 1,000 live births	27.56 per 1,000 live births	Low income
2000s	78.06 per 1,000 live births	76.36 per 1,000 live births	1.7 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2010s	69.11 per 1,000 live births	55.82 per 1,000 live births	13.29 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2020s	59.56 per 1,000 live births	48.74 per 1,000 live births	10.82 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Lesotho or Low income?: Lesotho, at 56.3 per 1,000 live births against 46.7 per 1,000 live births in Low income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Lesotho and Low income?: 9.6 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Low income?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Low income rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Lesotho ranks 10th and Low income ranks 7th 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.