Lesotho vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Mortality rate, infant

Lesotho
56.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
33.71 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
10th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank
13th

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • Lesotho
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 56.3 per 1,000 live births against 33.71 per 1,000 live births in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), a difference of 22.59 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.7 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ahead.

Lesotho ranks 10th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 13th of 197 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) Difference Ahead
1990s 74.96 per 1,000 live births 75 per 1,000 live births 0.0446 per 1,000 live births Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
2000s 78.06 per 1,000 live births 57.24 per 1,000 live births 20.82 per 1,000 live births Lesotho
2010s 69.11 per 1,000 live births 43.02 per 1,000 live births 26.09 per 1,000 live births Lesotho
2020s 59.56 per 1,000 live births 35.75 per 1,000 live births 23.81 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Lesotho, at 56.3 per 1,000 live births against 33.71 per 1,000 live births in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Lesotho and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
22.59 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
Lesotho ranks 10th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Lesotho vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Mortality rate, infant. Statizoid, drawing on UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-infant-per-1-000-live-births/lesotho/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-ida-and-ibrd/

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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

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