Lesotho vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, infant
Lesotho
56.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
54.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
10th
Sierra Leone rank
12th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Lesotho
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 56.3 per 1,000 live births against 54.6 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Lesotho ranks 10th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 142.9 per 1,000 live births | 160.17 per 1,000 live births | 17.27 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 128.07 per 1,000 live births | 146.91 per 1,000 live births | 18.84 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 89.22 per 1,000 live births | 137.94 per 1,000 live births | 48.72 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 74.96 per 1,000 live births | 132.2 per 1,000 live births | 57.24 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 78.06 per 1,000 live births | 110.1 per 1,000 live births | 32.04 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 69.11 per 1,000 live births | 76.63 per 1,000 live births | 7.52 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 59.56 per 1,000 live births | 58.16 per 1,000 live births | 1.4 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 Sierra Leone?
- Lesotho, at 56.3 per 1,000 live births against 54.6 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Lesotho and Sierra Leone?
- 1.7 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sierra Leone?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Lesotho ranks 10th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th 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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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.