What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Guinea and Lesotho?

1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Guinea ahead.

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

49 years are reported by both, from 1976 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guinea vs Lesotho: Mortality rate, neonatal

Guinea

29.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lesotho

28.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guinea rank

13th

Lesotho rank

14th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Guinea
Lesotho

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 29.8 per 1,000 live births against 28.5 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 1.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 13th and Lesotho ranks 14th of 196 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 5 and Lesotho in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1970s	70.75 per 1,000 live births	48.7 per 1,000 live births	22.05 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
1980s	70.1 per 1,000 live births	39.91 per 1,000 live births	30.19 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
1990s	56.39 per 1,000 live births	37.93 per 1,000 live births	18.46 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
2000s	40.29 per 1,000 live births	38.01 per 1,000 live births	2.28 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
2010s	34 per 1,000 live births	34.2 per 1,000 live births	0.2 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2020s	30.8 per 1,000 live births	29.66 per 1,000 live births	1.14 per 1,000 live births	Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Guinea or Lesotho?: Guinea, at 29.8 per 1,000 live births against 28.5 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Guinea and Lesotho?: 1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Lesotho?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Lesotho rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Guinea ranks 13th and Lesotho ranks 14th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, neonatal (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, neonatal (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: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.