Lesotho vs Low & middle income: Mortality rate, neonatal
Lesotho
28.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Low & middle income
18.72 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
14th
Low & middle income rank
17th
Mortality rate, neonatal over time
- Lesotho
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 28.5 per 1,000 live births against 18.72 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income, a difference of 9.78 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.5 times Low & middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Low & middle income ahead.
Lesotho ranks 14th and Low & middle income ranks 17th of 197 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.93 per 1,000 live births | 37.72 per 1,000 live births | 0.2106 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 38.01 per 1,000 live births | 28.97 per 1,000 live births | 9.04 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 34.2 per 1,000 live births | 21.72 per 1,000 live births | 12.48 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 29.66 per 1,000 live births | 19.39 per 1,000 live births | 10.27 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Lesotho or Low & middle income?
- Lesotho, at 28.5 per 1,000 live births against 18.72 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Lesotho and Low & middle income?
- 9.78 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Low & middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Low & middle income rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Lesotho ranks 14th and Low & middle income ranks 17th 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, 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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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.