What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Lesotho and Lower middle income?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Lower middle 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Lower middle income: Mortality rate, neonatal

Lesotho

28.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lower middle income

21.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lesotho rank

14th

Lower middle income rank

16th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Lesotho
Lower middle income

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 28.5 per 1,000 live births against 21.6 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income, a difference of 6.9 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.3 times Lower middle income's.

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

Lesotho ranks 14th and Lower middle income ranks 16th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Lower middle income	Difference	Ahead
1990s	37.93 per 1,000 live births	46.08 per 1,000 live births	8.15 per 1,000 live births	Lower middle income
2000s	38.01 per 1,000 live births	35.52 per 1,000 live births	2.49 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2010s	34.2 per 1,000 live births	27.36 per 1,000 live births	6.84 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2020s	29.66 per 1,000 live births	22.74 per 1,000 live births	6.92 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 Lower middle income?: Lesotho, at 28.5 per 1,000 live births against 21.6 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Lesotho and Lower middle income?: 6.9 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Lower middle income?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Lower middle income rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Lesotho ranks 14th and Lower middle income ranks 16th 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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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: 244 places, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 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.