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

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

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

61 years are reported by both, from 1964 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 Mali: Mortality rate, neonatal

Lesotho

28.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mali

28 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lesotho rank

14th

Mali rank

16th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Lesotho
Mali

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 28.5 per 1,000 live births against 28 per 1,000 live births in Mali, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Mali ahead.

Lesotho ranks 14th and Mali ranks 16th of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Mali in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1960s	63.97 per 1,000 live births	100.58 per 1,000 live births	36.62 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1970s	54.35 per 1,000 live births	94.94 per 1,000 live births	40.59 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1980s	39.91 per 1,000 live births	74.97 per 1,000 live births	35.06 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1990s	37.93 per 1,000 live births	60.59 per 1,000 live births	22.66 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2000s	38.01 per 1,000 live births	45.4 per 1,000 live births	7.39 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2010s	34.2 per 1,000 live births	35.68 per 1,000 live births	1.48 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2020s	29.66 per 1,000 live births	29.54 per 1,000 live births	0.12 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 Mali?: Lesotho, at 28.5 per 1,000 live births against 28 per 1,000 live births in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Lesotho and Mali?: 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Mali?: 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Mali rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Lesotho ranks 14th and Mali ranks 16th 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.