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

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

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

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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 Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, neonatal

Lesotho

28.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sierra Leone

28.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lesotho rank

14th

Sierra Leone rank

15th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Lesotho
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 28.5 per 1,000 live births against 28.3 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Lesotho ranks 14th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1980s	38.6 per 1,000 live births	52.2 per 1,000 live births	13.6 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
1990s	37.93 per 1,000 live births	50.66 per 1,000 live births	12.73 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2000s	38.01 per 1,000 live births	44.48 per 1,000 live births	6.47 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2010s	34.2 per 1,000 live births	34.56 per 1,000 live births	0.36 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2020s	29.66 per 1,000 live births	29.38 per 1,000 live births	0.28 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 Sierra Leone?: Lesotho, at 28.5 per 1,000 live births against 28.3 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Lesotho and Sierra Leone?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sierra Leone?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Lesotho ranks 14th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th 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.