Afghanistan vs Lesotho: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Afghanistan
48.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho
53.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
25th
Lesotho rank
22nd
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Afghanistan
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 53.5 per 1,000 live births against 48.9 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan, a difference of 4.6 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 25th and Lesotho ranks 22nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Lesotho in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 319.87 per 1,000 live births | 175.68 per 1,000 live births | 144.19 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 279.4 per 1,000 live births | 146.45 per 1,000 live births | 132.95 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 245.53 per 1,000 live births | 93.76 per 1,000 live births | 151.77 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 151.73 per 1,000 live births | 86.22 per 1,000 live births | 65.51 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 107.06 per 1,000 live births | 102.38 per 1,000 live births | 4.68 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 69.58 per 1,000 live births | 69.15 per 1,000 live births | 0.43 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 52.56 per 1,000 live births | 56 per 1,000 live births | 3.44 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Afghanistan or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 53.5 per 1,000 live births against 48.9 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Afghanistan and Lesotho?
- 4.6 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Lesotho?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Lesotho rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Afghanistan ranks 25th and Lesotho ranks 22nd 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, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.