What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Lesotho and Madagascar?

3.6 per 1,000 live births, with Madagascar ahead.

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

53 years are reported by both, from 1972 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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Madagascar: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Lesotho

53.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Madagascar

57.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lesotho rank

22nd

Madagascar rank

19th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

Lesotho
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 57.1 per 1,000 live births against 53.5 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 3.6 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 22nd and Madagascar ranks 19th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	141.7 per 1,000 live births	154.88 per 1,000 live births	13.18 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
1980s	93.76 per 1,000 live births	198.72 per 1,000 live births	104.96 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
1990s	86.22 per 1,000 live births	125.18 per 1,000 live births	38.96 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
2000s	102.38 per 1,000 live births	80.71 per 1,000 live births	21.67 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2010s	69.15 per 1,000 live births	60.78 per 1,000 live births	8.37 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2020s	56 per 1,000 live births	58.7 per 1,000 live births	2.7 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Lesotho or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 57.1 per 1,000 live births against 53.5 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Lesotho and Madagascar?: 3.6 per 1,000 live births, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Madagascar?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Madagascar rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Lesotho ranks 22nd and Madagascar ranks 19th 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5, female (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, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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.