Lesotho vs Middle income: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Lesotho
53.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Middle income
32.06 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
22nd
Middle income rank
20th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Lesotho
- Middle income
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 53.5 per 1,000 live births against 32.06 per 1,000 live births in Middle income, a difference of 21.44 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.7 times Middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Middle income ahead.
Lesotho ranks 22nd and Middle income ranks 20th of 197 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.22 per 1,000 live births | 85.23 per 1,000 live births | 0.995 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 102.38 per 1,000 live births | 60.52 per 1,000 live births | 41.86 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 69.15 per 1,000 live births | 39.55 per 1,000 live births | 29.6 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 56 per 1,000 live births | 33.36 per 1,000 live births | 22.64 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, Lesotho or Middle income?
- Lesotho, at 53.5 per 1,000 live births against 32.06 per 1,000 live births in Middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Lesotho and Middle income?
- 21.44 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Lesotho ranks 22nd and Middle income ranks 20th 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.