Lesotho vs Middle income: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
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 (per 1,000 live births) 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.