Lesotho vs Mozambique: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Lesotho
53.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mozambique
55 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
22nd
Mozambique rank
21st
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Lesotho
- Mozambique
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 55 per 1,000 live births against 53.5 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 1.5 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Mozambique ahead.
Lesotho ranks 22nd and Mozambique ranks 21st of 197 countries.
Mozambique has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 175.64 per 1,000 live births | 262.3 per 1,000 live births | 86.66 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 1970s | 146.45 per 1,000 live births | 257.71 per 1,000 live births | 111.26 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 1980s | 93.76 per 1,000 live births | 247.14 per 1,000 live births | 153.38 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 1990s | 86.22 per 1,000 live births | 202.33 per 1,000 live births | 116.11 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 2000s | 102.38 per 1,000 live births | 124.71 per 1,000 live births | 22.33 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 2010s | 69.15 per 1,000 live births | 74.89 per 1,000 live births | 5.74 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
| 2020s | 56 per 1,000 live births | 59.06 per 1,000 live births | 3.06 per 1,000 live births | Mozambique |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Lesotho or Mozambique?
- Mozambique, at 55 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 Mozambique?
- 1.5 per 1,000 live births, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Mozambique?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Mozambique rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Lesotho ranks 22nd and Mozambique ranks 21st 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.