Lesotho vs Other small states: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
Lesotho
53.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Other small states
26.02 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
22nd
Other small states rank
25th
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Lesotho
- Other small states
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 53.5 per 1,000 live births against 26.02 per 1,000 live births in Other small states, a difference of 27.48 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 2.1 times Other small states's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Other small states ahead.
Lesotho ranks 22nd and Other small states ranks 25th of 197 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Other small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.22 per 1,000 live births | 76.57 per 1,000 live births | 9.65 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 102.38 per 1,000 live births | 53.91 per 1,000 live births | 48.47 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 69.15 per 1,000 live births | 34.05 per 1,000 live births | 35.1 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 56 per 1,000 live births | 27.28 per 1,000 live births | 28.72 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 Other small states?
- Lesotho, at 53.5 per 1,000 live births against 26.02 per 1,000 live births in Other small states as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Lesotho and Other small states?
- 27.48 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Other small states?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Other small states rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Lesotho ranks 22nd and Other small states ranks 25th 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.