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

Lesotho
53.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sudan
56.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
22nd
Sudan rank
20th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Lesotho
  • Sudan
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How they compare

Sudan currently reports 56.6 per 1,000 live births against 53.5 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 3.1 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 22nd and Sudan ranks 20th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 5 and Sudan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Sudan Difference Ahead
1960s 175.68 per 1,000 live births 160.76 per 1,000 live births 14.92 per 1,000 live births Lesotho
1970s 146.45 per 1,000 live births 146.41 per 1,000 live births 0.04 per 1,000 live births Lesotho
1980s 93.76 per 1,000 live births 160.45 per 1,000 live births 66.69 per 1,000 live births Sudan
1990s 86.22 per 1,000 live births 114.35 per 1,000 live births 28.13 per 1,000 live births Sudan
2000s 102.38 per 1,000 live births 83.2 per 1,000 live births 19.18 per 1,000 live births Lesotho
2010s 69.15 per 1,000 live births 58.34 per 1,000 live births 10.81 per 1,000 live births Lesotho
2020s 56 per 1,000 live births 51.24 per 1,000 live births 4.76 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 Sudan?
Sudan, at 56.6 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 Sudan?
3.1 per 1,000 live births, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sudan?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Lesotho ranks 22nd and Sudan 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

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

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.