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
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
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.