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

Lesotho
53.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Togo
51.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
22nd
Togo rank
23rd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Lesotho
  • Togo
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 53.5 per 1,000 live births against 51.7 per 1,000 live births in Togo, a difference of 1.8 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Togo ahead.

Lesotho ranks 22nd and Togo ranks 23rd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Togo Difference Ahead
1960s 175.68 per 1,000 live births 232.84 per 1,000 live births 57.16 per 1,000 live births Togo
1970s 146.45 per 1,000 live births 194.28 per 1,000 live births 47.83 per 1,000 live births Togo
1980s 93.76 per 1,000 live births 154.48 per 1,000 live births 60.72 per 1,000 live births Togo
1990s 86.22 per 1,000 live births 127.33 per 1,000 live births 41.11 per 1,000 live births Togo
2000s 102.38 per 1,000 live births 97.14 per 1,000 live births 5.24 per 1,000 live births Lesotho
2010s 69.15 per 1,000 live births 71.26 per 1,000 live births 2.11 per 1,000 live births Togo
2020s 56 per 1,000 live births 55.32 per 1,000 live births 0.68 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 Togo?
Lesotho, at 53.5 per 1,000 live births against 51.7 per 1,000 live births in Togo as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Lesotho and Togo?
1.8 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Togo?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Togo rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Lesotho ranks 22nd and Togo ranks 23rd 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.