What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Lesotho and Madagascar?

1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Madagascar?

53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.

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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Madagascar: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Lesotho

66.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Madagascar

67.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lesotho rank

21st

Madagascar rank

19th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

Lesotho
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 67.4 per 1,000 live births against 66.1 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 1.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 21st and Madagascar ranks 19th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	156.59 per 1,000 live births	167.88 per 1,000 live births	11.29 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
1980s	107.91 per 1,000 live births	213 per 1,000 live births	105.09 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
1990s	101.3 per 1,000 live births	138.6 per 1,000 live births	37.3 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
2000s	119.11 per 1,000 live births	92.77 per 1,000 live births	26.34 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2010s	83.99 per 1,000 live births	71.6 per 1,000 live births	12.39 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2020s	69 per 1,000 live births	69.24 per 1,000 live births	0.24 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Lesotho or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 67.4 per 1,000 live births against 66.1 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Lesotho and Madagascar?: 1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Madagascar?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Madagascar rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?: Lesotho ranks 21st and Madagascar ranks 19th 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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5, male (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: 03 September 2026

Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.