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

0.3 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.

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 Sudan: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Lesotho

66.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sudan

66.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lesotho rank

21st

Sudan rank

20th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

Lesotho
Sudan

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 66.4 per 1,000 live births against 66.1 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

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

Lesotho ranks 21st and Sudan ranks 20th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 4 and Sudan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	192.38 per 1,000 live births	175.65 per 1,000 live births	16.73 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
1970s	161.5 per 1,000 live births	161.6 per 1,000 live births	0.1 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
1980s	107.91 per 1,000 live births	176.79 per 1,000 live births	68.88 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
1990s	101.3 per 1,000 live births	130.71 per 1,000 live births	29.41 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
2000s	119.11 per 1,000 live births	97.38 per 1,000 live births	21.73 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2010s	83.99 per 1,000 live births	70.41 per 1,000 live births	13.58 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2020s	69 per 1,000 live births	61.56 per 1,000 live births	7.44 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, male, Lesotho or Sudan?: Sudan, at 66.4 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 Sudan?: 0.3 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, male?: Lesotho ranks 21st 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, 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.