Cote d'Ivoire vs Lesotho: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Cote d'Ivoire
64.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho
60 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cote d'Ivoire rank
18th
Lesotho rank
21st
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Lesotho
How they compare
Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 64.5 per 1,000 live births against 60 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 4.5 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 18th and Lesotho ranks 21st of 197 countries.
Cote d'Ivoire has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cote d'Ivoire | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 285.28 per 1,000 live births | 184.29 per 1,000 live births | 100.99 per 1,000 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1970s | 209.43 per 1,000 live births | 154.19 per 1,000 live births | 55.24 per 1,000 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1980s | 157.99 per 1,000 live births | 101.01 per 1,000 live births | 56.98 per 1,000 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1990s | 151.17 per 1,000 live births | 93.96 per 1,000 live births | 57.21 per 1,000 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 2000s | 123.12 per 1,000 live births | 110.97 per 1,000 live births | 12.15 per 1,000 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 2010s | 87.81 per 1,000 live births | 76.79 per 1,000 live births | 11.02 per 1,000 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 2020s | 68.7 per 1,000 live births | 62.72 per 1,000 live births | 5.98 per 1,000 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Cote d'Ivoire or Lesotho?
- Cote d'Ivoire, at 64.5 per 1,000 live births against 60 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Cote d'Ivoire and Lesotho?
- 4.5 per 1,000 live births, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Lesotho?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Cote d'Ivoire and Lesotho rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 18th and Lesotho ranks 21st 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.