Lesotho vs Madagascar: Mortality rate, under-5
Lesotho
60 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Madagascar
62.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
21st
Madagascar rank
19th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 62.4 per 1,000 live births against 60 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 2.4 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 21st and Madagascar ranks 19th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Madagascar in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 180.7 per 1,000 live births | 146.55 per 1,000 live births | 34.15 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 154.19 per 1,000 live births | 159.27 per 1,000 live births | 5.08 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 101.01 per 1,000 live births | 206.04 per 1,000 live births | 105.03 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 93.96 per 1,000 live births | 132.06 per 1,000 live births | 38.1 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 110.97 per 1,000 live births | 86.89 per 1,000 live births | 24.08 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 76.79 per 1,000 live births | 66.33 per 1,000 live births | 10.46 per 1,000 live births | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 62.72 per 1,000 live births | 64.12 per 1,000 live births | 1.4 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, Lesotho or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 62.4 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 Lesotho and Madagascar?
- 2.4 per 1,000 live births, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Madagascar?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Madagascar rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Lesotho ranks 21st and Madagascar ranks 19th of 196 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.