What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Lesotho and Middle income?

25.73 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Middle income: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

Lesotho

60 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Middle income

34.27 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lesotho rank

21st

Middle income rank

20th

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time

Lesotho
Middle income

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 60 per 1,000 live births against 34.27 per 1,000 live births in Middle income, a difference of 25.73 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.8 times Middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Middle income ahead.

Lesotho ranks 21st and Middle income ranks 20th of 197 countries.

Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Middle income	Difference	Ahead
1990s	93.96 per 1,000 live births	87.02 per 1,000 live births	6.94 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2000s	110.97 per 1,000 live births	62.28 per 1,000 live births	48.69 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2010s	76.79 per 1,000 live births	41.56 per 1,000 live births	35.23 per 1,000 live births	Lesotho
2020s	62.72 per 1,000 live births	35.56 per 1,000 live births	27.16 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, Lesotho or Middle income?: Lesotho, at 60 per 1,000 live births against 34.27 per 1,000 live births in Middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Lesotho and Middle income?: 25.73 per 1,000 live births, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Middle income?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Lesotho ranks 21st and Middle income 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 (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 (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, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

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.