Lesotho vs Middle income: Mortality rate, under-5
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 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 196 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 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.