What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Lesotho and Saudi Arabia?

21 deaths, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Saudi Arabia?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Saudi Arabia: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Lesotho

1,582 deaths

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

1,603 deaths

in 2024

Lesotho rank

87th

Saudi Arabia rank

84th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Lesotho
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 1,603 deaths against 1,582 deaths in Lesotho, a difference of 21 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Lesotho ranks 87th and Saudi Arabia ranks 84th of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Saudi Arabia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2,293 deaths	7,098 deaths	4,805 deaths	Saudi Arabia
2000s	2,177 deaths	3,990 deaths	1,813 deaths	Saudi Arabia
2010s	2,069 deaths	2,676 deaths	607.3 deaths	Saudi Arabia
2020s	1,665 deaths	1,612 deaths	52.6 deaths	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Lesotho or Saudi Arabia?: Saudi Arabia, at 1,603 deaths against 1,582 deaths in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Lesotho and Saudi Arabia?: 21 deaths, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Saudi Arabia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Saudi Arabia rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Lesotho ranks 87th and Saudi Arabia ranks 84th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .