Statizoid

Guinea vs Lesotho: Neonatal mortality rate

Guinea
3.03 Deaths per 1000 live births
in 2023
Lesotho
2.87 Deaths per 1000 live births
in 2023
Guinea rank
12th
Lesotho rank
15th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

  • Guinea
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Guinea currently reports 3.03 Deaths per 1000 live births against 2.87 Deaths per 1000 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 0.1584 Deaths per 1000 live births.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 12th and Lesotho ranks 15th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Neonatal mortality rate
Unit
Deaths per 1000 live births
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 10,174 data points, 1951–2023
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The share of newborns who die before reaching 28 days of age.