Chad vs Lesotho: Neonatal mortality rate
Chad
3.04 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lesotho
2.85 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chad rank
11th
Lesotho rank
14th
Neonatal mortality rate over time
- Chad
- Lesotho
How they compare
Chad currently reports 3.04 deaths per 100 live births against 2.85 deaths per 100 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 0.19 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.
Across all 52 years both countries report, Chad has been ahead every year.
Chad ranks 11th and Lesotho ranks 14th of 199 countries.
Chad has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.16 deaths per 100 live births | 5.18 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9779 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 1980s | 5.66 deaths per 100 live births | 3.99 deaths per 100 live births | 1.67 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 1990s | 4.82 deaths per 100 live births | 3.79 deaths per 100 live births | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 2000s | 4.02 deaths per 100 live births | 3.8 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2198 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 2010s | 3.56 deaths per 100 live births | 3.42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1402 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 2020s | 3.15 deaths per 100 live births | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1859 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Chad or Lesotho?
- Chad, at 3.04 deaths per 100 live births against 2.85 deaths per 100 live births in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Chad and Lesotho?
- 0.19 deaths per 100 live births, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Lesotho?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Lesotho rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
- Chad ranks 11th and Lesotho ranks 14th 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 Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .