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
0246195419892024

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

Indicator
Neonatal mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
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, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .