Guinea vs Lesotho: Neonatal mortality rate
Guinea
2.98 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lesotho
2.85 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Guinea rank
13th
Lesotho rank
14th
Neonatal mortality rate over time
- Guinea
- Lesotho
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 2.98 deaths per 100 live births against 2.85 deaths per 100 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 0.13 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 13th and Lesotho ranks 14th of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 5 and Lesotho in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.08 deaths per 100 live births | 4.87 deaths per 100 live births | 2.21 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea |
| 1980s | 7.01 deaths per 100 live births | 3.99 deaths per 100 live births | 3.02 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea |
| 1990s | 5.64 deaths per 100 live births | 3.79 deaths per 100 live births | 1.85 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea |
| 2000s | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | 3.8 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2284 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea |
| 2010s | 3.4 deaths per 100 live births | 3.42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0195 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 3.08 deaths per 100 live births | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1165 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Guinea or Lesotho?
- Guinea, at 2.98 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 Guinea and Lesotho?
- 0.13 deaths per 100 live births, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Lesotho?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and Lesotho rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
- Guinea ranks 13th 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
Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .