What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Lesotho?

1,298, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Lesotho?

46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Lesotho: Number of infant deaths

Lao People's Democratic Republic

4,402

in 2024

Lesotho

3,104

in 2024

Lao People's Democratic Republic rank

70th

Lesotho rank

73rd

Number of infant deaths over time

Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lesotho

How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 4,402 against 3,104 in Lesotho, a difference of 1,298.

That makes Lao People's Democratic Republic's figure about 1.4 times Lesotho's.

Across all 46 years both countries report, Lao People's Democratic Republic has been ahead every year.

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 70th and Lesotho ranks 73rd of 196 countries.

Lao People's Democratic Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1970s	18,216	5,954	12,262	Lao People's Democratic Republic
1980s	19,058	5,319	13,739	Lao People's Democratic Republic
1990s	18,080	4,500	13,580	Lao People's Democratic Republic
2000s	11,687	4,410	7,277	Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s	6,995	4,133	2,862	Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020s	4,820	3,327	1,493	Lao People's Democratic Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Lesotho?: Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 4,402 against 3,104 in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Lesotho?: 1,298, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Lesotho?: 46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Lesotho rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 70th and Lesotho ranks 73rd of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 13,405 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.