Lesotho vs Sudan: Youth mortality rate
Lesotho
6.77 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sudan
7.42 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
22nd
Sudan rank
20th
Youth mortality rate over time
- Lesotho
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 7.42 deaths per 100 live births against 6.77 deaths per 100 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 0.65 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 22nd and Sudan ranks 20th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 4 and Sudan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.29 deaths per 100 live births | 19.37 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9208 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 17.3 deaths per 100 live births | 18.41 deaths per 100 live births | 1.11 deaths per 100 live births | Sudan |
| 1980s | 11.57 deaths per 100 live births | 19.47 deaths per 100 live births | 7.9 deaths per 100 live births | Sudan |
| 1990s | 10.75 deaths per 100 live births | 14.36 deaths per 100 live births | 3.61 deaths per 100 live births | Sudan |
| 2000s | 12.19 deaths per 100 live births | 10.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 8.62 deaths per 100 live births | 7.3 deaths per 100 live births | 1.32 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 7.08 deaths per 100 live births | 6.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5059 deaths per 100 live births | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Lesotho or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 7.42 deaths per 100 live births against 6.77 deaths per 100 live births in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Lesotho and Sudan?
- 0.65 deaths per 100 live births, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sudan?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Sudan rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Lesotho ranks 22nd and Sudan ranks 20th 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 Youth 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 under fifteen years, per 100 live births.