Lesotho vs Tanzania: Number of child deaths per woman

Lesotho
0.1655 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Tanzania
0.168 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Lesotho rank
34th
Tanzania rank
33rd

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Lesotho
  • Tanzania
00.511.5195019872024

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 0.168 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1655 under-five deaths per woman in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0025 under-five deaths per woman.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Tanzania has been ahead every year.

Globally, Lesotho ranks 34th and Tanzania ranks 33rd of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).