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Guinea vs Lesotho: Mortality rate, neonatal

Guinea
29.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho
28.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Guinea rank
13th
Lesotho rank
14th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

  • Guinea
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Guinea currently reports 29.8 per 1,000 live births against 28.5 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 1.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Guinea ahead.

Globally, Guinea ranks 13th and Lesotho ranks 14th of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
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, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.