Lesotho vs Sudan: Mortality rate, under-5

Lesotho
60 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sudan
61.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lesotho rank
21st
Sudan rank
20th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Lesotho
  • Sudan
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How they compare

Sudan currently reports 61.6 per 1,000 live births against 60 per 1,000 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 1.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lesotho ahead.

Globally, Lesotho ranks 21st and Sudan ranks 20th of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (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, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.