Kiribati vs Lesotho: Children died before five per woman

Kiribati
0.1779
in 2024
Lesotho
0.1655
in 2024
Kiribati rank
31st
Lesotho rank
34th

Children died before five per woman over time

  • Kiribati
  • Lesotho
00.511.5194619852024

How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 0.1779 against 0.1655 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0124.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lesotho ahead.

Kiribati ranks 31st and Lesotho ranks 34th of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 3 and Lesotho in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Lesotho Difference Ahead
1950s 1.35 1.26 0.0901 Kiribati
1960s 1.1 1.07 0.0322 Kiribati
1970s 0.659 0.8972 0.2382 Lesotho
1980s 0.5317 0.5466 0.0149 Lesotho
1990s 0.3463 0.395 0.0487 Lesotho
2000s 0.2363 0.3906 0.1542 Lesotho
2010s 0.2102 0.2493 0.039 Lesotho
2020s 0.1874 0.1815 0.0059 Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children died before five per woman, Kiribati or Lesotho?
Kiribati, at 0.1779 against 0.1655 in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in children died before five per woman between Kiribati and Lesotho?
0.0124, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Lesotho?
75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
How do Kiribati and Lesotho rank globally for children died before five per woman?
Kiribati ranks 31st and Lesotho ranks 34th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Children died before five per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Children died before five per woman
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed