Kiribati vs Lesotho: Number of child deaths per woman
Kiribati
0.1779 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Lesotho
0.1655 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Kiribati rank
31st
Lesotho rank
34th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Kiribati
- Lesotho
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 0.1779 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1655 under-five deaths per woman in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0124 under-five deaths per woman.
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 under-five deaths per woman | 1.26 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0901 under-five deaths per woman | Kiribati |
| 1960s | 1.1 under-five deaths per woman | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0322 under-five deaths per woman | Kiribati |
| 1970s | 0.659 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8972 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2382 under-five deaths per woman | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 0.5317 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5466 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0149 under-five deaths per woman | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 0.3463 under-five deaths per woman | 0.395 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0487 under-five deaths per woman | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 0.2363 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3906 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1542 under-five deaths per woman | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.2102 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2493 under-five deaths per woman | 0.039 under-five deaths per woman | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 0.1874 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1815 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0059 under-five deaths per woman | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Kiribati or Lesotho?
- Kiribati, at 0.1779 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1655 under-five deaths per woman in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Kiribati and Lesotho?
- 0.0124 under-five deaths per woman, 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 number of child deaths per woman?
- Kiribati ranks 31st and Lesotho ranks 34th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).