Lesotho vs Mauritania: Number of child deaths per woman
Lesotho
0.1655 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Mauritania
0.1554 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Lesotho rank
34th
Mauritania rank
36th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Lesotho
- Mauritania
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 0.1655 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1554 under-five deaths per woman in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0101 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.
Lesotho ranks 34th and Mauritania ranks 36th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Mauritania in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.26 under-five deaths per woman | 1.79 under-five deaths per woman | 0.527 under-five deaths per woman | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | 1.54 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4728 under-five deaths per woman | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 0.8972 under-five deaths per woman | 1.36 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4666 under-five deaths per woman | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 0.5466 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9041 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3575 under-five deaths per woman | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 0.395 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6462 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2512 under-five deaths per woman | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 0.3906 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4015 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0109 under-five deaths per woman | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 0.2493 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2415 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0077 under-five deaths per woman | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 0.1815 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1709 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0106 under-five deaths per woman | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Lesotho or Mauritania?
- Lesotho, at 0.1655 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1554 under-five deaths per woman in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Lesotho and Mauritania?
- 0.0101 under-five deaths per woman, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Mauritania?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Mauritania rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Lesotho ranks 34th and Mauritania ranks 36th 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).