Lesotho vs Tanzania: Number of child deaths per woman
Lesotho
0.1655 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Tanzania
0.168 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Lesotho rank
34th
Tanzania rank
33rd
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Lesotho
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 0.168 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1655 under-five deaths per woman in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0025 under-five deaths per woman.
Across all 74 years both countries report, Tanzania has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 34th and Tanzania ranks 33rd of 200 countries.
Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.23 under-five deaths per woman | 1.65 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4219 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 1960s | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | 1.57 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 0.8972 under-five deaths per woman | 1.38 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4851 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 0.5466 under-five deaths per woman | 1.17 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6209 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 0.395 under-five deaths per woman | 0.923 under-five deaths per woman | 0.528 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 0.3906 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5428 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1522 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 0.2493 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2845 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0352 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 0.1815 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1876 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0062 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Lesotho or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 0.168 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 Lesotho and Tanzania?
- 0.0025 under-five deaths per woman, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Tanzania?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Tanzania rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Lesotho ranks 34th and Tanzania ranks 33rd 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).