Equatorial Guinea vs Lesotho: Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
Equatorial Guinea
4.8%
in 2023
Lesotho
5.1%
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
13th
Lesotho rank
10th
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 5.1% against 4.8% in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 13th and Lesotho ranks 10th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 7 and Lesotho in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15.1% | 13.7% | 1.4% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1960s | 14.2% | 12.2% | 2.0% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1970s | 13.5% | 10.5% | 3.0% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1980s | 11.5% | 7.2% | 4.3% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 10.3% | 6.7% | 3.7% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 8.6% | 7.7% | 0.9% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 6.3% | 5.9% | 0.4% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 5.0% | 5.3% | 0.2% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying in infancy, by sex, Equatorial Guinea or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 5.1% against 4.8% in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying in infancy, by sex between Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho?
- 0.3%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho rank globally for probability of dying in infancy, by sex?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 13th and Lesotho ranks 10th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying in infancy, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.