Lesotho vs Niger: Stillbirth rate

Lesotho

2.27 deaths per 100 births

in 2023

Niger

2.14 deaths per 100 births

in 2023

Lesotho rank

15th

Niger rank

18th

Stillbirth rate over time

Lesotho currently reports 2.27 deaths per 100 births against 2.14 deaths per 100 births in Niger, a difference of 0.1225 deaths per 100 births.

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

Across all 24 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.

Lesotho ranks 15th and Niger ranks 18th of 196 countries.

Indicator: Stillbirth rate
Unit: deaths per 100 births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 4,776 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of stillbirths, per 100 total births.