Health in Lesotho 1,102 indicators covering health for Lesotho. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Pcv3 number unvaccinated 5,248 2023 down 87.1% 103rd Reported number of human rabies deaths 0 2024 down 100.0% 62nd Proportion of births delivered in a health facility (Facility births) 85.3% 2024 up 11.5% 97th Number of non-autochthonous leprosy cases 0 2024 down 100.0% 47th Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female 0.4% 2024 down 87.1% 83rd Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male 2.8% 2024 up 7.7% 61st Population with basic handwashing facilities at home 17.7% 2024 up 8,995.3% 89th Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female 0.1% 2024 down 85.7% 77th Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male 0.4% 2024 down 33.3% 69th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 7.3% 2024 up 5.8% 21st Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 8.0% 2024 down 1.2% 24th Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female 11.5% 2024 up 35.3% 35th Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male 13.5% 2024 up 5.5% 37th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 32.5% 2024 up 15.7% 13th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 38.3% 2024 down 2.0% 12th Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases 11,432 2011 up 62.4% 50th Diarrhea treatment 39.7% 2018 down 22.6% 55th Pregnant women receiving prenatal care 91.3% 2018 down 0.5% 65th Average of 13 International Health Regulations core capacity scores 62.04 2017 up 47.7% 115th New cases: pulmonary smear-negative 3,385 2012 up 123.7% 42nd Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV needing antiretrovi 5,800 2025 down 47.3% 23rd Number of full-time equivalent staff in national agency 2 2022 unchanged 78th Total number of notified TB cases 9,856 2014 down 19.9% 59th Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV 93 2025 down 1.1% 23rd New cases: pulmonary smear unknown/not done 1,757 2012 down 39.8% 13th Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate 74.0% 2011 up 4.2% 126th Share of one year olds who received the rotavirus vaccine 72 2024 up 2.9% 81st Contraceptive prevalence, any method 54.9% 2024 up 12.3% 13th Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method 53.2% 2024 up 9.7% 9th Retreatment cases: treatment after default 61 2012 down 85.2% 62nd Retreatment cases: other 1,089 2012 up 416.1% 28th Retreatment cases: treatment after failure 45 2012 down 30.8% 68th Unmet need for contraception 12.6% 2024 down 31.5% 36th Absolute number of deaths from ambient particulate air pollution 1,100 2015 down 8.3% 132nd Natural disasters deaths 0 2025 — 7th Tuberculosis funding versus budget requirement 719,917 2025 down 28.8% 67th Antenatal care attendees who were positive for syphilis (%), reported 3.2% 2024 up 12.6% 15th Percentage of people living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads 95 2025 up 43.9% 3rd Percentage of people living with HIV receiving treatment who have supp 98 2025 up 5.4% 1st Antenatal care coverage - at least four visits 81.9% 2024 up 10.1% 53rd Exclusive breastfeeding 59.0% 2018 up 11.5% 17th Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture 2.4 2014 down 53.8% 84th Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum s 0.9 2014 unchanged 90th Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits 76.6% 2018 up 8.8% 25th Average cost of tuberculosis treatment multi drug resistant 81 2024 down 97.7% 92nd Treatment success rate: XDR-TB cases 80 2022 up 142.4% 24th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 39.7% 2017 up 72.8% 54th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 54.2% 2017 up 55.4% 64th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 64.5% 2017 up 24.8% 71st People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q3 54.0% 2017 up 70.4% 54th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q1 28.2% 2017 up 88.6% 55th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 68.7% 2017 down 11.3% 14th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q4 4.6% 2017 down 66.5% 26th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 0.9% 2017 down 72.9% 15th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q3 21.8% 2017 down 28.8% 22nd People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 48.4% 2017 down 10.5% 14th People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 63.7% 2017 up 0.8% 64th People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 56.2% 2017 up 0.0% 61st People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 90.7% 2017 up 4.6% 81st People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 80.0% 2017 up 4.7% 79th ← Previous Page 16 of 19 Next →