Health in Lesotho

1,102 indicators covering health for Lesotho.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 0.9% 2017 down 72.9% 15th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural 54.9% 2017 down 0.7% 59th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural 61.4% 2017 up 2.8% 58th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural 66.9% 2017 up 6.2% 58th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural 67.7% 2017 up 3.7% 65th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural 76.8% 2017 up 5.9% 69th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban 78.5% 2017 down 2.5% 69th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban 92.3% 2017 up 6.4% 61st
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban 93.6% 2017 up 4.6% 67th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban 98.2% 2017 up 5.2% 52nd
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban 99.3% 2017 up 3.0% 41st
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural pop 26.4% 2017 up 92.2% 52nd
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural pop 35.7% 2017 up 88.6% 53rd
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural pop 48.4% 2017 up 89.4% 52nd
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural pop 61.9% 2017 up 69.9% 49th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural pop 74.9% 2017 up 46.7% 53rd
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban po 31.5% 2017 up 56.3% 64th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban po 31.8% 2017 up 52.8% 74th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban po 40.4% 2017 up 40.1% 75th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban po 51.9% 2017 up 24.7% 77th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban po 72.4% 2017 up 6.8% 79th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q1 71.0% 2017 down 11.0% 13th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q2 56.7% 2017 down 14.9% 16th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q3 33.0% 2017 down 30.7% 25th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q4 14.9% 2017 down 46.8% 32nd
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 3.4% 2017 down 66.4% 35th
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q1 15.2% 2017 down 15.0% 23rd
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2 2.0% 2017 down 77.5% 27th
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q3 0.5% 2017 down 89.2% 36th
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q4 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 48th
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q5 0.2% 2017 down 79.1% 19th
Antenatal care attendees positive for syphilis who received treatment 59.6% 2024 up 14.8% 69th
Prevalence of syphilis 2.3% 2022 down 18.2% 18th
Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres 328 2009 down 2.4% 29th
Population 0-24 60.3% 2011 down 5.0% 33rd
Antenatal care (any skilled personnel) (% of women with a birth): Q1 86.9% 2018 down 0.8% 24th
Antenatal care (any skilled personnel) (% of women with a birth): Q2 92.6% 2018 up 4.4% 25th
Antenatal care (any skilled personnel) (% of women with a birth): Q3 91.0% 2018 down 1.3% 31st
Antenatal care (any skilled personnel) (% of women with a birth): Q4 91.7% 2018 down 1.3% 37th
Antenatal care (any skilled personnel) (% of women with a birth): Q5 94.7% 2018 down 1.1% 37th
Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q1 9.5% 2018 up 75.9% 24th
Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q2 12.4% 2018 up 96.8% 27th
Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q3 9.6% 2018 unchanged 32nd
Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q4 20.0% 2018 up 61.3% 26th
Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q5 33.8% 2018 up 42.0% 28th
Tuberculosis prevalence rate 411 per 1000,000 population, WHO 2011 up 10.8% 18th
Current use of contraception (modern method) (% of married women): Q1 66.1% 2018 up 131.1% 2nd
Current use of contraception (modern method) (% of married women): Q2 64.4% 2018 up 76.4% 4th
Current use of contraception (modern method) (% of married women): Q3 61.9% 2018 up 39.1% 4th
Current use of contraception (modern method) (% of married women): Q4 65.5% 2018 up 35.6% 4th
Current use of contraception (modern method) (% of married women): Q5 64.8% 2018 up 6.4% 4th
Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q1 66.3% 2018 up 120.3% 4th
Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q2 65.0% 2018 up 70.6% 10th
Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q3 62.0% 2018 up 32.2% 13th
Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q4 65.9% 2018 up 33.1% 9th
Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q5 65.3% 2018 up 5.8% 9th
Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration a 54.5% 2018 up 14.5% 9th
Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q1 76.4% 2018 up 111.0% 13th
Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q2 84.9% 2018 up 68.8% 16th
Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q3 86.0% 2018 up 42.9% 20th