Mortality rate, infant in Lesotho
Lesotho: Mortality rate, infant was 56.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in Lesotho, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 56.3 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, infant in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Lesotho peaked at 145.9 per 1,000 live births in 1966 and was at its lowest, 56.3 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
That places Lesotho 10th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 142.9 per 1,000 live births | 138.4 per 1,000 live births | 145.9 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1970s | 128.07 per 1,000 live births | 110.1 per 1,000 live births | 141.8 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 89.22 per 1,000 live births | 77.2 per 1,000 live births | 105.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.96 per 1,000 live births | 74.3 per 1,000 live births | 75.9 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.06 per 1,000 live births | 74.8 per 1,000 live births | 83.9 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.11 per 1,000 live births | 63.5 per 1,000 live births | 73.6 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.56 per 1,000 live births | 56.3 per 1,000 live births | 62.1 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 7 Guinea 59.8 per 1,000 live births compare
- 8 Central African Republic 58.8 per 1,000 live births compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of Congo 56.4 per 1,000 live births compare
- 10 Chad 56.3 per 1,000 live births compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 54.6 per 1,000 live births compare
- 13 Afghanistan 48.3 per 1,000 live births compare
More health data for Lesotho
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 27,969 (2025)
- Population, male 48.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 751,340 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 805,943 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 26,809 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 27,201 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 27,293 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 27,660 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 27,631 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 27,651 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in Lesotho?
- Mortality rate, infant in Lesotho was 56.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, infant recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 145.9 per 1,000 live births in 1966.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Lesotho rank for mortality rate, infant?
- Lesotho ranks 10th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.