Number of under-five deaths in Lesotho
Lesotho: Number of under-five deaths was 3,308 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths in Lesotho, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 3,308 for number of under-five deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Lesotho peaked at 7,170 in 1976 and was at its lowest, 3,308, in 2024.
That places Lesotho 82nd out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,465 | 5,812 | 6,979 | 10 |
| 1970s | 7,057 | 6,885 | 7,170 | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,990 | 5,463 | 6,712 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,669 | 5,288 | 6,144 | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,307 | 5,662 | 6,519 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,582 | 3,991 | 5,204 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,511 | 3,308 | 3,805 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 80 Gambia 3,451 compare
- 81 Eritrea 3,392 compare
- 83 Saudi Arabia 3,241 compare
- 84 United Kingdom 3,213 compare
- 85 Jordan 3,048 compare
More health data for Lesotho
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 27,969 (2025)
- Population, male 48.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 26,809 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 751,340 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 805,943 (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 number of under-five deaths in Lesotho?
- Number of under-five deaths in Lesotho was 3,308 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 7,170 in 1976.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,308 in 2024.
- How does Lesotho rank for number of under-five deaths?
- Lesotho ranks 82nd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.8%. 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 Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children dying before reaching age five.