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Lesotho: Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

56.30per 1,000 live births · 2024-19.9% since 2014

Probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1952 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202456.3
202358.4
202259.9
202161.1
202062.1
201963.5
201865.2
201768
201668.2
201569
201470.3
201371.4
201271
201170.9
201073.6
200977.6
200883.9
200779
200679.6
200578.9
200477.8
200377.1
200276.4
200175.5
200074.8
199974.4
199874.3
199774.8
199675.1
199575.3
199475.1
199374.8
199274.8
199175.1
199075.9
198977.2
198878.9
198781
198683.4
198586.2
198489.4
198392.9
198296.7
1981101
1980105.5
1979110.1
1978114.8
1977119.3
1976123.8
1975128
1974131.6
1973134.6
1972137.2
1971139.5
1970141.8
1969143.9
1968145.2
1967145.9
1966145.9
1965145.1
1964143.7
1963141.9
1962140.1
1961138.9
1960138.4
1959138.7
1958139.8
1957141.9
1956144.7
1955148.2
1954152
1953155.8
1952159.9

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Health Organization (2026). Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-infant-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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