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Lesotho: Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

60per 1,000 live births · 2024-22.7% since 2014

Probability of dying by age 5 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1952 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202460
202361.3
202262
202164
202066.3
201968.1
201868.8
201770.1
201671.4
201575.1
201477.6
201379.3
201281.4
201185.2
201090.9
200999.1
2008111.6
2007111.9
2006114.7
2005114.6
2004113.9
2003113.2
2002112.1
2001110.3
2000108.3
1999106.3
1998104.2
1997102.1
199698.9
199595.1
199491.1
199387.6
199285.4
199184.4
199084.5
198985.7
198887.7
198790.2
198693.3
198596.9
1984101.1
1983105.7
1982110.7
1981116.4
1980122.4
1979128.6
1978134.8
1977141.1
1976147.4
1975153.3
1974158.7
1973163.3
1972167.6
1971171.6
1970175.5
1969179.2
1968182.2
1967184.5
1966185.8
1965186.2
1964185.9
1963185.1
1962184.4
1961184.3
1960185.3
1959187.5
1958190.8
1957195.5
1956201.3
1955208.6
1954216.2
1953224.2
1952232.6

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). Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-under5-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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