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Lesotho: Mortality rate, under-5, female

53.50per 1,000 live births · 2024-23.4% since 2014

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202453.5
202354.6
202255.4
202157.2
202059.3
201960.9
201861.7
201762.9
201664
201567.5
201469.8
201371.4
201273.4
201177.2
201082.7
200990.6
2008102.6
2007103.1
2006105.8
2005105.9
2004105.2
2003104.7
2002103.7
2001102.1
2000100.1
199998.3
199896.4
199794.3
199691.1
199587.3
199483.4
199380
199277.7
199176.7
199077
198978.4
198880.4
198783
198686.1
198589.7
198493.8
198398.4
1982103.5
1981109.2
1980115.1
1979121.2
1978127.5
1977133.6
1976139.8
1975145.6
1974150.9
1973155.5
1972159.5
1971163.5
1970167.4
1969170.9
1968173.9
1967176.2
1966177.4
1965177.6
1964177.2
1963176.3
1962175.6
1961175.4
1960176.3

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNICEF, World Health Organization, World Bank, United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Mortality rate, under-5, female. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mortality-rate-under-5-female (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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