Lesotho - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in Lesotho was 3,859 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,956 in 1973 and a minimum value of 3,859 in 2020.
Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 4,899 |
| 1961 | 4,970 |
| 1962 | 5,077 |
| 1963 | 5,201 |
| 1964 | 5,335 |
| 1965 | 5,471 |
| 1966 | 5,593 |
| 1967 | 5,695 |
| 1968 | 5,781 |
| 1969 | 5,845 |
| 1970 | 5,889 |
| 1971 | 5,923 |
| 1972 | 5,949 |
| 1973 | 5,956 |
| 1974 | 5,941 |
| 1975 | 5,892 |
| 1976 | 5,815 |
| 1977 | 5,717 |
| 1978 | 5,601 |
| 1979 | 5,469 |
| 1980 | 5,317 |
| 1981 | 5,161 |
| 1982 | 5,002 |
| 1983 | 4,846 |
| 1984 | 4,701 |
| 1985 | 4,559 |
| 1986 | 4,424 |
| 1987 | 4,294 |
| 1988 | 4,178 |
| 1989 | 4,076 |
| 1990 | 3,998 |
| 1991 | 3,948 |
| 1992 | 3,934 |
| 1993 | 3,965 |
| 1994 | 4,015 |
| 1995 | 4,073 |
| 1996 | 4,119 |
| 1997 | 4,145 |
| 1998 | 4,182 |
| 1999 | 4,224 |
| 2000 | 4,281 |
| 2001 | 4,332 |
| 2002 | 4,384 |
| 2003 | 4,438 |
| 2004 | 4,468 |
| 2005 | 4,489 |
| 2006 | 4,472 |
| 2007 | 4,381 |
| 2008 | 4,526 |
| 2009 | 4,280 |
| 2010 | 4,091 |
| 2011 | 3,961 |
| 2012 | 4,012 |
| 2013 | 4,043 |
| 2014 | 4,085 |
| 2015 | 4,113 |
| 2016 | 4,116 |
| 2017 | 4,114 |
| 2018 | 4,033 |
| 2019 | 3,973 |
| 2020 | 3,859 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in Lesotho was 4,971 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,811 in 1972 and a minimum value of 4,946 in 1991.
Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 6,507 |
| 1961 | 6,602 |
| 1962 | 6,747 |
| 1963 | 6,913 |
| 1964 | 7,091 |
| 1965 | 7,269 |
| 1966 | 7,424 |
| 1967 | 7,549 |
| 1968 | 7,648 |
| 1969 | 7,719 |
| 1970 | 7,761 |
| 1971 | 7,791 |
| 1972 | 7,811 |
| 1973 | 7,804 |
| 1974 | 7,768 |
| 1975 | 7,685 |
| 1976 | 7,562 |
| 1977 | 7,408 |
| 1978 | 7,234 |
| 1979 | 7,034 |
| 1980 | 6,809 |
| 1981 | 6,581 |
| 1982 | 6,355 |
| 1983 | 6,128 |
| 1984 | 5,919 |
| 1985 | 5,719 |
| 1986 | 5,530 |
| 1987 | 5,357 |
| 1988 | 5,202 |
| 1989 | 5,074 |
| 1990 | 4,984 |
| 1991 | 4,946 |
| 1992 | 4,978 |
| 1993 | 5,099 |
| 1994 | 5,294 |
| 1995 | 5,537 |
| 1996 | 5,781 |
| 1997 | 5,996 |
| 1998 | 6,187 |
| 1999 | 6,355 |
| 2000 | 6,530 |
| 2001 | 6,683 |
| 2002 | 6,824 |
| 2003 | 6,955 |
| 2004 | 7,051 |
| 2005 | 7,113 |
| 2006 | 7,079 |
| 2007 | 6,873 |
| 2008 | 6,724 |
| 2009 | 6,118 |
| 2010 | 5,606 |
| 2011 | 5,423 |
| 2012 | 5,328 |
| 2013 | 5,300 |
| 2014 | 5,383 |
| 2015 | 5,387 |
| 2016 | 5,185 |
| 2017 | 5,138 |
| 2018 | 5,092 |
| 2019 | 5,083 |
| 2020 | 4,971 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Lesotho was 2,463 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,869 in 1973 and a minimum value of 2,293 in 1960.
Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,293 |
| 1961 | 2,346 |
| 1962 | 2,406 |
| 1963 | 2,474 |
| 1964 | 2,547 |
| 1965 | 2,610 |
| 1966 | 2,674 |
| 1967 | 2,729 |
| 1968 | 2,778 |
| 1969 | 2,812 |
| 1970 | 2,840 |
| 1971 | 2,854 |
| 1972 | 2,866 |
| 1973 | 2,869 |
| 1974 | 2,852 |
| 1975 | 2,820 |
| 1976 | 2,778 |
| 1977 | 2,726 |
| 1978 | 2,664 |
| 1979 | 2,599 |
| 1980 | 2,538 |
| 1981 | 2,483 |
| 1982 | 2,441 |
| 1983 | 2,413 |
| 1984 | 2,393 |
| 1985 | 2,379 |
| 1986 | 2,370 |
| 1987 | 2,363 |
| 1988 | 2,366 |
| 1989 | 2,366 |
| 1990 | 2,366 |
| 1991 | 2,369 |
| 1992 | 2,374 |
| 1993 | 2,378 |
| 1994 | 2,382 |
| 1995 | 2,388 |
| 1996 | 2,393 |
| 1997 | 2,398 |
| 1998 | 2,409 |
| 1999 | 2,429 |
| 2000 | 2,456 |
| 2001 | 2,482 |
| 2002 | 2,495 |
| 2003 | 2,496 |
| 2004 | 2,487 |
| 2005 | 2,479 |
| 2006 | 2,467 |
| 2007 | 2,457 |
| 2008 | 2,449 |
| 2009 | 2,446 |
| 2010 | 2,446 |
| 2011 | 2,457 |
| 2012 | 2,473 |
| 2013 | 2,502 |
| 2014 | 2,531 |
| 2015 | 2,558 |
| 2016 | 2,572 |
| 2017 | 2,570 |
| 2018 | 2,545 |
| 2019 | 2,515 |
| 2020 | 2,463 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
