Lesotho - Mortality rate
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Lesotho was 89.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 188.60 in 1965 and a minimum value of 83.50 in 1991.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
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 | 187.30 |
| 1961 | 186.30 |
| 1962 | 186.60 |
| 1963 | 187.30 |
| 1964 | 188.10 |
| 1965 | 188.60 |
| 1966 | 188.30 |
| 1967 | 186.90 |
| 1968 | 184.80 |
| 1969 | 181.90 |
| 1970 | 178.30 |
| 1971 | 174.40 |
| 1972 | 170.40 |
| 1973 | 166.00 |
| 1974 | 161.20 |
| 1975 | 155.70 |
| 1976 | 149.70 |
| 1977 | 143.40 |
| 1978 | 137.10 |
| 1979 | 130.60 |
| 1980 | 124.00 |
| 1981 | 117.80 |
| 1982 | 112.00 |
| 1983 | 106.60 |
| 1984 | 101.90 |
| 1985 | 97.60 |
| 1986 | 93.80 |
| 1987 | 90.50 |
| 1988 | 87.70 |
| 1989 | 85.50 |
| 1990 | 84.00 |
| 1991 | 83.50 |
| 1992 | 84.00 |
| 1993 | 86.10 |
| 1994 | 89.30 |
| 1995 | 93.10 |
| 1996 | 96.90 |
| 1997 | 100.00 |
| 1998 | 102.60 |
| 1999 | 104.70 |
| 2000 | 106.90 |
| 2001 | 108.80 |
| 2002 | 110.70 |
| 2003 | 112.70 |
| 2004 | 114.50 |
| 2005 | 116.10 |
| 2006 | 116.50 |
| 2007 | 114.30 |
| 2008 | 113.00 |
| 2009 | 104.20 |
| 2010 | 96.40 |
| 2011 | 93.90 |
| 2012 | 92.70 |
| 2013 | 92.60 |
| 2014 | 94.20 |
| 2015 | 94.60 |
| 2016 | 91.50 |
| 2017 | 91.00 |
| 2018 | 90.60 |
| 2019 | 90.90 |
| 2020 | 89.50 |
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in Lesotho was 81.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 179.00 in 1965 and a minimum value of 76.10 in 1991.
Definition: 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.
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 | 177.40 |
| 1961 | 176.60 |
| 1962 | 176.90 |
| 1963 | 177.70 |
| 1964 | 178.60 |
| 1965 | 179.00 |
| 1966 | 178.80 |
| 1967 | 177.60 |
| 1968 | 175.50 |
| 1969 | 172.70 |
| 1970 | 169.30 |
| 1971 | 165.60 |
| 1972 | 161.70 |
| 1973 | 157.40 |
| 1974 | 152.60 |
| 1975 | 147.20 |
| 1976 | 141.50 |
| 1977 | 135.20 |
| 1978 | 128.90 |
| 1979 | 122.50 |
| 1980 | 116.30 |
| 1981 | 110.20 |
| 1982 | 104.40 |
| 1983 | 99.10 |
| 1984 | 94.40 |
| 1985 | 90.20 |
| 1986 | 86.40 |
| 1987 | 83.10 |
| 1988 | 80.40 |
| 1989 | 78.20 |
| 1990 | 76.70 |
| 1991 | 76.10 |
| 1992 | 76.60 |
| 1993 | 78.60 |
| 1994 | 81.80 |
| 1995 | 85.70 |
| 1996 | 89.40 |
| 1997 | 92.40 |
| 1998 | 94.90 |
| 1999 | 97.00 |
| 2000 | 99.00 |
| 2001 | 100.90 |
| 2002 | 102.70 |
| 2003 | 104.50 |
| 2004 | 106.20 |
| 2005 | 107.60 |
| 2006 | 107.90 |
| 2007 | 105.90 |
| 2008 | 104.50 |
| 2009 | 96.00 |
| 2010 | 88.60 |
| 2011 | 86.10 |
| 2012 | 84.80 |
| 2013 | 84.80 |
| 2014 | 86.50 |
| 2015 | 86.70 |
| 2016 | 83.40 |
| 2017 | 82.90 |
| 2018 | 82.70 |
| 2019 | 83.20 |
| 2020 | 81.90 |
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in Lesotho was 96.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 197.50 in 1965 and a minimum value of 90.50 in 1991.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
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 | 196.70 |
| 1961 | 195.70 |
| 1962 | 195.70 |
| 1963 | 196.50 |
| 1964 | 197.10 |
| 1965 | 197.50 |
| 1966 | 197.10 |
| 1967 | 195.90 |
| 1968 | 193.60 |
| 1969 | 190.40 |
| 1970 | 186.90 |
| 1971 | 182.90 |
| 1972 | 178.80 |
| 1973 | 174.30 |
| 1974 | 169.30 |
| 1975 | 163.80 |
| 1976 | 157.60 |
| 1977 | 151.20 |
| 1978 | 144.60 |
| 1979 | 138.00 |
| 1980 | 131.40 |
| 1981 | 125.00 |
| 1982 | 119.20 |
| 1983 | 113.80 |
| 1984 | 109.00 |
| 1985 | 104.60 |
| 1986 | 100.70 |
| 1987 | 97.50 |
| 1988 | 94.60 |
| 1989 | 92.40 |
| 1990 | 91.00 |
| 1991 | 90.50 |
| 1992 | 91.10 |
| 1993 | 93.10 |
| 1994 | 96.30 |
| 1995 | 100.30 |
| 1996 | 104.10 |
| 1997 | 107.30 |
| 1998 | 109.90 |
| 1999 | 112.10 |
| 2000 | 114.30 |
| 2001 | 116.40 |
| 2002 | 118.40 |
| 2003 | 120.60 |
| 2004 | 122.40 |
| 2005 | 124.10 |
| 2006 | 124.60 |
| 2007 | 122.30 |
| 2008 | 121.20 |
| 2009 | 111.90 |
| 2010 | 104.00 |
| 2011 | 101.10 |
| 2012 | 100.00 |
| 2013 | 99.90 |
| 2014 | 101.70 |
| 2015 | 102.10 |
| 2016 | 99.00 |
| 2017 | 98.50 |
| 2018 | 97.90 |
| 2019 | 98.30 |
| 2020 | 96.80 |
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Lesotho was 44.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65.10 in 1966 and a minimum value of 39.40 in 1987.
Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
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 | 63.50 |
| 1961 | 63.80 |
| 1962 | 64.10 |
| 1963 | 64.50 |
| 1964 | 65.00 |
| 1965 | 65.10 |
| 1966 | 65.10 |
| 1967 | 64.70 |
| 1968 | 64.20 |
| 1969 | 63.40 |
| 1970 | 62.40 |
| 1971 | 61.10 |
| 1972 | 59.80 |
| 1973 | 58.40 |
| 1974 | 56.70 |
| 1975 | 54.80 |
| 1976 | 52.80 |
| 1977 | 50.70 |
| 1978 | 48.60 |
| 1979 | 46.60 |
| 1980 | 44.70 |
| 1981 | 43.10 |
| 1982 | 41.80 |
| 1983 | 40.90 |
| 1984 | 40.30 |
| 1985 | 39.80 |
| 1986 | 39.50 |
| 1987 | 39.40 |
| 1988 | 39.40 |
| 1989 | 39.50 |
| 1990 | 39.60 |
| 1991 | 39.70 |
| 1992 | 39.80 |
| 1993 | 39.80 |
| 1994 | 39.80 |
| 1995 | 39.80 |
| 1996 | 39.70 |
| 1997 | 39.50 |
| 1998 | 39.40 |
| 1999 | 39.40 |
| 2000 | 39.60 |
| 2001 | 39.90 |
| 2002 | 40.10 |
| 2003 | 40.20 |
| 2004 | 40.30 |
| 2005 | 40.50 |
| 2006 | 40.80 |
| 2007 | 41.10 |
| 2008 | 41.40 |
| 2009 | 41.70 |
| 2010 | 42.00 |
| 2011 | 42.40 |
| 2012 | 42.80 |
| 2013 | 43.50 |
| 2014 | 44.10 |
| 2015 | 44.70 |
| 2016 | 45.10 |
| 2017 | 45.20 |
| 2018 | 45.10 |
| 2019 | 44.80 |
| 2020 | 44.30 |
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Lesotho was 408.47 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 626.09 in 2002 and a minimum value of 254.85 in 1992.
Definition: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 376.66 |
| 1961 | 370.75 |
| 1962 | 364.84 |
| 1963 | 363.33 |
| 1964 | 361.82 |
| 1965 | 360.31 |
| 1966 | 358.80 |
| 1967 | 357.28 |
| 1968 | 354.96 |
| 1969 | 352.64 |
| 1970 | 350.31 |
| 1971 | 347.99 |
| 1972 | 345.66 |
| 1973 | 340.79 |
| 1974 | 335.92 |
| 1975 | 331.06 |
| 1976 | 326.19 |
| 1977 | 321.32 |
| 1978 | 314.86 |
| 1979 | 308.40 |
| 1980 | 301.94 |
| 1981 | 295.47 |
| 1982 | 289.01 |
| 1983 | 284.62 |
| 1984 | 280.23 |
| 1985 | 275.84 |
| 1986 | 271.44 |
| 1987 | 267.05 |
| 1988 | 264.61 |
| 1989 | 262.17 |
| 1990 | 259.73 |
| 1991 | 257.29 |
| 1992 | 254.85 |
| 1993 | 289.95 |
| 1994 | 325.06 |
| 1995 | 360.17 |
| 1996 | 395.28 |
| 1997 | 430.39 |
| 1998 | 469.53 |
| 1999 | 508.67 |
| 2000 | 547.81 |
| 2001 | 586.95 |
| 2002 | 626.09 |
| 2003 | 611.74 |
| 2004 | 597.38 |
| 2005 | 583.03 |
| 2006 | 568.68 |
| 2007 | 554.33 |
| 2008 | 538.94 |
| 2009 | 523.55 |
| 2010 | 508.16 |
| 2011 | 492.77 |
| 2012 | 477.38 |
| 2013 | 473.73 |
| 2014 | 470.09 |
| 2015 | 466.44 |
| 2016 | 462.80 |
| 2017 | 459.15 |
| 2018 | 419.36 |
| 2019 | 413.92 |
| 2020 | 408.47 |
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Lesotho was 533.95 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 658.74 in 2002 and a minimum value of 316.28 in 1992.
Definition: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 443.06 |
| 1961 | 436.78 |
| 1962 | 430.49 |
| 1963 | 428.94 |
| 1964 | 427.38 |
| 1965 | 425.82 |
| 1966 | 424.26 |
| 1967 | 422.70 |
| 1968 | 419.82 |
| 1969 | 416.94 |
| 1970 | 414.06 |
| 1971 | 411.17 |
| 1972 | 408.29 |
| 1973 | 402.88 |
| 1974 | 397.48 |
| 1975 | 392.07 |
| 1976 | 386.67 |
| 1977 | 381.26 |
| 1978 | 374.52 |
| 1979 | 367.78 |
| 1980 | 361.05 |
| 1981 | 354.31 |
| 1982 | 347.57 |
| 1983 | 343.03 |
| 1984 | 338.50 |
| 1985 | 333.96 |
| 1986 | 329.43 |
| 1987 | 324.89 |
| 1988 | 323.17 |
| 1989 | 321.44 |
| 1990 | 319.72 |
| 1991 | 318.00 |
| 1992 | 316.28 |
| 1993 | 350.27 |
| 1994 | 384.25 |
| 1995 | 418.24 |
| 1996 | 452.23 |
| 1997 | 486.22 |
| 1998 | 520.72 |
| 1999 | 555.23 |
| 2000 | 589.73 |
| 2001 | 624.24 |
| 2002 | 658.74 |
| 2003 | 647.89 |
| 2004 | 637.04 |
| 2005 | 626.20 |
| 2006 | 615.35 |
| 2007 | 604.50 |
| 2008 | 599.28 |
| 2009 | 594.06 |
| 2010 | 588.84 |
| 2011 | 583.62 |
| 2012 | 578.40 |
| 2013 | 572.43 |
| 2014 | 566.47 |
| 2015 | 560.51 |
| 2016 | 554.55 |
| 2017 | 548.58 |
| 2018 | 545.68 |
| 2019 | 539.81 |
| 2020 | 533.95 |
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Lesotho was 62.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 132.30 in 1965 and a minimum value of 59.90 in 1992.
Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.
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 | 130.90 |
| 1961 | 130.40 |
| 1962 | 130.60 |
| 1963 | 131.30 |
| 1964 | 132.00 |
| 1965 | 132.30 |
| 1966 | 132.20 |
| 1967 | 131.40 |
| 1968 | 130.00 |
| 1969 | 128.00 |
| 1970 | 125.70 |
| 1971 | 123.10 |
| 1972 | 120.30 |
| 1973 | 117.30 |
| 1974 | 114.10 |
| 1975 | 110.30 |
| 1976 | 106.20 |
| 1977 | 101.90 |
| 1978 | 97.50 |
| 1979 | 93.10 |
| 1980 | 88.70 |
| 1981 | 84.60 |
| 1982 | 80.50 |
| 1983 | 76.90 |
| 1984 | 73.70 |
| 1985 | 70.80 |
| 1986 | 68.10 |
| 1987 | 65.80 |
| 1988 | 63.80 |
| 1989 | 62.20 |
| 1990 | 60.90 |
| 1991 | 60.10 |
| 1992 | 59.90 |
| 1993 | 60.30 |
| 1994 | 61.20 |
| 1995 | 61.90 |
| 1996 | 62.20 |
| 1997 | 62.30 |
| 1998 | 62.30 |
| 1999 | 62.50 |
| 2000 | 62.90 |
| 2001 | 63.40 |
| 2002 | 64.00 |
| 2003 | 64.90 |
| 2004 | 65.60 |
| 2005 | 66.40 |
| 2006 | 66.80 |
| 2007 | 66.20 |
| 2008 | 69.30 |
| 2009 | 66.20 |
| 2010 | 63.70 |
| 2011 | 61.90 |
| 2012 | 63.00 |
| 2013 | 63.80 |
| 2014 | 64.80 |
| 2015 | 65.40 |
| 2016 | 65.60 |
| 2017 | 65.80 |
| 2018 | 64.90 |
| 2019 | 64.30 |
| 2020 | 62.90 |
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Lesotho was 69.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 141.00 in 1965 and a minimum value of 66.60 in 1992.
Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
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 | 140.10 |
| 1961 | 139.40 |
| 1962 | 139.60 |
| 1963 | 140.10 |
| 1964 | 140.60 |
| 1965 | 141.00 |
| 1966 | 140.70 |
| 1967 | 139.80 |
| 1968 | 138.30 |
| 1969 | 136.30 |
| 1970 | 133.80 |
| 1971 | 131.10 |
| 1972 | 128.30 |
| 1973 | 125.20 |
| 1974 | 121.90 |
| 1975 | 118.00 |
| 1976 | 113.80 |
| 1977 | 109.40 |
| 1978 | 105.00 |
| 1979 | 100.50 |
| 1980 | 95.90 |
| 1981 | 91.60 |
| 1982 | 87.50 |
| 1983 | 83.80 |
| 1984 | 80.50 |
| 1985 | 77.50 |
| 1986 | 74.80 |
| 1987 | 72.40 |
| 1988 | 70.40 |
| 1989 | 68.70 |
| 1990 | 67.50 |
| 1991 | 66.80 |
| 1992 | 66.60 |
| 1993 | 67.10 |
| 1994 | 67.90 |
| 1995 | 68.70 |
| 1996 | 69.20 |
| 1997 | 69.20 |
| 1998 | 69.40 |
| 1999 | 69.50 |
| 2000 | 70.00 |
| 2001 | 70.50 |
| 2002 | 71.20 |
| 2003 | 72.20 |
| 2004 | 73.00 |
| 2005 | 74.00 |
| 2006 | 74.50 |
| 2007 | 73.80 |
| 2008 | 77.10 |
| 2009 | 73.60 |
| 2010 | 70.90 |
| 2011 | 69.00 |
| 2012 | 70.20 |
| 2013 | 71.00 |
| 2014 | 71.90 |
| 2015 | 72.60 |
| 2016 | 72.90 |
| 2017 | 73.10 |
| 2018 | 72.10 |
| 2019 | 71.40 |
| 2020 | 69.90 |
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Lesotho was 76.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 149.20 in 1965 and a minimum value of 73.00 in 1992.
Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.
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 | 148.70 |
| 1961 | 148.00 |
| 1962 | 148.00 |
| 1963 | 148.40 |
| 1964 | 148.90 |
| 1965 | 149.20 |
| 1966 | 148.90 |
| 1967 | 147.90 |
| 1968 | 146.30 |
| 1969 | 144.10 |
| 1970 | 141.50 |
| 1971 | 138.80 |
| 1972 | 135.80 |
| 1973 | 132.60 |
| 1974 | 129.20 |
| 1975 | 125.30 |
| 1976 | 121.10 |
| 1977 | 116.60 |
| 1978 | 112.00 |
| 1979 | 107.30 |
| 1980 | 102.70 |
| 1981 | 98.30 |
| 1982 | 94.10 |
| 1983 | 90.40 |
| 1984 | 87.00 |
| 1985 | 83.80 |
| 1986 | 81.10 |
| 1987 | 78.80 |
| 1988 | 76.70 |
| 1989 | 75.00 |
| 1990 | 73.80 |
| 1991 | 73.10 |
| 1992 | 73.00 |
| 1993 | 73.60 |
| 1994 | 74.40 |
| 1995 | 75.30 |
| 1996 | 75.80 |
| 1997 | 75.90 |
| 1998 | 75.90 |
| 1999 | 76.20 |
| 2000 | 76.70 |
| 2001 | 77.30 |
| 2002 | 78.10 |
| 2003 | 79.20 |
| 2004 | 80.10 |
| 2005 | 81.10 |
| 2006 | 81.70 |
| 2007 | 80.90 |
| 2008 | 84.40 |
| 2009 | 80.70 |
| 2010 | 77.80 |
| 2011 | 75.70 |
| 2012 | 76.80 |
| 2013 | 77.70 |
| 2014 | 78.70 |
| 2015 | 79.50 |
| 2016 | 79.90 |
| 2017 | 80.00 |
| 2018 | 78.70 |
| 2019 | 78.20 |
| 2020 | 76.60 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
