Lesotho

Child mortality in Lesotho

Child mortality in Lesotho: 26.9 per 100 live births in 1950 and 6 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
6 per 100 live births
Since 1950
−20.9 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
21 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in LesothoChild mortality in Lesotho: 26.9 per 100 live births in 1950 and 6 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024, Lesotho ranked 21 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearLesothoWorld
202463.7
20236.13.8
20226.24
20216.44
20206.63.9
20196.84
20186.94
201774.1
20167.14.2
20157.54.3
20147.84.4
20137.94.5
20128.14.7
20118.55
20109.15.1
20099.95.3
200811.25.5
200711.25.7
200611.56
200511.56.2
200411.46.6
200311.36.8
200211.27.1
2001117.4
200010.87.7
199910.67.9
199810.48.3
199710.28.4
19969.98.6
19959.58.8
19949.18.9
19938.89.1
19928.59.2
19918.49.3
19908.59.4
19898.69.5
19888.810
198799.9
19869.310.3
19859.710.6
198410.110.9
198310.611.1
198211.111.2
198111.611.6
198012.211.9
197912.911.9
197813.512.3
197714.112.6
197614.712.8
197515.313.1
197415.913.3
197316.313.5
197216.813.7
197117.213.9
197017.614.2
196917.914.6
196818.215
196718.515.3
196618.615.1
196518.615.1
196418.615.7
196318.516.2
196218.417
196118.418.8
196018.520.2
195918.819.9
195819.119.7
195719.620.5
195620.121.3
195520.922.3
195421.622.8
195322.423.3
195223.323.9
195125.724.3
195026.924.7
1949–24.9
1948–24.9
1947–25.5
1946–25.8
1945–26.7
1944–27.4
1943–27.7
1942–27.9
1941–27.8
1940–27.9
1939–28
1938–28.7
1937–28.8
1936–29.1
1935–29.5
1934–30.7
1933–30.5
1932–30.7
1931–31.4
1930–31.6
1929–32
1928–31.9
1927–31.9
1926–32.7
1925–32.4
1924–33.1
1923–33.1
1922–33.2
1921–34.2
1920–34.4
1919–35.7
1918–37.6
1917–35.3
1916–35.1
1915–35.3
1914–35.4
1913–35.1
1912–35.5
1911–36
1910–36.4
1909–36.6
1908–37.2
1907–37.4
1906–38.1
1905–38.8
1904–38.9
1903–39.5
1902–40.1
1901–40.8
1900–40.9
1899–40.8
1898–41.2
1897–41
1896–41.1
1895–41.3
1894–41.2
1893–41.2
1892–41.7
1891–41.3
1890–41.5
1889–41.2
1888–41
1887–41.1
1886–41.1
1885–41.2
1884–41.1
1883–41.4
1882–41.5
1881–41.1
1880–41.6
1879–41.1
1878–41.6
1877–41.2
1876–41.4
1875–41.5
1874–41.7
1873–41.8
1872–42.1
1871–42.2
1870–41.9
1869–42.1
1868–42.4
1867–42
1866–42.1
1865–42.3
1864–42.2
1863–42.5
1862–42.6
1861–42.9
1860–42.9
1859–43.7
1858–43.8
1857–44.2
1856–44.2
1855–44
1854–43.7
1853–43.2
1852–42.9
1851–42.4
1850–42
1849–42.3
1848–42.3
1847–42.2
1846–42.4
1845–42
1844–42.1
1843–42.1
1842–42.2
1841–42.1
1840–42.1
1839–42.1
1838–42.2
1837–42.2
1836–42.2
1835–42.2
1834–42.3
1833–42.2
1832–42.2
1831–42.2
1830–42.2
1829–42.1
1828–42.1
1827–42.1
1826–42.1
1825–42.1
1824–42.1
1823–42.1
1822–42.1
1821–42.1
1820–42.1
1819–42.2
1818–42.2
1817–42.2
1816–42.2
1815–42.2
1814–42.3
1813–42.3
1812–42.4
1811–42.4
1810–42.5
1809–42.5
1808–42.5
1807–42.5
1806–42.6
1805–42.6
1804–42.6
1803–42.6
1802–42.7
1801–42.7
1800–42.8

Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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