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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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