Lesotho - 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.
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| 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 |
Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
