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The children mortality rate in Lesotho

72.9 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021

Lesotho children mortality rate was at level of 72.9 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021, down from 75.5 deaths per 1,000 live births previous year, this is a change of 3.44%.

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Alternate Sources
IHME Infant and Child Mortality Estimates, February 2011 24.84 per 1000 births in 2010 IHME
Children mortality rate in Africa
Niger 115.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Somalia 111.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Nigeria 110.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Chad 107.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Sierra Leone 104.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Central African Republic 99.9 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Guinea 98.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
South Sudan 98.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Mali 97.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Benin 83.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Mortality indicators in Lesotho
Children Deaths 1,410 cases in 2010 IHME
Infant Mortality Rate 57 per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Life Expectancy 55.93 years in 2021 WB
Maternal Deaths 310 numbers in 2017 WB
Mortality Rate 432.96 per 1,000 female adults in 2021 WB
Neonatal Deaths 2,100 Number in 2021 WB
Neonatal Mortality Rate 35.3 per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Post Neonatal Deaths 2,075 cases in 2010 IHME
Post Neonatal Mortality Rate 35.96 per 1000 births in 2010 IHME
Survival 41.88 % in 2021 WB
Under-5 Deaths 4,312 Number in 2021 WB