# Infant mortality rate in Lesotho

Infant mortality rate in Lesotho was 56.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `infant_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `ls`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in the year.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/infant-mortality-rate/lesotho
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=infant_mortality_rate&place=ls

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 56.3 |
| 2023 | 58.4 |
| 2022 | 59.9 |
| 2021 | 61.1 |
| 2020 | 62.1 |
| 2019 | 63.5 |
| 2018 | 65.2 |
| 2017 | 68 |
| 2016 | 68.2 |
| 2015 | 69 |
| 2014 | 70.3 |
| 2013 | 71.4 |
| 2012 | 71 |
| 2011 | 70.9 |
| 2010 | 73.6 |
| 2009 | 77.6 |
| 2008 | 83.9 |
| 2007 | 79 |
| 2006 | 79.6 |
| 2005 | 78.9 |
| 2004 | 77.8 |
| 2003 | 77.1 |
| 2002 | 76.4 |
| 2001 | 75.5 |
| 2000 | 74.8 |
| 1999 | 74.4 |
| 1998 | 74.3 |
| 1997 | 74.8 |
| 1996 | 75.1 |
| 1995 | 75.3 |
| 1994 | 75.1 |
| 1993 | 74.8 |
| 1992 | 74.8 |
| 1991 | 75.1 |
| 1990 | 75.9 |
| 1989 | 77.2 |
| 1988 | 78.9 |
| 1987 | 81 |
| 1986 | 83.4 |
| 1985 | 86.2 |
| 1984 | 89.4 |
| 1983 | 92.9 |
| 1982 | 96.7 |
| 1981 | 101 |
| 1980 | 105.5 |
| 1979 | 110.1 |
| 1978 | 114.8 |
| 1977 | 119.3 |
| 1976 | 123.8 |
| 1975 | 128 |
| 1974 | 131.6 |
| 1973 | 134.6 |
| 1972 | 137.2 |
| 1971 | 139.5 |
| 1970 | 141.8 |
| 1969 | 143.9 |
| 1968 | 145.2 |
| 1967 | 145.9 |
| 1966 | 145.9 |
| 1965 | 145.1 |
| 1964 | 143.7 |
| 1963 | 141.9 |
| 1962 | 140.1 |
| 1961 | 138.9 |
| 1960 | 138.4 |