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Lesotho - Infant Mortality Rate 2025

Name: Lesotho Infant Mortality Rate 2025
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

51.7 −3.7 from 2024 Global rank: 10th

Lesotho's infant mortality rate was 51.7 in 2025. This was the 10th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2025▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2025
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Central African Republic	103.1	70.7%
2nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	75.9	12.0%
3rd	South Sudan	72.6	0.0%
4th	Niger	66.6	-1.2%
5th	Guinea	58.6	-4.7%
6th	Nigeria	57.1	-5.0%
7th	Chad	55.2	-5.9%
8th	Mali	54.5	-5.5%
9th	Sierra Leone	52.2	-7.2%
10th	Lesotho	51.7	-6.7%
11th	Liberia	49.7	-5.4%
12th	Afghanistan	47.1	-6.5%
13th	Pakistan	46.8	-6.7%
14th	Equatorial Guinea	45.6	-7.0%
15th	Madagascar	44.4	0.4%
16th	Benin	43.7	-5.9%
17th	Côte d'Ivoire	43.6	-6.4%
18th	Mozambique	43.2	-4.8%
19th	Burkina Faso	42.1	-6.1%
20th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	41.8	-6.0%
21st	Djibouti	41.4	-6.8%
22nd	Eswatini	41.1	-5.6%
23rd	Guinea-Bissau	40.4	-6.2%
24th	Kiribati	38.5	-3.0%
25th	Cameroon	38.3	-7.0%
26th	Zimbabwe	38.1	-6.3%
27th	Haiti	37.9	-5.9%
28th	Sudan	36.7	-6.3%
29th	Botswana	36.1	-5.5%
30th	Angola	35.5	-7.3%
31st	Namibia	35.2	-8.4%
32nd	Dominica	34.5	4.2%
33rd	Comoros	33.9	-5.0%
34th	Timor-Leste	33.9	-5.6%
35th	Kenya	33.8	-2.7%
36th	Togo	33.7	-6.1%
37th	Yemen, Republic of	32.7	-5.8%
38th	Lao PDR	32.5	-7.6%
39th	Myanmar	31.6	-7.2%
40th	Gambia, The	31.5	-6.9%
41st	Turkmenistan	30.0	-3.8%
42nd	Papua New Guinea	29.9	-6.4%
43rd	Rwanda	29.8	-2.2%
44th	Burundi	29.4	-6.8%
45th	Mauritania	29.1	-6.0%
46th	Zambia	28.6	-7.5%
47th	Senegal	27.9	-7.7%
48th	Tanzania	27.6	-7.8%
49th	Malawi	27.4	-6.9%
50th	Dominican Republic	27.2	-4.2%
51st	Ghana	25.9	-8.1%
52nd	Fiji	25.7	8.2%
53rd	Uganda	25.6	-7.3%
54th	Gabon	24.9	-6.0%
55th	Congo, Republic of	24.7	-10.4%
56th	Eritrea	24.0	-6.0%
57th	Bangladesh	23.7	-2.8%
58th	South Africa	23.7	-3.0%
59th	Tajikistan	22.8	-0.5%
60th	Guyana	22.2	-6.8%
61st	Marshall Islands	22.0	-6.3%
62nd	Philippines	21.9	-0.9%
63rd	India	21.8	-11.2%
64th	Nepal	21.2	-8.8%
65th	Micronesia, Federated States of	19.4	-6.7%
66th	Iraq	19.4	-6.7%
67th	Algeria	19.2	-2.3%
68th	Palau	18.8	-1.5%
69th	Cambodia	18.7	-7.8%
70th	Jamaica	18.6	1.7%
71st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	18.5	-7.7%
72nd	Syrian Arab Republic	17.7	-7.1%
73rd	Lebanon	17.5	9.6%
74th	Bhutan	17.2	-7.0%
75th	Grenada	16.8	0.4%
76th	Guatemala	16.6	-7.5%
77th	Trinidad and Tobago	16.3	-5.5%
78th	Tuvalu	15.9	-7.0%
79th	Indonesia	15.8	-7.1%
80th	Solomon Islands	15.6	-5.2%
81st	Libya	15.4	-3.4%
82nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	15.0	-7.1%
83rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	14.5	0.0%
84th	Suriname	14.3	-6.1%
85th	Kyrgyz Republic	14.2	-4.4%
86th	Morocco	14.2	-8.6%
87th	Paraguay	14.0	-7.0%
88th	St. Lucia	13.9	-2.8%
89th	Vanuatu	13.9	-2.4%
90th	Viet Nam	13.6	-2.9%
91st	St. Kitts and Nevis	13.5	-5.6%
92nd	West Bank and Gaza	13.4	-6.0%
93rd	Moldova	13.4	-0.6%
94th	Mauritius	13.4	-0.6%
95th	Peru	13.2	-1.9%
96th	Seychelles	12.9	-1.5%
97th	Honduras	12.4	-7.1%
98th	Brazil	12.2	-2.1%
99th	Azerbaijan	11.6	-12.5%
100th	Samoa	11.6	-9.1%
101st	Uzbekistan	11.6	-8.8%
102nd	Jordan	11.5	-5.6%
103rd	British Virgin Islands	10.9	-5.9%
104th	Ecuador	10.8	-3.1%
105th	Mongolia	10.6	-7.0%
106th	Belize	10.5	-3.0%
107th	Colombia	10.2	-6.8%
108th	Mexico	10.1	-6.7%
109th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.0	-6.7%
110th	Cabo Verde	9.9	-10.2%
111th	Costa Rica	9.8	6.5%
112th	Panama	9.5	-10.2%
113th	Nicaragua	9.4	-9.1%
114th	Bahamas, The	8.9	-21.8%
115th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	8.8	-11.5%
116th	Barbados	8.7	-6.5%
117th	Tunisia	8.7	-18.3%
118th	Albania	8.5	2.4%
119th	El Salvador	8.5	-8.0%
120th	São Tomé and Principe	8.4	-10.6%
121st	Türkiye	8.4	-7.9%
122nd	Oman	8.3	-1.4%
123rd	Brunei Darussalam	8.1	-1.7%
124th	Armenia	8.0	-10.6%
125th	Georgia	7.9	-1.5%
126th	Argentina	7.8	-4.9%
127th	Ukraine	7.6	-2.6%
128th	Kuwait	7.6	-0.3%
129th	Bahrain	7.5	4.7%
130th	Tonga	7.5	-6.0%
131st	Thailand	7.5	-6.8%
132nd	Kazakhstan	7.3	-3.4%
133rd	Kosovo	7.3	-12.0%
134th	Cuba	7.2	9.1%
135th	Antigua and Barbuda	7.0	-4.4%
136th	Malaysia	6.8	0.0%
137th	Nauru	6.7	-19.3%
138th	Chile	6.1	-1.3%
139th	United States	5.5	0.0%
140th	Romania	5.3	-2.6%
141st	Slovak Republic	5.2	1.6%
142nd	Uruguay	5.1	-7.3%
143rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.0	-4.9%
144th	Sri Lanka	4.8	-8.7%
145th	Bulgaria	4.7	-5.6%
146th	Qatar	4.6	-5.3%
147th	Malta	4.5	-5.4%
148th	Saudi Arabia	4.4	-9.4%
149th	Canada	4.4	0.0%
150th	Serbia	4.3	-4.4%
151st	Maldives	4.3	-14.8%
152nd	United Kingdom	4.1	1.5%
153rd	New Zealand	3.9	-3.0%
154th	Croatia	3.8	-2.1%
155th	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.7	-6.5%
156th	China	3.7	-17.8%
157th	Poland	3.6	-1.6%
158th	Ireland	3.6	5.9%
159th	Switzerland	3.5	0.0%
160th	Netherlands	3.5	0.0%
161st	France	3.5	2.4%
162nd	United Arab Emirates	3.5	-13.5%
163rd	Russian Federation	3.2	-14.6%
164th	European Union	3.1	-1.4%
165th	Australia	3.1	0.0%
166th	Germany	3.1	0.0%
167th	Greece	3.1	-4.4%
168th	Cyprus	3.0	4.8%
169th	Hungary	3.0	-6.3%
170th	Belgium	2.9	-4.0%
171st	Denmark	2.9	-4.0%
172nd	Spain	2.6	0.0%
173rd	Israel	2.6	-4.4%
174th	Lithuania	2.5	-9.3%
175th	Portugal	2.5	-4.6%
176th	Austria	2.5	-5.4%
177th	Andorra	2.4	-4.8%
178th	Italy	2.2	-5.2%
179th	Korea	2.2	-6.1%
180th	Monaco	2.1	-8.7%
181st	Latvia	2.0	-19.2%
182nd	Czechia	2.0	-6.7%
183rd	Luxembourg	1.9	-3.0%
184th	Iceland	1.9	0.0%
185th	Sweden	1.9	-6.0%
186th	Norway	1.8	-3.2%
187th	Montenegro	1.8	-13.3%
188th	Japan	1.8	0.0%
189th	Finland	1.7	-3.3%
190th	Slovenia	1.7	-3.3%
191st	Belarus	1.6	-13.7%
192nd	Singapore	1.6	-7.1%
193rd	Estonia	1.5	-7.5%
194th	San Marino	1.3	-8.6%
195th	North Macedonia	1.1	-59.3%

FAQ

What was Lesotho's infant mortality rate in 2025?▾

Lesotho's infant mortality rate in 2025 was 51.7. This ranked 10th globally.

How did Lesotho's infant mortality rate change in 2025?▾

Lesotho's infant mortality rate decreased by 6.7% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2025?▾

Central African Republic had the highest infant mortality rate in 2025 at 103.1.

What is the infant mortality rate of Lesotho in 2025?▾

The infant mortality rate of Lesotho in 2025 was 51.7. This ranked 10th globally.

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