Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Lesotho
Lesotho: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 220 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Lesotho, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 220 for number of deaths ages 5-9 years in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Lesotho peaked at 451 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 220, in 2024.
Lesotho ranks 94th of 196 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 451 | — |
| 1991 | 451 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 451 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 449 | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 446 | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 439 | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 431 | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 418 | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 399 | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 381 | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 364 | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 349 | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 335 | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 323 | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 311 | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 298 | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 287 | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 282 | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 279 | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 276 | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 273 | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 269 | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 264 | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 260 | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 257 | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 254 | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 253 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 252 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 252 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 249 | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 245 | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 240 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 235 | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 227 | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 220 | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 431.6 | 381 | 451 | 10 |
| 2000s | 310.4 | 276 | 364 | 10 |
| 2010s | 258.3 | 249 | 273 | 10 |
| 2020s | 233.4 | 220 | 245 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 91 Azerbaijan 233 compare
- 92 Tajikistan 231 compare
- 93 Sri Lanka 223 compare
- 95 Kyrgyzstan 204 compare
- 96 Canada 182 compare
- 97 Poland 172 compare
- 97 Timor-Leste 172 compare
More education data for Lesotho
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10,388 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 80.18 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 80.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Lesotho?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Lesotho was 220 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 451 in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 220 in 2024.
- How does Lesotho rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years?
- Lesotho ranks 94th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of deaths ages 5-9 years. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of deaths of children ages 5-9 years