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Lesotho
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Global rank#14out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

64.555.546.537.528.5196019922024Lesotho · 2024: 28.50Lesotho

Analytical takeaways

  • Lesotho records 28.50 for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #14 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) declined from 63.00 in 1960 to 28.50 in 2024, a decrease of 34.50.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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