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Health
Lesotho
Overview
Health indicators, mortality rates, disease burden, and healthcare infrastructure data for Lesotho.
Healthcare Quality
Oyster healthcare score
69
Oyster List · lineage unverified
Stored score on a 0–100 scale. Oyster List uses several healthcare proxy methods; this row does not record its input sources, observation year, or formula version. It cannot be identified as a direct WHO or World Bank score. Scoring limitations.
WHO Health Indicators
Browse the latest available value for each stored sex, age, other dimension and unit combination across these pages. Different scopes are separate series. Periods can be old; a recent import does not make an old period current. Future-dated periods are listed separately because the stored data does not identify observation versus projection status.
60 scoped series entries across 33 indicators. Up to 50 entries per page; category counts below refer to this page.
Suicide deaths
17.141499
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2007
Sex: Female · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/426_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Suicide deaths
25.872903
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2007
Sex: Male · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/426_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Suicide deaths
21.385850
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2007
Sex: Total · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/426_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
25.300000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2005
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/426_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
33.600000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2005
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/426_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
28.900000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2005
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/426_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Mortality rate (under 5)
176.761358
Unit: per 1000 live births · Period: 1967
Sex: Female · Age: 0 to 4 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 2322814 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 2322814_3.2.1 - Under-five mortality rate/426_2322814_Dataset_2024-05-15.csv
Mortality rate (under 5)
193.140976
Unit: per 1000 live births · Period: 1967
Sex: Male · Age: 0 to 4 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 2322814 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 2322814_3.2.1 - Under-five mortality rate/426_2322814_Dataset_2024-05-15.csv
Mortality rate (under 5)
185.185445
Unit: per 1000 live births · Period: 1967
Sex: Total · Age: 0 to 4 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 2322814 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 2322814_3.2.1 - Under-five mortality rate/426_2322814_Dataset_2024-05-15.csv
Homicide deaths
16.471379
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 361734E · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 361734E_16.1.1 - Intentional homicide/426_361734E_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Homicide deaths
63.071601
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2001
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 361734E · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 361734E_16.1.1 - Intentional homicide/426_361734E_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Poisoning deaths (unintentional)
3.095005
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 84FD3DE · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 84FD3DE_3.9.3 - Unintentional poisoning/426_84FD3DE_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Poisoning deaths (unintentional)
2.336773
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2006
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 84FD3DE · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 84FD3DE_3.9.3 - Unintentional poisoning/426_84FD3DE_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Mortality rate (neonetal)
38.938798
Unit: deaths per 1000 live births · Period: 2005
Sex: Total · Age: 0 to 27 days
WHO data portal · Indicator: A4C49D3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: A4C49D3_3.2.2- Neonatal mortality rate/426_A4C49D3_Dataset_2024-05-16.csv
Maternal mortality ratio
478.020370
Unit: deaths per 100 000 live births · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: AC597B1 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: AC597B1_3.1.1 - Maternal mortality ratio/426_AC597B1_Dataset_2025-04-10.csv
Road traffic deaths
21.600000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: D6176E2 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D6176E2_3.6.1 - Deaths due to road traffic injuries/426_D6176E2_Dataset_2024-02-05.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
249.435000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2018
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/426_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
368.620000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2018
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/426_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
299.985000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2018
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/426_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene services deaths
99.500000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: ED50112 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: ED50112_3.9.2 - Unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene/426_ED50112_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
HIV infections
1.900000
Unit: infections per 1000 · Period: 2024
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 77D059C · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 77D059C_3.3.1 - HIV infections/426_77D059C_Dataset_2025-03-26.csv
Tuberculosis cases
664.000000
Unit: cases per 100 000 · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: C288D13 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: C288D13_3.3.2 - Tuberculosis/426_C288D13_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Stunting in children (under 5)
30.800000
Unit: % of children · Period: 2022
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 5F8A486 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 5F8A486_2.2.1 - Stunting/426_5F8A486_Dataset_2025-05-08.csv
Tobacco use
4.400000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/426_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
3.400000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/426_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
43.800000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/426_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
43.400000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/426_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
24.100000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/426_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
23.400000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/426_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
18.721464
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2001
Sex: Female · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/426_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
2.814224
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2001
Sex: Male · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/426_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
11.176465
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2001
Sex: Total · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/426_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Intimate partner violence prevalence among ever partnered women in their lifetime (%)
40.000000
Unit: % of women · Period: 2018
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E0D4E17 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E0D4E17_5.2.2 - Sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner (last 12 months)/426_E0D4E17_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed sanitation services
50.966800
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 12EE54A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 12EE54A_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/426_12EE54A_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed sanitation services
47.516250
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: 12EE54A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 12EE54A_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/426_12EE54A_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed drinking-water services
9.244380
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1548EA3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1548EA3_6.1.1 - Safely managed drinking water/426_1548EA3_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed drinking-water services
28.217490
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1548EA3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1548EA3_6.1.1 - Safely managed drinking water/426_1548EA3_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed drinking-water services
48.087510
Unit: % of population · Period: 2004
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Urban
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1548EA3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1548EA3_6.1.1 - Safely managed drinking water/426_1548EA3_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels
32.400000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 6A64C9A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 6A64C9A_7.1.2 - Clean fuels/426_6A64C9A_Dataset_2024-04-29.csv
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows
3.012598
Unit: % of wastewater flows · Period: 2024
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: A37BDD6 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: A37BDD6_6.3.1 - Safely treated wastewater/426_A37BDD6_Dataset_2025-05-12.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
3.550390
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/426_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
5.571910
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/426_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
10.301620
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Urban
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/426_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Births attended by health personnel
89.000000
Unit: % of births · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1772666 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1772666_3.1.2 - Births attended by skilled health personnel/426_1772666_Dataset_2025-04-07.csv
Density of doctors
2.350000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 217795A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 217795A_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/426_217795A_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
Density of nurses and midwives
17.560000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 5C8435F · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 5C8435F_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/426_5C8435F_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
General government expenditure on domestic health
13.120541
Unit: % spent on health · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: B9C6C79 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: B9C6C79_1.a.2 - Government spending essential services/426_B9C6C79_Dataset_2025-04-04.csv
Density of pharmacists
1.120000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 45CA7C8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 45CA7C8_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/426_45CA7C8_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
Hypertension in adults (age 30 to 79)
46.800000
Unit: % of 30 - 79 year olds · Period: 2018
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 608DE39 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 608DE39/426_608DE39_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Family planning satisfied with modern methods
82.800000
Unit: % of women · Period: 2018
Sex: Female · Age: 15 to 49 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 8074BD9 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 8074BD9_3.7.1 - Women satisfied with modern methods/426_8074BD9_Dataset_2025-05-06.csv
World Bank Health Indicators
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she argues with him (%)
24.60
2014 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she burns the food (%)
6.30
2014 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she goes out without telling him (%)
10.70
2014 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she neglects the children (%)
22.00
2014 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife (any of five reasons) (%)
33.30
2014 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she refuses sex with him (%)
9.40
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q1 (lowest)
14.20
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q2
10.40
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q3
7.90
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q4
8.60
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q5 (highest)
6.30
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q1 (lowest)
48.40
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q2
39.20
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q3
29.40
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q4
16.50
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q5 (highest)
10.80
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q1 (lowest)
36.70
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q2
33.30
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q3
34.20
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q4
23.20
2014 · World Bank
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