Equatorial Guinea vs Lesotho: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Equatorial Guinea
49.7 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lesotho
53.09 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
13th
Lesotho rank
10th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 53.09 deaths per 1,000 people against 49.7 deaths per 1,000 people in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 3.39 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 13th and Lesotho ranks 10th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 7 and Lesotho in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 168.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 151.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 17.7 deaths per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1960s | 157.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 133.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 24.26 deaths per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1970s | 148.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 113.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 35.33 deaths per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1980s | 124.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 76.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 48.61 deaths per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 111.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 70.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 41.29 deaths per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 90.97 deaths per 1,000 people | 81.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.71 deaths per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 66.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 61.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.41 deaths per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 52.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 54.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.37 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Equatorial Guinea or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 53.09 deaths per 1,000 people against 49.7 deaths per 1,000 people in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho?
- 3.39 deaths per 1,000 people, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 13th and Lesotho ranks 10th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.