Lesotho vs Liberia: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Lesotho
53.09 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Liberia
52.77 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lesotho rank
10th
Liberia rank
11th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Lesotho
- Liberia
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 53.09 deaths per 1,000 people against 52.77 deaths per 1,000 people in Liberia, a difference of 0.32 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Liberia ahead.
Lesotho ranks 10th and Liberia ranks 11th of 236 countries.
Liberia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 151.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 196.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 45.26 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 1960s | 133.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 193.5 deaths per 1,000 people | 60.12 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 1970s | 113.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 174.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 60.8 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 1980s | 76.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 163.99 deaths per 1,000 people | 87.91 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 1990s | 70.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 160.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 90.29 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 2000s | 81.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 100.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.27 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 2010s | 61.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 66.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.44 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 2020s | 54.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 54.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.228 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
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, Lesotho or Liberia?
- Lesotho, at 53.09 deaths per 1,000 people against 52.77 deaths per 1,000 people in Liberia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Lesotho and Liberia?
- 0.32 deaths per 1,000 people, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Liberia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Liberia rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Lesotho ranks 10th and Liberia ranks 11th 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.