Barbados vs Lesotho: Death rate
Barbados
10.61 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lesotho
10.65 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Barbados rank
39th
Lesotho rank
37th
Death rate over time
- Barbados
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 10.65 deaths per 1,000 people against 10.61 deaths per 1,000 people in Barbados, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lesotho ahead.
Barbados ranks 39th and Lesotho ranks 37th of 236 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.28 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 1960s | 7.85 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.68 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.83 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 6.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.36 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 7.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.85 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 8.79 deaths per 1,000 people | 11.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.95 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 9.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.01 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 9.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.29 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 10.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 11.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.24 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher death rate, Barbados or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 10.65 deaths per 1,000 people against 10.61 deaths per 1,000 people in Barbados as of 2023.
- What is the difference in death rate between Barbados and Lesotho?
- 0.04 deaths per 1,000 people, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Lesotho?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Lesotho rank globally for death rate?
- Barbados ranks 39th and Lesotho ranks 37th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Death rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people in the population.