Lesotho vs Middle income: Death rate, crude

Lesotho
10.48 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Middle income
7.11 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Lesotho rank
29th
Middle income rank
29th

Death rate, crude over time

  • Lesotho
  • Middle income
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 10.48 per 1,000 people against 7.11 per 1,000 people in Middle income, a difference of 3.37 per 1,000 people.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.5 times Middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Middle income ahead.

Lesotho ranks 29th and Middle income ranks 29th of 218 countries.

Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 16.68 per 1,000 people 14.85 per 1,000 people 1.83 per 1,000 people Lesotho
1970s 14.08 per 1,000 people 11.54 per 1,000 people 2.54 per 1,000 people Lesotho
1980s 10.86 per 1,000 people 9.56 per 1,000 people 1.31 per 1,000 people Lesotho
1990s 11.74 per 1,000 people 8.38 per 1,000 people 3.36 per 1,000 people Lesotho
2000s 19.09 per 1,000 people 7.6 per 1,000 people 11.49 per 1,000 people Lesotho
2010s 14.62 per 1,000 people 7.11 per 1,000 people 7.51 per 1,000 people Lesotho
2020s 11.31 per 1,000 people 7.43 per 1,000 people 3.88 per 1,000 people Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate, crude, Lesotho or Middle income?
Lesotho, at 10.48 per 1,000 people against 7.11 per 1,000 people in Middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in death rate, crude between Lesotho and Middle income?
3.37 per 1,000 people, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Middle income?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Middle income rank globally for death rate, crude?
Lesotho ranks 29th and Middle income ranks 29th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.