Lesotho vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Mortality rate, adult, female

Lesotho
355.43 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa
226.17 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Lesotho rank
1st
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
4th

Mortality rate, adult, female over time

  • Lesotho
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
200300400500600700196019922024

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 355.43 per 1,000 female adults against 226.17 per 1,000 female adults in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 129.26 per 1,000 female adults.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Lesotho ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 280.98 per 1,000 female adults 380.96 per 1,000 female adults 99.97 per 1,000 female adults Sub-Saharan Africa
1970s 245.37 per 1,000 female adults 348.16 per 1,000 female adults 102.8 per 1,000 female adults Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s 208.79 per 1,000 female adults 326.26 per 1,000 female adults 117.48 per 1,000 female adults Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s 316.85 per 1,000 female adults 348.44 per 1,000 female adults 31.59 per 1,000 female adults Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s 621.67 per 1,000 female adults 346.13 per 1,000 female adults 275.55 per 1,000 female adults Lesotho
2010s 509.28 per 1,000 female adults 275.44 per 1,000 female adults 233.84 per 1,000 female adults Lesotho
2020s 388.79 per 1,000 female adults 239.18 per 1,000 female adults 149.61 per 1,000 female adults Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, adult, female, Lesotho or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Lesotho, at 355.43 per 1,000 female adults against 226.17 per 1,000 female adults in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, female between Lesotho and Sub-Saharan Africa?
129.26 per 1,000 female adults, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sub-Saharan Africa?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for mortality rate, adult, female?
Lesotho ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Unit
per 1,000 female adults
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,145 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.