Burkina Faso vs Lesotho: Mortality rates at age 25
Burkina Faso
0.5058 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lesotho
0.5454 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
9th
Lesotho rank
6th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Burkina Faso
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 0.5454 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.5058 deaths per 1,000 people in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.0396 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 9th and Lesotho ranks 6th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 5 and Lesotho in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7909 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3041 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1960s | 0.9851 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7158 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2694 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 0.7983 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6276 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1707 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 0.6169 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4917 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1253 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 0.6402 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6155 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0247 deaths per 1,000 people | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 0.5906 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.614 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.4635 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8549 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3914 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 0.4475 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5903 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1429 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Burkina Faso or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 0.5454 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.5058 deaths per 1,000 people in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Burkina Faso and Lesotho?
- 0.0396 deaths per 1,000 people, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Lesotho?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Burkina Faso and Lesotho rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Burkina Faso ranks 9th and Lesotho ranks 6th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. 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.