Lesotho vs Nigeria: Mortality rates at age 25
Lesotho
0.5454 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Nigeria
0.6524 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lesotho rank
6th
Nigeria rank
5th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Lesotho
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.6524 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.5454 deaths per 1,000 people in Lesotho, a difference of 0.107 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nigeria ahead.
Lesotho ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 5th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.7909 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2756 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1960s | 0.7158 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3912 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 0.6276 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8865 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2589 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 0.4917 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8264 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3347 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 0.6155 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8585 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.243 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 1.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.765 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4397 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.8549 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7072 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1477 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 0.5903 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6555 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0651 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Lesotho or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.6524 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.5454 deaths per 1,000 people in Lesotho as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Lesotho and Nigeria?
- 0.107 deaths per 1,000 people, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Nigeria?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Nigeria rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Lesotho ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 5th 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 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.