Lesotho vs Somalia: Mortality rates at age 25
Lesotho
0.5454 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Somalia
0.6657 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lesotho rank
6th
Somalia rank
3rd
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Lesotho
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.6657 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.5454 deaths per 1,000 people in Lesotho, a difference of 0.1203 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Somalia ahead.
Lesotho ranks 6th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Somalia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.7909 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9209 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.13 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 1960s | 0.7158 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8549 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1391 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 1970s | 0.6276 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8131 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1855 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 1980s | 0.4917 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9475 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4559 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 1990s | 0.6155 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4045 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 2000s | 1.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7069 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4977 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.8549 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7576 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0973 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 0.5903 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6338 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0434 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Lesotho or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 0.6657 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 Somalia?
- 0.1203 deaths per 1,000 people, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Somalia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Somalia rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Lesotho ranks 6th and Somalia ranks 3rd 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.