Lesotho vs South Sudan: Mortality rates at age 25
Lesotho
0.5454 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
South Sudan
0.6657 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lesotho rank
6th
South Sudan rank
4th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Lesotho
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan 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 South Sudan'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 South Sudan ahead.
Lesotho ranks 6th and South Sudan ranks 4th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and South Sudan in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.7909 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.58 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7919 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
| 1960s | 0.7158 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.75 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.03 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
| 1970s | 0.6276 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.57 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.94 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
| 1980s | 0.4917 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.61 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
| 1990s | 0.6155 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.37 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 1.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.653 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5517 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.8549 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1788 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 0.5903 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6572 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0668 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Lesotho or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, 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 South Sudan?
- 0.1203 deaths per 1,000 people, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and South Sudan?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and South Sudan rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Lesotho ranks 6th and South Sudan ranks 4th 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.