Botswana vs Timor-Leste: Mortality rates at age 65
Botswana
3.06 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Timor-Leste
3.09 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Botswana rank
62nd
Timor-Leste rank
59th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Botswana
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 3.09 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.06 deaths per 1,000 people in Botswana, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
Botswana ranks 62nd and Timor-Leste ranks 59th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 4 and Timor-Leste in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.97 deaths per 1,000 people | Timor-Leste |
| 1960s | 4.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.48 deaths per 1,000 people | Timor-Leste |
| 1970s | 3.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.15 deaths per 1,000 people | Timor-Leste |
| 1980s | 3.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.46 deaths per 1,000 people | Timor-Leste |
| 1990s | 5.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1983 deaths per 1,000 people | Botswana |
| 2000s | 5.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.68 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.67 deaths per 1,000 people | Botswana |
| 2010s | 4.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.33 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6866 deaths per 1,000 people | Botswana |
| 2020s | 3.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4717 deaths per 1,000 people | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Botswana or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 3.09 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.06 deaths per 1,000 people in Botswana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Botswana and Timor-Leste?
- 0.03 deaths per 1,000 people, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Timor-Leste?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and Timor-Leste rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Botswana ranks 62nd and Timor-Leste ranks 59th 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 65. 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.