Fiji vs Lesotho: Mortality rates at age 65
Fiji
4.67 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lesotho
5.18 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Fiji rank
3rd
Lesotho rank
1st
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Fiji
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 5.18 deaths per 1,000 people against 4.67 deaths per 1,000 people in Fiji, a difference of 0.51 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Fiji's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Fiji ahead.
Fiji ranks 3rd and Lesotho ranks 1st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 4 and Lesotho in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.22 deaths per 1,000 people | Fiji |
| 1960s | 5.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1763 deaths per 1,000 people | Fiji |
| 1970s | 5.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4975 deaths per 1,000 people | Fiji |
| 1980s | 5.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.59 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8299 deaths per 1,000 people | Fiji |
| 1990s | 4.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3143 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 5.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.58 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.55 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 5.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.38 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 5.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.67 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6142 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 65, Fiji or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 5.18 deaths per 1,000 people against 4.67 deaths per 1,000 people in Fiji as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Fiji and Lesotho?
- 0.51 deaths per 1,000 people, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Lesotho?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Fiji and Lesotho rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Fiji ranks 3rd and Lesotho ranks 1st 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 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.