Lesotho vs Naoero: Mortality rates at age 65
Lesotho
5.18 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Naoero
4.98 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lesotho rank
1st
Naoero rank
2nd
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Lesotho
- Naoero
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 5.18 deaths per 1,000 people against 4.98 deaths per 1,000 people in Naoero, a difference of 0.2 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 1st and Naoero ranks 2nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 4 and Naoero in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Naoero | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.037 deaths per 1,000 people | Naoero |
| 1960s | 4.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0733 deaths per 1,000 people | Naoero |
| 1970s | 4.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3524 deaths per 1,000 people | Naoero |
| 1980s | 4.59 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6917 deaths per 1,000 people | Naoero |
| 1990s | 5.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0978 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 7.58 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.07 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 6.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.36 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.07 deaths per 1,000 people | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 5.67 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5719 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, Lesotho or Naoero?
- Lesotho, at 5.18 deaths per 1,000 people against 4.98 deaths per 1,000 people in Naoero as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Lesotho and Naoero?
- 0.2 deaths per 1,000 people, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Naoero?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Naoero rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Lesotho ranks 1st and Naoero ranks 2nd 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.