nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n in Lesotho
Lesotho: nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n was 0.0603 in 2021. ▼ Falling
nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n in Lesotho, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n in Lesotho is 0.0603, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n in Lesotho peaked at 0.0765 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.0603, in 2021.
Lesotho ranks 11th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0749 | 0.0721 | 0.0765 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0657 | 0.0635 | 0.0685 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0611 | 0.0603 | 0.0619 | 2 |
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More health data for Lesotho
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 382 (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,227 (2090)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 27,969 (2025)
- Population, male 48.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 751,340 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 805,943 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 26,809 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 27,201 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n in Lesotho?
- Nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n in Lesotho was 0.0603 in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0765 in 2005.
- What is the lowest nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0603 in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n?
- Lesotho ranks 11th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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