Lesotho - Death Rate 2002
18.2
+1.1 from 2001
Lesotho's death rate was 18.2 in 2002, increased +1.1 from 17.1 in 2001. This was the 215th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Arab Emirates | 1.6 | -8.6% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 1.8 | -1.8% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 2.0 | 0.4% |
| 4th | Bahrain | 2.4 | -3.7% |
| 5th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.6 | -1.8% |
| 6th | French Polynesia | 2.6 | 0.5% |
| 7th | Oman | 3.0 | -2.7% |
| 8th | Saudi Arabia | 3.0 | -3.6% |
| 9th | Macao SAR, China | 3.2 | 3.2% |
| 10th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.5 | 0.4% |
| 11th | St. Martin (French part) | 3.5 | -0.9% |
| 12th | Jordan | 3.7 | -0.5% |
| 13th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.8 | 0.8% |
| 14th | Costa Rica | 3.9 | -0.8% |
| 15th | Maldives | 4.1 | -3.4% |
| 16th | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.1 | -2.8% |
| 17th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.1 | -2.2% |
| 18th | Malaysia | 4.3 | -1.9% |
| 19th | West Bank and Gaza | 4.3 | -2.3% |
| 20th | Lebanon | 4.3 | -2.0% |
| 21st | Singapore | 4.4 | 2.3% |
| 22nd | British Virgin Islands | 4.4 | -1.5% |
| 23rd | American Samoa | 4.5 | 0.7% |
| 24th | Guam | 4.5 | -0.2% |
| 25th | Panama | 4.7 | -1.3% |
| 26th | Libya | 4.8 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Algeria | 4.9 | -2.8% |
| 28th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.9 | -0.5% |
| 29th | Ecuador | 4.9 | -2.9% |
| 30th | Chile | 5.0 | 0.9% |
| 31st | Honduras | 5.0 | -2.0% |
| 32nd | Tunisia | 5.1 | 0.6% |
| 33rd | New Caledonia | 5.1 | -0.4% |
| 34th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.1 | 2.0% |
| 35th | Korea | 5.1 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Paraguay | 5.2 | -0.9% |
| 37th | Samoa | 5.2 | -0.7% |
| 38th | Aruba | 5.3 | 12.3% |
| 39th | Vanuatu | 5.4 | 0.0% |
| 40th | Belize | 5.4 | -3.8% |
| 41st | Philippines | 5.4 | 0.1% |
| 42nd | Cayman Islands | 5.5 | -0.6% |
| 43rd | Mexico | 5.5 | 0.3% |
| 44th | Colombia | 5.5 | -1.3% |
| 45th | Viet Nam | 5.5 | 0.5% |
| 46th | Dominican Republic | 5.5 | -0.1% |
| 47th | Peru | 5.6 | 0.3% |
| 48th | Kosovo | 5.6 | 0.5% |
| 49th | Albania | 5.7 | 1.2% |
| 50th | Azerbaijan | 5.7 | 1.8% |
| 51st | Virgin Islands (US) | 5.7 | 1.8% |
| 52nd | Nicaragua | 5.7 | -4.1% |
| 53rd | Türkiye | 5.8 | -0.4% |
| 54th | Israel | 5.8 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Cabo Verde | 5.8 | -4.4% |
| 56th | Guatemala | 6.0 | -2.5% |
| 57th | Solomon Islands | 6.0 | -0.4% |
| 58th | Brazil | 6.1 | -1.0% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.2 | 0.3% |
| 60th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 6.2 | -1.0% |
| 61st | Cyprus | 6.3 | -3.9% |
| 62nd | Iceland | 6.3 | 3.3% |
| 63rd | Morocco | 6.3 | -0.9% |
| 64th | St. Lucia | 6.4 | -1.1% |
| 65th | Iraq | 6.4 | -3.5% |
| 66th | Liechtenstein | 6.4 | -3.0% |
| 67th | Sri Lanka | 6.4 | -1.2% |
| 68th | China | 6.4 | -0.3% |
| 69th | Tonga | 6.5 | -0.7% |
| 70th | Andorra | 6.5 | 3.1% |
| 71st | Thailand | 6.5 | 0.9% |
| 72nd | Bahamas, The | 6.5 | 0.2% |
| 73rd | Bermuda | 6.5 | 1.4% |
| 74th | Marshall Islands | 6.6 | -0.1% |
| 75th | El Salvador | 6.7 | 0.1% |
| 76th | Jamaica | 6.7 | -1.9% |
| 77th | Turkmenistan | 6.7 | -1.2% |
| 78th | Tajikistan | 6.8 | -4.3% |
| 79th | Uzbekistan | 6.8 | -1.9% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.8 | -1.1% |
| 81st | Australia | 6.8 | 3.0% |
| 82nd | Mauritius | 6.9 | 3.0% |
| 83rd | Kiribati | 6.9 | -1.5% |
| 84th | Mongolia | 7.0 | -0.1% |
| 85th | Canada | 7.1 | 0.0% |
| 86th | Kyrgyz Republic | 7.1 | 7.6% |
| 87th | New Zealand | 7.1 | -0.8% |
| 88th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.2 | 7.0% |
| 89th | Grenada | 7.3 | 0.2% |
| 90th | Puerto Rico (US) | 7.3 | -2.9% |
| 91st | Yemen, Republic of | 7.3 | -3.9% |
| 92nd | Indonesia | 7.3 | -1.0% |
| 93rd | Cuba | 7.3 | 0.6% |
| 94th | Gibraltar | 7.4 | -0.4% |
| 95th | Fiji | 7.5 | 7.7% |
| 96th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.5 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Bhutan | 7.5 | -2.0% |
| 98th | Ireland | 7.5 | -3.8% |
| 99th | Argentina | 7.5 | 0.5% |
| 100th | Bangladesh | 7.6 | -4.2% |
| 101st | Malta | 7.6 | 2.7% |
| 102nd | Seychelles | 7.7 | 13.2% |
| 103rd | Guyana | 7.8 | 1.7% |
| 104th | Japan | 7.8 | 1.3% |
| 105th | Papua New Guinea | 7.8 | 0.3% |
| 106th | San Marino | 7.9 | -0.7% |
| 107th | Nauru | 7.9 | -0.4% |
| 108th | Greenland | 7.9 | -4.8% |
| 109th | Nepal | 7.9 | -1.7% |
| 110th | Cambodia | 7.9 | -4.4% |
| 111th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.9 | -1.6% |
| 112th | Armenia | 8.0 | 6.7% |
| 113th | Curaçao | 8.1 | 0.2% |
| 114th | Mauritania | 8.3 | -3.5% |
| 115th | India | 8.3 | -2.2% |
| 116th | Faroe Islands | 8.3 | 7.8% |
| 117th | Suriname | 8.3 | 1.4% |
| 118th | Luxembourg | 8.4 | 0.0% |
| 119th | Pakistan | 8.5 | -2.2% |
| 120th | Switzerland | 8.5 | 0.0% |
| 121st | United States | 8.5 | 0.0% |
| 122nd | Spain | 8.8 | 0.0% |
| 123rd | France | 8.8 | 0.0% |
| 124th | Netherlands | 8.8 | 1.1% |
| 125th | North Macedonia | 8.9 | 7.2% |
| 126th | Channel Islands | 9.0 | -1.1% |
| 127th | Montenegro | 9.0 | 1.1% |
| 128th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 9.0 | -2.4% |
| 129th | Barbados | 9.0 | -0.1% |
| 130th | Timor-Leste | 9.1 | -2.6% |
| 131st | São Tomé and Principe | 9.2 | -2.1% |
| 132nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.4 | -2.2% |
| 133rd | Austria | 9.4 | 1.1% |
| 134th | Poland | 9.4 | -1.1% |
| 135th | Slovenia | 9.4 | 1.1% |
| 136th | Lao PDR | 9.4 | -2.7% |
| 137th | Gabon | 9.5 | -1.6% |
| 138th | Finland | 9.5 | 1.1% |
| 139th | Greece | 9.5 | 1.1% |
| 140th | Uruguay | 9.5 | 1.7% |
| 141st | Kenya | 9.5 | -1.8% |
| 142nd | Slovak Republic | 9.6 | -1.0% |
| 143rd | Madagascar | 9.7 | -3.3% |
| 144th | Sudan | 9.7 | -0.7% |
| 145th | Ghana | 9.7 | -1.5% |
| 146th | Eritrea | 9.7 | -1.6% |
| 147th | Tuvalu | 9.8 | -1.1% |
| 148th | Italy | 9.8 | 2.1% |
| 149th | Norway | 9.8 | 1.0% |
| 150th | Myanmar | 9.9 | -0.7% |
| 151st | Haiti | 9.9 | -2.6% |
| 152nd | Dominica | 9.9 | 0.4% |
| 153rd | European Union | 9.9 | 1.0% |
| 154th | Palau | 9.9 | -0.2% |
| 155th | Senegal | 10.1 | -4.0% |
| 156th | Comoros | 10.1 | -1.1% |
| 157th | Djibouti | 10.2 | -1.3% |
| 158th | Belgium | 10.2 | 1.0% |
| 159th | Germany | 10.2 | 1.0% |
| 160th | United Kingdom | 10.2 | 0.0% |
| 161st | Portugal | 10.2 | 1.0% |
| 162nd | Kazakhstan | 10.4 | -0.8% |
| 163rd | Monaco | 10.5 | -3.8% |
| 164th | Czechia | 10.6 | 1.0% |
| 165th | Sweden | 10.6 | 1.0% |
| 166th | Gambia, The | 10.6 | -3.3% |
| 167th | Denmark | 10.9 | 0.0% |
| 168th | Congo, Republic of | 10.9 | -2.2% |
| 169th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 11.1 | 1.7% |
| 170th | Afghanistan | 11.2 | -6.4% |
| 171st | Croatia | 11.4 | 1.8% |
| 172nd | Benin | 11.6 | -1.5% |
| 173rd | Togo | 11.6 | -1.5% |
| 174th | Georgia | 11.6 | 2.2% |
| 175th | Tanzania | 11.7 | -4.1% |
| 176th | Lithuania | 11.9 | 2.6% |
| 177th | Isle of Man | 11.9 | -3.3% |
| 178th | South Africa | 12.0 | 7.9% |
| 179th | Moldova | 12.1 | 1.6% |
| 180th | Romania | 12.4 | 6.0% |
| 181st | Botswana | 12.7 | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Namibia | 12.7 | -0.1% |
| 183rd | Cameroon | 12.8 | -1.7% |
| 184th | Equatorial Guinea | 12.9 | -2.5% |
| 185th | Hungary | 13.1 | 0.8% |
| 186th | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.2 | -1.3% |
| 187th | Estonia | 13.3 | 0.0% |
| 188th | Rwanda | 13.3 | -6.5% |
| 189th | Liberia | 13.4 | -4.4% |
| 190th | Uganda | 13.4 | -4.8% |
| 191st | Serbia | 13.7 | 3.8% |
| 192nd | Latvia | 14.1 | 0.0% |
| 193rd | Guinea | 14.2 | -3.4% |
| 194th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 14.2 | -1.2% |
| 195th | Bulgaria | 14.4 | 2.9% |
| 196th | Burundi | 14.5 | -5.0% |
| 197th | Mozambique | 14.5 | -3.5% |
| 198th | Zambia | 14.7 | -5.2% |
| 199th | Burkina Faso | 14.7 | -1.8% |
| 200th | Guinea-Bissau | 14.8 | -3.3% |
| 201st | Belarus | 14.8 | 5.0% |
| 202nd | Mali | 15.1 | -3.1% |
| 203rd | Ukraine | 15.6 | 1.2% |
| 204th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 15.7 | 0.0% |
| 205th | South Sudan | 15.9 | -4.1% |
| 206th | Russian Federation | 16.2 | 3.8% |
| 207th | Eswatini | 16.3 | 5.1% |
| 208th | Central African Republic | 16.3 | -1.5% |
| 209th | Zimbabwe | 16.3 | -6.2% |
| 210th | Niger | 16.4 | -3.9% |
| 211th | Malawi | 16.8 | -3.4% |
| 212th | Nigeria | 16.8 | -2.0% |
| 213th | Angola | 17.1 | -3.0% |
| 214th | Chad | 17.2 | -1.4% |
| 215th | Lesotho | 18.2 | 6.3% |
| 216th | Sierra Leone | 18.9 | -1.6% |
FAQ
What was Lesotho's death rate in 2002?▾
Lesotho's death rate in 2002 was 18.2. This ranked 215th globally.
How did Lesotho's death rate change in 2002?▾
Lesotho's death rate increased by 6.3% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest death rate in 2002?▾
Sierra Leone had the highest death rate in 2002 at 18.9.
What is the death rate of Lesotho in 2002?▾
The death rate of Lesotho in 2002 was 18.2. This ranked 215th globally.
How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Lesotho's death rate?▾
Lesotho's death rate went from 17.1 in 2001 to 18.2 in 2002, a 6.3% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Lesotho matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2002. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 5.0%. View full analysis →
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