Benin vs Lesotho: Probability of dying, by age

Benin

0.0548

in 2021

Lesotho

0.0578

in 2021

Benin rank

14th

Lesotho rank

11th

Probability of dying, by age over time

Lesotho currently reports 0.0578 against 0.0548 in Benin, a difference of 0.003.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 14th and Lesotho ranks 11th of 185 countries.

Indicator: Probability of dying, by age
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 4,070 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The annual probability of death among people in a given age group, expressed as a fraction.