Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Lesotho
Lesotho: Number of deaths ages 15-19 years was 163 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Lesotho, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Lesotho is 163, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 60.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Lesotho peaked at 711 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 163, in 2024.
Lesotho ranks 121st of 196 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 454 | — |
| 1991 | 475 | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 500 | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 528 | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 556 | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 586 | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 615 | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 641 | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 665 | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 685 | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 699 | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 707 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 711 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 706 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 692 | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 670 | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 647 | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 623 | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 593 | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 561 | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 529 | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 498 | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 469 | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 439 | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 409 | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 378 | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 347 | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 317 | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 288 | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 260 | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 233 | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 207 | -11.2% |
| 2022 | 186 | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 172 | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 163 | -5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 570.5 | 454 | 685 | 10 |
| 2000s | 660.9 | 561 | 711 | 10 |
| 2010s | 393.4 | 260 | 529 | 10 |
| 2020s | 192.2 | 163 | 233 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More education data for Lesotho
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth -0.0496 % change on previous year (2018)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10,388 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Lesotho?
- Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Lesotho was 163 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of deaths ages 15-19 years recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 711 in 2002.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 15-19 years recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 163 in 2024.
- How does Lesotho rank for number of deaths ages 15-19 years?
- Lesotho ranks 121st out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 15-19 years rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of deaths ages 15-19 years. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of deaths of adolescents ages 15-19 years