Sub-Saharan Africa · Country statistics
Lesotho
At a glance
Latest published figures · reporting years differLife expectancy at birth
57.8
years·2024
Published observationOver time
Full published historyLesotho2024 · 57.8
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Country context
Lesotho in perspective
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Capital
- Maseru
- Country code
- LSO