Sub-Saharan Africa · Country statistics

Lesotho

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At a glance

Latest published figures · reporting years differ
Life expectancy at birth
57.8

years·2024

Published observation

Over time

Full published history
Lesotho2024 · 57.8
014.8929.7944.6859.571960199320251960: 50.21961: 50.31962: 50.31963: 50.31964: 50.31965: 50.31966: 50.41967: 50.51968: 50.81969: 51.11970: 51.51971: 51.81972: 52.31973: 52.61974: 52.91975: 53.51976: 53.91977: 54.51978: 55.21979: 55.81980: 56.51981: 57.31982: 581983: 58.51984: 591985: 59.21986: 59.31987: 59.61988: 59.61989: 59.51990: 59.31991: 59.11992: 58.61993: 58.11994: 57.31995: 56.41996: 55.11997: 53.71998: 521999: 50.42000: 48.82001: 47.22002: 462003: 44.92004: 442005: 43.62006: 43.22007: 43.72008: 44.32009: 45.12010: 462011: 46.92012: 48.22013: 49.52014: 50.82015: 51.82016: 52.92017: 53.92018: 54.62019: 55.22020: 55.12021: 54.22022: 56.82023: 57.42024: 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