Lesotho - Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in Lesotho was 58.09 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 64.07 in 1989 and a minimum value of 45.10 in 2005.

Definition: 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.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 52.17
1961 52.39
1962 52.59
1963 52.77
1964 52.95
1965 53.14
1966 53.35
1967 53.59
1968 53.87
1969 54.20
1970 54.58
1971 55.03
1972 55.52
1973 56.06
1974 56.65
1975 57.26
1976 57.91
1977 58.57
1978 59.25
1979 59.92
1980 60.57
1981 61.20
1982 61.79
1983 62.35
1984 62.84
1985 63.26
1986 63.60
1987 63.87
1988 64.03
1989 64.07
1990 63.94
1991 63.60
1992 63.05
1993 62.26
1994 61.25
1995 59.99
1996 58.46
1997 56.70
1998 54.79
1999 52.81
2000 50.87
2001 49.09
2002 47.56
2003 46.35
2004 45.51
2005 45.10
2006 45.11
2007 45.49
2008 46.14
2009 47.02
2010 48.07
2011 49.26
2012 50.53
2013 51.83
2014 53.09
2015 54.27
2016 55.30
2017 56.19
2018 56.95
2019 57.58
2020 58.09

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in Lesotho was 54.84 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 60.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 42.60 in 2006.

Definition: 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.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision, or derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3)

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Year Value
1960 47.92
1961 48.16
1962 48.38
1963 48.59
1964 48.80
1965 49.02
1966 49.25
1967 49.52
1968 49.83
1969 50.18
1970 50.58
1971 51.05
1972 51.57
1973 52.13
1974 52.73
1975 53.37
1976 54.03
1977 54.71
1978 55.39
1979 56.06
1980 56.70
1981 57.32
1982 57.90
1983 58.44
1984 58.91
1985 59.31
1986 59.63
1987 59.87
1988 60.00
1989 60.00
1990 59.84
1991 59.46
1992 58.87
1993 58.05
1994 57.02
1995 55.78
1996 54.33
1997 52.73
1998 51.03
1999 49.33
2000 47.69
2001 46.20
2002 44.90
2003 43.85
2004 43.08
2005 42.66
2006 42.60
2007 42.85
2008 43.38
2009 44.15
2010 45.10
2011 46.21
2012 47.42
2013 48.66
2014 49.89
2015 51.04
2016 52.06
2017 52.95
2018 53.71
2019 54.33
2020 54.84

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in Lesotho was 51.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 54.97 in 1988 and a minimum value of 40.42 in 2006.

Definition: 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.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 43.07
1961 43.30
1962 43.51
1963 43.71
1964 43.91
1965 44.13
1966 44.36
1967 44.63
1968 44.94
1969 45.29
1970 45.69
1971 46.15
1972 46.66
1973 47.22
1974 47.81
1975 48.44
1976 49.10
1977 49.77
1978 50.46
1979 51.13
1980 51.78
1981 52.40
1982 52.99
1983 53.52
1984 53.99
1985 54.37
1986 54.67
1987 54.87
1988 54.97
1989 54.95
1990 54.78
1991 54.43
1992 53.91
1993 53.21
1994 52.35
1995 51.34
1996 50.18
1997 48.90
1998 47.56
1999 46.22
2000 44.92
2001 43.71
2002 42.63
2003 41.72
2004 41.01
2005 40.57
2006 40.42
2007 40.56
2008 40.95
2009 41.58
2010 42.41
2011 43.42
2012 44.54
2013 45.71
2014 46.88
2015 47.98
2016 48.97
2017 49.84
2018 50.58
2019 51.20
2020 51.70

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality