World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): Lesotho

Most recent: 57.798 (2024)
Earliest: 50.171 (1960)
Highest: 59.572 (1988)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Lesotho at the United Nations

Life expectancy at birth, total (years), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Life expectancy at birth
2024	57.798
2023	57.375
2022	56.812
2021	54.209
2020	55.133
2019	55.249
2018	54.638
2017	53.874
2016	52.908
2015	51.83
2014	50.786
2013	49.547
2012	48.235
2011	46.93
2010	46.045
2009	45.055
2008	44.304
2007	43.66
2006	43.182
2005	43.611
2004	44.039
2003	44.921
2002	45.95
2001	47.153
2000	48.783
1999	50.385
1998	52.029
1997	53.733
1996	55.136
1995	56.368
1994	57.288
1993	58.06
1992	58.638
1991	59.061
1990	59.317
1989	59.505
1988	59.572
1987	59.557
1986	59.346
1985	59.211
1984	58.955
1983	58.495
1982	57.976
1981	57.307
1980	56.534
1979	55.843
1978	55.166
1977	54.526
1976	53.931
1975	53.454
1974	52.941
1973	52.62
1972	52.256
1971	51.845
1970	51.501
1969	51.117
1968	50.791
1967	50.513
1966	50.377
1965	50.326
1964	50.307
1963	50.26
1962	50.307
1961	50.275
1960	50.171

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