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Lesotho: Life expectancy at birth, male

55.03years · 2024+13.9% since 2014

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. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (years)Note
202455.032
202354.62
202254.079
202151.58
202052.502
201952.716
201852.121
201751.392
201650.428
201549.285
201448.317
201347.152
201245.827
201144.529
201043.855
200942.846
200842.115
200741.389
200641.525
200541.438
200441.862
200342.871
200243.839
200144.879
200046.461
199947.823
199849.121
199750.646
199651.798
199552.832
199453.52
199354.207
199254.717
199155.094
199055.289
198955.432
198855.428
198755.413
198655.228
198555.179
198454.996
198354.535
198254.071
198153.358
198052.536
197951.885
197851.279
197750.73
197650.224
197549.85
197449.357
197348.906
197248.57
197148.086
197047.748
196947.313
196846.918
196746.623
196646.477
196546.633
196446.634
196346.655
196246.664
196146.632
196046.529

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, National statistical offices, Eurostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Life expectancy at birth, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-life-expectancy-at-birth-male (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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