Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Lesotho

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Lesotho was 57.38 years. A difference of +0.57 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Lesotho were 54.62 years and 60.01 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Lesotho for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Lesotho (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Lesotho (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	50.17	46.53	52.92
1961	50.28	46.63	53.06
1962	50.31	46.66	53.12
1963	50.26	46.66	53.07
1964	50.31	46.63	53.21
1965	50.33	46.63	53.27
1966	50.38	46.48	53.54
1967	50.51	46.62	53.75
1968	50.79	46.92	54.12
1969	51.12	47.31	54.48
1970	51.5	47.75	54.91
1971	51.85	48.09	55.37
1972	52.26	48.57	55.8
1973	52.62	48.91	56.29
1974	52.94	49.36	56.55
1975	53.45	49.85	57.17
1976	53.93	50.22	57.86
1977	54.53	50.73	58.59
1978	55.17	51.28	59.36
1979	55.84	51.89	60.13
1980	56.53	52.54	60.89
1981	57.31	53.36	61.6
1982	57.98	54.07	62.21
1983	58.5	54.54	62.82
1984	58.96	55	63.29
1985	59.21	55.18	63.66
1986	59.35	55.23	63.93
1987	59.56	55.41	64.03
1988	59.57	55.43	64.04
1989	59.51	55.43	63.87
1990	59.32	55.29	63.62
1991	59.06	55.09	63.28
1992	58.64	54.72	62.8
1993	58.06	54.21	62.13
1994	57.29	53.52	61.26
1995	56.37	52.83	60.08
1996	55.14	51.8	58.62
1997	53.73	50.65	56.94
1998	52.03	49.12	55.04
1999	50.39	47.82	53.01
2000	48.78	46.46	51.15
2001	47.15	44.88	49.48
2002	45.95	43.84	48.11
2003	44.92	42.87	47.03
2004	44.04	41.86	46.32
2005	43.61	41.44	45.9
2006	43.18	41.53	44.85
2007	43.66	41.39	46.09
2008	44.3	42.12	46.61
2009	45.06	42.85	47.37
2010	46.05	43.86	48.3
2011	46.93	44.53	49.43
2012	48.24	45.83	50.7
2013	49.55	47.15	51.96
2014	50.79	48.32	53.25
2015	51.83	49.29	54.36
2016	52.91	50.43	55.33
2017	53.87	51.39	56.27
2018	54.64	52.12	57.06
2019	55.25	52.72	57.67
2020	55.13	52.5	57.67
2021	54.21	51.58	56.8
2022	56.81	54.08	59.43
2023	57.38	54.62	60.01