Lesotho · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in Lesotho
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
57.80years at birth
2024Observation year
+0.74% from 2023
years at birth · World Bank · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Not available | missing |
| 2024 | 57.798 | present |
| 2023 | 57.375 | present |
| 2022 | 56.812 | present |
| 2021 | 54.209 | present |
| 2020 | 55.133 | present |
| 2019 | 55.249 | present |
| 2018 | 54.638 | present |
| 2017 | 53.874 | present |
| 2016 | 52.908 | present |
| 2015 | 51.83 | present |
| 2014 | 50.786 | present |
| 2013 | 49.547 | present |
| 2012 | 48.235 | present |
| 2011 | 46.93 | present |
| 2010 | 46.045 | present |
| 2009 | 45.055 | present |
| 2008 | 44.304 | present |
| 2007 | 43.66 | present |
| 2006 | 43.182 | present |
| 2005 | 43.611 | present |
| 2004 | 44.039 | present |
| 2003 | 44.921 | present |
| 2002 | 45.95 | present |
| 2001 | 47.153 | present |
| 2000 | 48.783 | present |
Definition & method
WDI publishes period life expectancy from UN population data and national demographic sources, derived from life tables and age-specific mortality rates.
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
What to keep in mind
- This summarizes mortality conditions in a year; it does not predict how long a particular baby will live.
- It is a period life-table measure, rather than a measure of a completed birth cohort.
- Some underlying demographic estimates are interpolated and may not capture each annual event precisely.
- Missing years remain missing; the site does not extrapolate future life expectancy.