Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Lesotho

Male life expectancy in Lesotho in 2024 — 55.03 years. Ranked 214 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 18.3%.

2024 55.03 years +0.75% vs 2023
World rank 214of 217
Period maximum 55.43 years1989
Period minimum 41.39 years2007

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Lesotho, 1960–2024404550556019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.53 years1962: 46.66 years1964: 46.63 years1966: 46.48 years1968: 46.92 years1970: 47.75 years1972: 48.57 years1974: 49.36 years1976: 50.22 years1978: 51.28 years1980: 52.54 years1982: 54.07 years1984: 55 years1986: 55.23 years1988: 55.43 years1990: 55.29 years1992: 54.72 years1994: 53.52 years1996: 51.8 years1998: 49.12 years2000: 46.46 years2002: 43.84 years2004: 41.86 years2006: 41.53 years2008: 42.12 years2010: 43.86 years2012: 45.83 years2014: 48.32 years2016: 50.43 years2018: 52.12 years2020: 52.5 years2022: 54.08 years2024: 55.03 years
Change over the period: +8.5 (+18.27%) Average annual rate: 0.26 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho

Lesotho 55.03 years
World 71.12 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 years
Southern Africa computed 62.68 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 68.21 years
Male life expectancy — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 55.03 +0.41 +0.75%
2023 54.62 +0.54 +1%
2022 54.08 +2.5 +4.84%
2021 51.58 −0.92 −1.76%
2020 52.5 −0.21 −0.41%
2019 52.72 +0.59 +1.14%
2018 52.12 +0.73 +1.42%
2017 51.39 +0.96 +1.91%
2016 50.43 +1.14 +2.32%
2015 49.29 +0.97 +2%
2014 48.32 +1.17 +2.47%
2013 47.15 +1.33 +2.89%
2012 45.83 +1.3 +2.91%
2011 44.53 +0.67 +1.54%
2010 43.86 +1.01 +2.35%
2009 42.85 +0.73 +1.74%
2008 42.12 +0.73 +1.75%
2007 41.39 −0.14 −0.33%
2006 41.53 +0.09 +0.21%
2005 41.44 −0.42 −1.01%
2004 41.86 −1.01 −2.35%
2003 42.87 −0.97 −2.21%
2002 43.84 −1.04 −2.32%
2001 44.88 −1.58 −3.41%
2000 46.46 −1.36 −2.85%
1999 47.82 −1.3 −2.64%
1998 49.12 −1.53 −3.01%
1997 50.65 −1.15 −2.22%
1996 51.8 −1.03 −1.96%
1995 52.83 −0.69 −1.29%
1994 53.52 −0.69 −1.27%
1993 54.21 −0.51 −0.93%
1992 54.72 −0.38 −0.68%
1991 55.09 −0.2 −0.35%
1990 55.29 −0.14 −0.26%
1989 55.43 +0 +0.01%
1988 55.43 +0.02 +0.03%
1987 55.41 +0.18 +0.33%
1986 55.23 +0.05 +0.09%
1985 55.18 +0.18 +0.33%
1984 55 +0.46 +0.85%
1983 54.54 +0.46 +0.86%
1982 54.07 +0.71 +1.34%
1981 53.36 +0.82 +1.56%
1980 52.54 +0.65 +1.25%
1979 51.89 +0.61 +1.18%
1978 51.28 +0.55 +1.08%
1977 50.73 +0.51 +1.01%
1976 50.22 +0.37 +0.75%
1975 49.85 +0.49 +1%
1974 49.36 +0.45 +0.92%
1973 48.91 +0.34 +0.69%
1972 48.57 +0.48 +1.01%
1971 48.09 +0.34 +0.71%
1970 47.75 +0.43 +0.92%
1969 47.31 +0.4 +0.84%
1968 46.92 +0.3 +0.63%
1967 46.62 +0.15 +0.31%
1966 46.48 −0.16 −0.33%
1965 46.63 −0 −0%
1964 46.63 −0.02 −0.05%
1963 46.66 −0.01 −0.02%
1962 46.66 +0.03 +0.07%
1961 46.63 +0.1 +0.22%
1960 46.53

Southern Africa, 2024

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About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth for men. Men live shorter lives than women in practically every country in the world, and this is one of the most stable differences in all of demography — but the size of the gap varies severalfold: from two or three years in South Asia to ten and more in Eastern Europe, where excess male mortality at working ages is especially large.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by the male population rather than by the whole population: the share of men across countries ranges from 48 to 70 percent, and in countries with heavy labor migration the difference is substantial.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.