Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Lesotho

Healthy life expectancy in Lesotho in 2021 — 44.6 years. Ranked 185 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.7%.

2021 44.6 years −1.01% vs 2020
World rank 185of 185
Period maximum 45.1 years2020
Period minimum 37.4 years2006

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Lesotho, 2000–2021363840424446200020032006200920122015201820212000: 41.8 years2001: 42.2 years2002: 42 years2003: 40.1 years2004: 38.6 years2005: 37.6 years2006: 37.4 years2007: 38.6 years2008: 40.3 years2009: 41.5 years2010: 42.4 years2011: 42.8 years2012: 42.7 years2013: 42.7 years2014: 42.4 years2015: 42.6 years2016: 43.5 years2017: 44.5 years2018: 44.9 years2019: 45 years2020: 45.1 years2021: 44.6 years
Change over the period: +2.8 (+6.74%) Average annual rate: 0.31 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Lesotho 44.6 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Southern Africa computed 52.4 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 44.6 −0.5 −1.01%
2020 45.1 +0 +0.1%
2019 45 +0.2 +0.37%
2018 44.9 +0.4 +0.96%
2017 44.5 +0.9 +2.15%
2016 43.5 +1 +2.24%
2015 42.6 +0.1 +0.29%
2014 42.4 −0.2 −0.53%
2013 42.7 −0.1 −0.16%
2012 42.7 −0.1 −0.23%
2011 42.8 +0.4 +0.97%
2010 42.4 +1 +2.3%
2009 41.5 +1.2 +3.01%
2008 40.3 +1.6 +4.24%
2007 38.6 +1.2 +3.31%
2006 37.4 −0.2 −0.62%
2005 37.6 −1 −2.47%
2004 38.6 −1.5 −3.85%
2003 40.1 −1.9 −4.48%
2002 42 −0.2 −0.56%
2001 42.2 +0.4 +1%
2000 41.8

Southern Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The expected number of years of life in full health at birth — the HALE indicator in WHO terminology. Years spent with illness or limitation enter the calculation with a reduced weight depending on the severity of the condition, so HALE is always lower than ordinary life expectancy. The difference between them is the expected time of life with health lost: in most countries it is about ten years, and as life expectancy grows the difference grows too rather than shrinking.

Important: This series is not in the World Development Indicators — only at WHO. The severity weights of conditions are taken as common to all countries, so the differences reflect the prevalence of diseases and not how a country regards disability.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.