# Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho

Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 57.8 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `ls`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/lesotho
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/lesotho.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=ls

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 57.8 |
| 2023 | 57.38 |
| 2022 | 56.81 |
| 2021 | 54.21 |
| 2020 | 55.13 |
| 2019 | 55.25 |
| 2018 | 54.64 |
| 2017 | 53.87 |
| 2016 | 52.91 |
| 2015 | 51.83 |
| 2014 | 50.79 |
| 2013 | 49.55 |
| 2012 | 48.24 |
| 2011 | 46.93 |
| 2010 | 46.05 |
| 2009 | 45.06 |
| 2008 | 44.3 |
| 2007 | 43.66 |
| 2006 | 43.18 |
| 2005 | 43.61 |
| 2004 | 44.04 |
| 2003 | 44.92 |
| 2002 | 45.95 |
| 2001 | 47.15 |
| 2000 | 48.78 |
| 1999 | 50.39 |
| 1998 | 52.03 |
| 1997 | 53.73 |
| 1996 | 55.14 |
| 1995 | 56.37 |
| 1994 | 57.29 |
| 1993 | 58.06 |
| 1992 | 58.64 |
| 1991 | 59.06 |
| 1990 | 59.32 |
| 1989 | 59.51 |
| 1988 | 59.57 |
| 1987 | 59.56 |
| 1986 | 59.35 |
| 1985 | 59.21 |
| 1984 | 58.96 |
| 1983 | 58.5 |
| 1982 | 57.98 |
| 1981 | 57.31 |
| 1980 | 56.53 |
| 1979 | 55.84 |
| 1978 | 55.17 |
| 1977 | 54.53 |
| 1976 | 53.93 |
| 1975 | 53.45 |
| 1974 | 52.94 |
| 1973 | 52.62 |
| 1972 | 52.26 |
| 1971 | 51.85 |
| 1970 | 51.5 |
| 1969 | 51.12 |
| 1968 | 50.79 |
| 1967 | 50.51 |
| 1966 | 50.38 |
| 1965 | 50.33 |
| 1964 | 50.31 |
| 1963 | 50.26 |
| 1962 | 50.31 |
| 1961 | 50.28 |
| 1960 | 50.17 |