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Lesotho – Life Expectancy 1978

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
55.2 +0.6 from 1977 Global rank: 161st

Lesotho's life expectancy was 55.2 in 1978, increased +0.6 from 54.5 in 1977. This was the 161st highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1978▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 1978
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Iceland 76.6 0.4%
2nd Andorra 76.5 0.4%
3rd San Marino 75.9 0.3%
4th Faroe Islands 75.7 0.1%
5th Japan 75.6 0.4%
6th Sweden 75.5 0.1%
7th Norway 75.4 0.0%
8th Switzerland 75.2 -0.1%
9th Netherlands 75.1 -0.1%
10th Monaco 74.7 0.6%
11th Liechtenstein 74.6 -0.1%
12th Canada 74.5 0.4%
13th Denmark 74.4 -0.3%
14th Greece 74.4 0.9%
15th Spain 74.3 0.2%
16th Italy 73.7 0.4%
17th Australia 73.7 0.4%
18th France 73.6 0.3%
19th Hong Kong SAR, China 73.5 0.3%
20th Gibraltar 73.5 0.0%
21st United States 73.4 0.1%
22nd Israel 73.2 0.3%
23rd United Kingdom 73.2 -0.1%
24th Channel Islands 73.1 0.3%
25th New Zealand 73.0 1.2%
26th Finland 72.9 0.8%
27th Belgium 72.7 -0.1%
28th Puerto Rico (US) 72.5 0.2%
29th Antigua and Barbuda 72.5 0.5%
30th European Union 72.5 0.1%
31st Germany 72.3 0.0%
32nd St. Martin (French part) 72.2 0.1%
33rd Malta 72.2 0.0%
34th Costa Rica 72.0 0.7%
35th Austria 72.0 0.1%
36th Ireland 72.0 0.0%
37th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 72.0 -0.2%
38th Bermuda 72.0 0.5%
39th Macao SAR, China 71.9 0.7%
40th Cuba 71.9 0.7%
41st Cyprus 71.7 0.7%
42nd Montenegro 71.7 0.1%
43rd Luxembourg 71.4 0.0%
44th Serbia 71.3 -0.4%
45th Singapore 71.3 0.4%
46th Bulgaria 71.2 0.5%
47th Barbados 71.1 0.7%
48th Kuwait 70.8 0.4%
49th Slovenia 70.7 0.2%
50th Czechia 70.6 0.1%
51st Lithuania 70.6 -0.3%
52nd Croatia 70.5 -0.3%
53rd Curaçao 70.4 0.3%
54th Slovak Republic 70.4 0.0%
55th Poland 70.4 -0.1%
56th Portugal 70.3 0.4%
57th Aruba 70.3 0.3%
58th Uruguay 70.3 0.3%
59th Dominica 70.1 0.6%
60th Belarus 70.1 -0.3%
61st Bahrain 69.9 0.7%
62nd Ukraine 69.8 -0.2%
63rd Guam 69.6 0.8%
64th Romania 69.5 -0.4%
65th Hungary 69.4 -0.7%
66th Albania 69.4 0.5%
67th Estonia 69.3 -0.2%
68th Qatar 69.1 0.6%
69th British Virgin Islands 69.0 0.5%
70th Latvia 69.0 -0.2%
71st North Macedonia 69.0 1.2%
72nd American Samoa 68.9 0.3%
73rd Bahamas, The 68.9 0.2%
74th Bosnia and Herzegovina 68.8 0.1%
75th Jamaica 68.7 0.2%
76th Panama 68.7 0.6%
77th Cayman Islands 68.5 0.7%
78th Virgin Islands (US) 68.3 0.3%
79th Brunei Darussalam 68.3 0.6%
80th Chile 68.0 0.8%
81st Seychelles 68.0 0.5%
82nd Argentina 68.0 0.6%
83rd Northern Mariana Islands 67.9 0.4%
84th Grenada 67.9 0.0%
85th Isle of Man 67.7 0.5%
86th Georgia 67.6 0.5%
87th Russian Federation 67.4 0.0%
88th St. Lucia 67.4 0.6%
89th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 67.3 0.6%
90th Malaysia 67.2 0.7%
91st United Arab Emirates 67.1 0.9%
92nd Sri Lanka 66.8 0.7%
93rd Turks and Caicos Islands 66.4 0.6%
94th Belize 66.3 0.3%
95th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 66.3 0.7%
96th Trinidad and Tobago 66.2 0.0%
97th Syrian Arab Republic 65.9 0.8%
98th French Polynesia 65.9 0.9%
99th Tonga 65.9 0.3%
100th Colombia 65.8 0.9%
101st Jordan 65.6 0.7%
102nd Mauritius 65.6 0.7%
103rd Korea 65.2 0.5%
104th New Caledonia 64.7 0.7%
105th Viet Nam 64.5 0.7%
106th Armenia 64.5 0.4%
107th Moldova 64.5 0.4%
108th Iraq 64.2 0.4%
109th Samoa 64.1 0.6%
110th Paraguay 64.1 0.3%
111th St. Kitts and Nevis 64.0 0.4%
112th Libya 63.8 1.1%
113th Mexico 63.4 0.7%
114th Greenland 63.4 2.5%
115th China 63.1 1.0%
116th Fiji 63.1 0.6%
117th Dominican Republic 62.6 0.7%
118th Solomon Islands 62.5 1.6%
119th Uzbekistan 62.4 0.4%
120th Ecuador 62.4 0.7%
121st Micronesia, Federated States of 62.3 0.3%
122nd Tunisia 62.1 1.5%
123rd Kazakhstan 61.8 0.4%
124th Türkiye 61.6 1.3%
125th Philippines 61.5 0.2%
126th Botswana 61.5 1.0%
127th Palau 61.3 0.6%
128th Thailand 61.3 0.6%
129th Brazil 60.9 0.8%
130th Marshall Islands 60.7 0.2%
131st Saudi Arabia 60.7 1.6%
132nd Guyana 60.6 0.1%
133rd Azerbaijan 60.5 0.9%
134th Kyrgyz Republic 60.5 0.6%
135th Suriname 60.4 0.2%
136th Cabo Verde 60.4 0.7%
137th Lebanon 60.0 -0.6%
138th Vanuatu 59.9 1.1%
139th Tuvalu 59.6 0.6%
140th Peru 59.3 0.6%
141st Honduras 59.2 0.9%
142nd São Tomé and Principe 59.1 0.3%
143rd Namibia 59.1 0.9%
144th South Africa 59.0 0.9%
145th Kosovo 58.8 0.7%
146th Tajikistan 58.4 0.3%
147th Nauru 58.3 0.2%
148th Turkmenistan 58.3 1.0%
149th Kenya 58.2 1.0%
150th Indonesia 57.6 0.9%
151st Oman 57.0 2.7%
152nd Gabon 57.0 0.9%
153rd Kiribati 56.9 1.5%
154th Eswatini 56.8 1.5%
155th Papua New Guinea 56.5 0.8%
156th Guatemala 56.4 2.2%
157th Zambia 56.3 0.1%
158th Congo, Republic of 56.2 0.4%
159th Pakistan 56.1 1.1%
160th Iran, Islamic Republic of 56.0 -1.1%
161st Lesotho 55.2 1.2%
162nd Mongolia 54.9 0.3%
163rd Zimbabwe 54.7 -4.0%
164th El Salvador 54.7 1.2%
165th Egypt, Arab Republic of 54.1 1.5%
166th Morocco 53.6 1.4%
167th Nicaragua 53.5 -4.6%
168th Myanmar 53.5 0.5%
169th Sudan 53.3 -0.4%
170th India 52.4 1.2%
171st Mauritania 52.3 0.7%
172nd Bangladesh 51.6 0.6%
173rd Djibouti 51.2 0.8%
174th Togo 50.9 1.5%
175th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 50.8 0.9%
176th Algeria 50.6 2.8%
177th Ghana 50.5 0.8%
178th Maldives 50.4 -2.7%
179th Côte d'Ivoire 50.4 1.5%
180th Tanzania 50.4 0.8%
181st Cameroon 50.3 0.4%
182nd Madagascar 50.0 0.1%
183rd Comoros 49.7 1.1%
184th Haiti 49.5 0.5%
185th Central African Republic 49.2 0.8%
186th Yemen, Republic of 48.5 2.2%
187th Nepal 47.2 1.2%
188th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 47.0 0.0%
189th Benin 46.9 0.9%
190th Lao PDR 46.8 0.9%
191st Bhutan 46.7 1.6%
192nd Senegal 46.6 1.9%
193rd Rwanda 46.2 1.3%
194th Uganda 45.6 -0.5%
195th Nigeria 45.3 1.1%
196th Burkina Faso 45.0 1.9%
197th Congo, Democratic Republic of 44.6 -0.5%
198th Burundi 44.4 1.0%
199th Mozambique 44.0 0.1%
200th Gambia, The 43.6 0.5%
201st Liberia 43.6 0.8%
202nd Eritrea 43.4 0.9%
203rd Chad 43.0 0.3%
204th Malawi 43.0 2.4%
205th Guinea-Bissau 42.9 0.8%
206th Equatorial Guinea 42.3 0.8%
207th Sierra Leone 42.2 0.9%
208th Guinea 41.9 1.1%
209th Angola 41.6 0.9%
210th Afghanistan 40.1 -2.4%
211th Mali 38.8 2.0%
212th Niger 38.3 1.5%
213th South Sudan 37.6 0.5%
214th Timor-Leste 22.9 -7.8%
215th Cambodia 11.6 2.5%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
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