Lesotho - Life Expectancy 1980
56.5
+0.7 from 1979
Lesotho's life expectancy was 56.5 in 1980, increased +0.7 from 55.8 in 1979. This was the 161st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1980▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andorra | 77.1 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | Iceland | 76.8 | 0.1% |
| 3rd | San Marino | 76.4 | 0.3% |
| 4th | Japan | 76.0 | -0.2% |
| 5th | Faroe Islands | 75.8 | 0.1% |
| 6th | Netherlands | 75.7 | 0.2% |
| 7th | Sweden | 75.7 | 0.3% |
| 8th | Norway | 75.7 | 0.3% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 75.5 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Spain | 75.3 | 0.7% |
| 11th | Canada | 75.1 | 0.3% |
| 12th | Monaco | 74.9 | 0.1% |
| 13th | Liechtenstein | 74.7 | 0.1% |
| 14th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 74.7 | 1.3% |
| 15th | Greece | 74.5 | -0.1% |
| 16th | Australia | 74.3 | 0.4% |
| 17th | Denmark | 74.1 | -0.2% |
| 18th | France | 74.1 | 0.3% |
| 19th | Italy | 73.9 | -0.1% |
| 20th | Channel Islands | 73.9 | 1.0% |
| 21st | Israel | 73.9 | 0.5% |
| 22nd | Gibraltar | 73.8 | 0.2% |
| 23rd | United Kingdom | 73.7 | 0.5% |
| 24th | United States | 73.6 | -0.3% |
| 25th | Finland | 73.4 | 0.4% |
| 26th | Belgium | 73.2 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Puerto Rico (US) | 73.1 | 0.5% |
| 28th | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.1 | 0.4% |
| 29th | Costa Rica | 73.0 | 0.7% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 72.8 | 0.9% |
| 31st | New Zealand | 72.8 | -0.3% |
| 32nd | Germany | 72.8 | 0.2% |
| 33rd | European Union | 72.8 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Macao SAR, China | 72.8 | 0.6% |
| 35th | Bermuda | 72.7 | 0.4% |
| 36th | Cuba | 72.6 | 0.5% |
| 37th | Ireland | 72.6 | 0.5% |
| 38th | Austria | 72.5 | 0.2% |
| 39th | St. Martin (French part) | 72.3 | 0.1% |
| 40th | Luxembourg | 72.3 | 0.1% |
| 41st | Malta | 72.2 | -0.2% |
| 42nd | Singapore | 72.2 | 1.0% |
| 43rd | Barbados | 72.1 | 0.8% |
| 44th | Montenegro | 72.0 | 1.1% |
| 45th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 71.8 | -0.1% |
| 46th | Kuwait | 71.5 | 0.5% |
| 47th | Portugal | 71.2 | 0.1% |
| 48th | Bulgaria | 71.2 | -0.2% |
| 49th | Slovenia | 71.1 | 0.4% |
| 50th | Dominica | 71.0 | 2.6% |
| 51st | Serbia | 71.0 | -0.1% |
| 52nd | Curaçao | 71.0 | 0.3% |
| 53rd | Aruba | 70.8 | 0.4% |
| 54th | Bahrain | 70.7 | 0.6% |
| 55th | Guam | 70.7 | 0.8% |
| 56th | Uruguay | 70.5 | 0.4% |
| 57th | Lithuania | 70.5 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Slovak Republic | 70.4 | -0.5% |
| 59th | Czechia | 70.3 | -0.7% |
| 60th | Croatia | 70.2 | -0.4% |
| 61st | Poland | 70.1 | -0.9% |
| 62nd | Belarus | 69.9 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Qatar | 69.9 | 0.6% |
| 64th | Albania | 69.9 | 0.4% |
| 65th | Ukraine | 69.8 | 0.0% |
| 66th | British Virgin Islands | 69.6 | 0.5% |
| 67th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 69.6 | 0.8% |
| 68th | Seychelles | 69.6 | 1.8% |
| 69th | Cayman Islands | 69.5 | 0.7% |
| 70th | Chile | 69.5 | 0.9% |
| 71st | Panama | 69.5 | 0.5% |
| 72nd | American Samoa | 69.4 | 0.4% |
| 73rd | Estonia | 69.1 | 0.1% |
| 74th | Bahamas, The | 69.1 | 0.2% |
| 75th | Romania | 69.1 | -0.1% |
| 76th | Hungary | 69.1 | -0.8% |
| 77th | Brunei Darussalam | 69.0 | 0.5% |
| 78th | Jamaica | 69.0 | 0.3% |
| 79th | North Macedonia | 69.0 | -0.1% |
| 80th | Latvia | 68.8 | 0.5% |
| 81st | Virgin Islands (US) | 68.7 | 0.3% |
| 82nd | Argentina | 68.6 | 0.2% |
| 83rd | Isle of Man | 68.4 | 0.6% |
| 84th | Northern Mariana Islands | 68.3 | 0.3% |
| 85th | Georgia | 68.3 | 0.5% |
| 86th | United Arab Emirates | 68.2 | 0.8% |
| 87th | Grenada | 68.1 | 0.3% |
| 88th | Malaysia | 68.1 | 0.7% |
| 89th | Sri Lanka | 68.0 | 0.7% |
| 90th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.0 | -2.0% |
| 91st | St. Lucia | 67.8 | 0.6% |
| 92nd | French Polynesia | 67.4 | 1.2% |
| 93rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 67.2 | 0.7% |
| 94th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 67.1 | 0.5% |
| 95th | Russian Federation | 67.0 | -0.1% |
| 96th | Belize | 66.9 | 0.3% |
| 97th | Mauritius | 66.8 | 0.7% |
| 98th | Colombia | 66.7 | 0.8% |
| 99th | Syrian Arab Republic | 66.5 | 0.5% |
| 100th | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.5 | 0.1% |
| 101st | Jordan | 66.5 | 0.7% |
| 102nd | Tonga | 66.2 | 0.2% |
| 103rd | Korea | 66.0 | 0.8% |
| 104th | New Caledonia | 65.6 | 0.7% |
| 105th | Viet Nam | 65.3 | 0.5% |
| 106th | Moldova | 65.2 | 0.6% |
| 107th | Armenia | 65.1 | 0.5% |
| 108th | Samoa | 65.0 | 0.6% |
| 109th | Libya | 64.8 | 0.7% |
| 110th | Paraguay | 64.6 | 0.4% |
| 111th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 64.4 | 0.3% |
| 112th | Mexico | 64.3 | 0.7% |
| 113th | China | 64.2 | 0.8% |
| 114th | Solomon Islands | 63.7 | 0.8% |
| 115th | Tunisia | 63.7 | 1.2% |
| 116th | Greenland | 63.4 | -0.8% |
| 117th | Dominican Republic | 63.4 | 1.5% |
| 118th | Ecuador | 63.3 | 0.8% |
| 119th | Uzbekistan | 63.0 | 0.4% |
| 120th | Türkiye | 62.7 | 0.9% |
| 121st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 62.6 | 0.2% |
| 122nd | Botswana | 62.5 | 0.8% |
| 123rd | Kazakhstan | 62.5 | 0.7% |
| 124th | Saudi Arabia | 62.4 | 1.5% |
| 125th | Fiji | 62.4 | 0.2% |
| 126th | Thailand | 62.2 | 0.8% |
| 127th | Palau | 61.9 | 0.5% |
| 128th | Philippines | 61.9 | 0.3% |
| 129th | Brazil | 61.8 | 0.7% |
| 130th | Azerbaijan | 61.4 | 0.8% |
| 131st | Vanuatu | 61.3 | 0.7% |
| 132nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 61.3 | 0.7% |
| 133rd | Cabo Verde | 61.0 | 0.5% |
| 134th | Marshall Islands | 61.0 | 0.2% |
| 135th | Iraq | 60.9 | -5.4% |
| 136th | Guyana | 60.8 | 0.1% |
| 137th | Suriname | 60.7 | 0.2% |
| 138th | Honduras | 60.4 | 0.9% |
| 139th | Kosovo | 60.3 | 2.0% |
| 140th | Tuvalu | 60.2 | 0.6% |
| 141st | Turkmenistan | 60.2 | 1.8% |
| 142nd | Peru | 60.0 | 0.6% |
| 143rd | South Africa | 60.0 | 0.8% |
| 144th | Lebanon | 59.9 | 0.6% |
| 145th | Oman | 59.6 | 2.2% |
| 146th | São Tomé and Principe | 59.4 | 0.1% |
| 147th | Kenya | 59.2 | 0.8% |
| 148th | Zimbabwe | 59.1 | 7.5% |
| 149th | Indonesia | 58.7 | 0.9% |
| 150th | Tajikistan | 58.6 | 0.2% |
| 151st | Nauru | 58.5 | 0.2% |
| 152nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 58.4 | -0.1% |
| 153rd | Eswatini | 58.2 | 1.2% |
| 154th | Nicaragua | 58.0 | 14.0% |
| 155th | Gabon | 57.9 | 0.8% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | 57.4 | 0.7% |
| 157th | Kiribati | 57.3 | 0.3% |
| 158th | Pakistan | 57.2 | 1.0% |
| 159th | Congo, Republic of | 56.8 | 0.5% |
| 160th | Namibia | 56.6 | -5.0% |
| 161st | Lesotho | 56.5 | 1.2% |
| 162nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 55.7 | 1.5% |
| 163rd | Zambia | 55.5 | -1.0% |
| 164th | Guatemala | 55.3 | -2.3% |
| 165th | Morocco | 55.2 | 1.6% |
| 166th | Mongolia | 55.2 | 0.3% |
| 167th | Maldives | 54.8 | 1.8% |
| 168th | Algeria | 54.5 | 4.0% |
| 169th | Myanmar | 54.4 | 0.6% |
| 170th | Sudan | 54.1 | 1.3% |
| 171st | India | 53.6 | 1.1% |
| 172nd | Mauritania | 53.2 | 0.8% |
| 173rd | Bangladesh | 52.3 | 0.6% |
| 174th | Togo | 52.1 | 1.2% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 52.0 | 0.9% |
| 176th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 51.8 | 0.9% |
| 177th | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.4 | 0.9% |
| 178th | Tanzania | 51.3 | 0.9% |
| 179th | Ghana | 51.1 | 0.5% |
| 180th | Cameroon | 50.9 | 0.6% |
| 181st | Comoros | 50.7 | 1.1% |
| 182nd | Yemen, Republic of | 50.6 | 2.2% |
| 183rd | Madagascar | 50.0 | -0.1% |
| 184th | Haiti | 50.0 | 0.4% |
| 185th | Central African Republic | 49.8 | 0.6% |
| 186th | Equatorial Guinea | 48.8 | 13.4% |
| 187th | El Salvador | 48.6 | -9.7% |
| 188th | Lao PDR | 48.6 | 2.3% |
| 189th | Nepal | 48.3 | 1.2% |
| 190th | Senegal | 48.3 | 1.7% |
| 191st | Bhutan | 48.2 | 1.6% |
| 192nd | Rwanda | 48.1 | 2.2% |
| 193rd | Benin | 47.7 | 0.8% |
| 194th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 47.6 | 0.4% |
| 195th | Cambodia | 47.5 | 15.6% |
| 196th | Burkina Faso | 46.5 | 1.7% |
| 197th | Nigeria | 46.0 | 0.5% |
| 198th | Burundi | 45.7 | 1.5% |
| 199th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 45.5 | 0.6% |
| 200th | Gambia, The | 45.0 | 1.0% |
| 201st | Eritrea | 44.6 | 1.9% |
| 202nd | Malawi | 44.3 | 1.4% |
| 203rd | Liberia | 44.1 | 0.5% |
| 204th | Mozambique | 44.0 | 0.2% |
| 205th | Guinea-Bissau | 43.6 | 0.8% |
| 206th | Uganda | 43.5 | -4.3% |
| 207th | Chad | 43.5 | 0.5% |
| 208th | Guinea | 42.8 | 1.2% |
| 209th | Sierra Leone | 42.8 | 0.7% |
| 210th | Angola | 42.2 | 0.8% |
| 211th | Mali | 40.3 | 1.9% |
| 212th | Niger | 39.3 | 1.2% |
| 213th | Afghanistan | 39.3 | 1.1% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 38.0 | 0.6% |
| 215th | Timor-Leste | 30.2 | 24.9% |
FAQ
What was Lesotho's life expectancy in 1980?▾
Lesotho's life expectancy in 1980 was 56.5. This ranked 161st globally.
How did Lesotho's life expectancy change in 1980?▾
Lesotho's life expectancy increased by 1.2% in 1980 compared to 1979.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1980?▾
Andorra had the highest life expectancy in 1980 at 77.1.
What is the life expectancy of Lesotho in 1980?▾
The life expectancy of Lesotho in 1980 was 56.5. This ranked 161st globally.
How does 1980 compare to 1979 for Lesotho's life expectancy?▾
Lesotho's life expectancy went from 55.8 in 1979 to 56.5 in 1980, a 1.2% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Lesotho matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1980. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 12.1%. View full analysis →
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