Lesotho - Life Expectancy 1986
59.3
+0.1 from 1985
Lesotho's life expectancy was 59.3 in 1986, increased +0.1 from 59.2 in 1985. This was the 158th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1986▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 78.4 | 1.3% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 78.1 | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Japan | 78.0 | 0.6% |
| 4th | Iceland | 78.0 | 0.5% |
| 5th | San Marino | 77.4 | 0.1% |
| 6th | Liechtenstein | 77.1 | 0.6% |
| 7th | Sweden | 76.9 | 0.3% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 76.9 | 0.2% |
| 9th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 76.7 | 0.3% |
| 10th | Spain | 76.5 | 0.3% |
| 11th | Greece | 76.5 | 0.5% |
| 12th | Canada | 76.5 | 0.2% |
| 13th | Netherlands | 76.3 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Norway | 76.2 | 0.4% |
| 15th | Australia | 75.9 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Italy | 75.8 | 0.4% |
| 17th | France | 75.6 | 0.4% |
| 18th | Gibraltar | 75.6 | 0.4% |
| 19th | Channel Islands | 75.4 | 0.1% |
| 20th | Faroe Islands | 75.2 | -1.4% |
| 21st | Israel | 75.0 | -0.3% |
| 22nd | Costa Rica | 74.9 | 0.2% |
| 23rd | Cyprus | 74.9 | 0.4% |
| 24th | United Kingdom | 74.9 | 0.4% |
| 25th | Macao SAR, China | 74.8 | 0.4% |
| 26th | Belgium | 74.7 | 0.3% |
| 27th | United States | 74.6 | 0.1% |
| 28th | Denmark | 74.6 | 0.2% |
| 29th | Finland | 74.6 | 0.5% |
| 30th | Germany | 74.4 | 0.3% |
| 31st | Malta | 74.4 | 0.9% |
| 32nd | Austria | 74.3 | 0.7% |
| 33rd | Singapore | 74.2 | 0.5% |
| 34th | New Zealand | 74.1 | 0.4% |
| 35th | European Union | 74.1 | 0.3% |
| 36th | Kuwait | 74.1 | 0.6% |
| 37th | Luxembourg | 74.0 | 1.1% |
| 38th | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.9 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Ireland | 73.7 | 0.1% |
| 40th | Cuba | 73.6 | 0.1% |
| 41st | Barbados | 73.4 | 0.1% |
| 42nd | Bermuda | 73.4 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Guam | 73.3 | 0.3% |
| 44th | Puerto Rico (US) | 73.3 | 0.9% |
| 45th | Portugal | 73.3 | 0.6% |
| 46th | St. Martin (French part) | 73.2 | 0.4% |
| 47th | Montenegro | 72.6 | 0.5% |
| 48th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 72.4 | 0.1% |
| 49th | Bahrain | 72.3 | 0.2% |
| 50th | Uruguay | 72.2 | 0.5% |
| 51st | Qatar | 72.2 | 0.5% |
| 52nd | Lithuania | 72.1 | 2.2% |
| 53rd | Chile | 72.1 | 0.6% |
| 54th | Curaçao | 72.0 | 0.2% |
| 55th | French Polynesia | 72.0 | 1.1% |
| 56th | Cayman Islands | 71.9 | 0.4% |
| 57th | Aruba | 71.8 | 0.1% |
| 58th | Slovenia | 71.8 | 0.6% |
| 59th | Bulgaria | 71.7 | 0.7% |
| 60th | Dominica | 71.7 | -0.3% |
| 61st | Albania | 71.7 | 0.5% |
| 62nd | Serbia | 71.6 | 0.3% |
| 63rd | Belarus | 71.5 | 0.8% |
| 64th | Croatia | 71.4 | 0.8% |
| 65th | British Virgin Islands | 71.3 | 0.4% |
| 66th | Slovak Republic | 71.0 | 0.4% |
| 67th | Czechia | 71.0 | -0.1% |
| 68th | Poland | 70.8 | 0.4% |
| 69th | Ukraine | 70.8 | 0.6% |
| 70th | Brunei Darussalam | 70.8 | 0.4% |
| 71st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70.8 | 0.2% |
| 72nd | American Samoa | 70.7 | 0.2% |
| 73rd | Panama | 70.7 | 0.2% |
| 74th | Latvia | 70.6 | 1.9% |
| 75th | Jamaica | 70.4 | 0.5% |
| 76th | United Arab Emirates | 70.4 | 0.4% |
| 77th | Isle of Man | 70.3 | 0.5% |
| 78th | Bahamas, The | 70.3 | 0.0% |
| 79th | Argentina | 70.3 | 0.6% |
| 80th | St. Lucia | 70.2 | -0.1% |
| 81st | North Macedonia | 70.2 | 0.1% |
| 82nd | Malaysia | 70.1 | 0.4% |
| 83rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.1 | 0.5% |
| 84th | Estonia | 70.1 | 1.0% |
| 85th | Virgin Islands (US) | 69.9 | 0.4% |
| 86th | Grenada | 69.6 | 0.3% |
| 87th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 69.5 | 0.4% |
| 88th | Romania | 69.5 | -0.3% |
| 89th | Korea | 69.4 | 0.9% |
| 90th | Russian Federation | 69.4 | 2.3% |
| 91st | Northern Mariana Islands | 69.4 | 0.2% |
| 92nd | Georgia | 69.2 | 0.3% |
| 93rd | Hungary | 69.2 | 0.3% |
| 94th | Mauritius | 69.0 | 0.2% |
| 95th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 69.0 | 0.5% |
| 96th | Jordan | 69.0 | 0.5% |
| 97th | Sri Lanka | 69.0 | 0.1% |
| 98th | Belize | 68.7 | 0.6% |
| 99th | Seychelles | 68.7 | -1.5% |
| 100th | Syrian Arab Republic | 68.4 | 0.5% |
| 101st | Colombia | 68.3 | 4.5% |
| 102nd | New Caledonia | 68.2 | 0.6% |
| 103rd | Libya | 67.8 | 0.8% |
| 104th | Viet Nam | 67.6 | 0.5% |
| 105th | Tunisia | 67.4 | 0.8% |
| 106th | Moldova | 67.4 | 0.8% |
| 107th | Mexico | 67.4 | 0.9% |
| 108th | Thailand | 67.3 | 1.1% |
| 109th | Armenia | 67.2 | 0.4% |
| 110th | Tonga | 67.1 | 0.2% |
| 111th | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.9 | 0.2% |
| 112th | China | 66.9 | 0.5% |
| 113th | Samoa | 66.8 | 0.4% |
| 114th | Saudi Arabia | 66.6 | 0.9% |
| 115th | Paraguay | 66.2 | 0.4% |
| 116th | Oman | 66.2 | 1.4% |
| 117th | Ecuador | 66.1 | 0.8% |
| 118th | Dominican Republic | 66.1 | 0.7% |
| 119th | Türkiye | 65.9 | 0.8% |
| 120th | Kazakhstan | 65.8 | 0.6% |
| 121st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 65.6 | 0.1% |
| 122nd | Algeria | 65.3 | 1.7% |
| 123rd | Uzbekistan | 65.0 | 0.7% |
| 124th | Solomon Islands | 64.7 | -0.9% |
| 125th | Vanuatu | 64.6 | 1.1% |
| 126th | Kyrgyz Republic | 64.4 | 1.6% |
| 127th | Brazil | 64.4 | 0.6% |
| 128th | Greenland | 64.2 | 0.7% |
| 129th | Fiji | 64.0 | -0.1% |
| 130th | Honduras | 63.7 | 0.7% |
| 131st | Botswana | 63.4 | -0.4% |
| 132nd | Turkmenistan | 63.2 | 0.7% |
| 133rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 63.2 | 0.2% |
| 134th | Philippines | 62.9 | 0.2% |
| 135th | Palau | 62.8 | 0.1% |
| 136th | Azerbaijan | 62.6 | -0.1% |
| 137th | Cabo Verde | 62.6 | 0.5% |
| 138th | Kosovo | 62.5 | 2.2% |
| 139th | South Africa | 62.4 | 0.4% |
| 140th | Peru | 62.2 | 0.7% |
| 141st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 62.1 | 1.0% |
| 142nd | Lebanon | 62.0 | 0.7% |
| 143rd | Tajikistan | 61.8 | 1.4% |
| 144th | Marshall Islands | 61.8 | 0.1% |
| 145th | Indonesia | 61.7 | 0.6% |
| 146th | Eswatini | 61.6 | 0.7% |
| 147th | Guyana | 61.5 | 0.2% |
| 148th | Tuvalu | 61.2 | 0.1% |
| 149th | Suriname | 61.2 | -0.3% |
| 150th | Zimbabwe | 61.0 | 0.1% |
| 151st | Kenya | 60.8 | -0.1% |
| 152nd | Guatemala | 60.3 | 0.9% |
| 153rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 60.1 | 1.1% |
| 154th | Iraq | 60.0 | 0.4% |
| 155th | Maldives | 60.0 | 1.4% |
| 156th | Gabon | 60.0 | 0.5% |
| 157th | Morocco | 60.0 | 1.3% |
| 158th | Lesotho | 59.3 | 0.2% |
| 159th | El Salvador | 59.3 | 2.2% |
| 160th | Pakistan | 59.2 | 0.2% |
| 161st | Kiribati | 59.1 | 0.7% |
| 162nd | Papua New Guinea | 59.0 | 0.4% |
| 163rd | Namibia | 58.7 | 0.4% |
| 164th | Nauru | 58.6 | 0.0% |
| 165th | Congo, Republic of | 57.6 | 0.0% |
| 166th | São Tomé and Principe | 57.6 | -4.2% |
| 167th | Nicaragua | 57.6 | 2.1% |
| 168th | India | 56.8 | 0.9% |
| 169th | Mongolia | 56.7 | 0.6% |
| 170th | Mauritania | 56.3 | 0.9% |
| 171st | Myanmar | 56.1 | 0.5% |
| 172nd | Togo | 54.6 | 0.5% |
| 173rd | Bangladesh | 54.6 | 1.2% |
| 174th | Sudan | 54.6 | 9.1% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 54.5 | 0.8% |
| 176th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 54.2 | 0.9% |
| 177th | Yemen, Republic of | 54.0 | -2.6% |
| 178th | Comoros | 53.8 | 0.9% |
| 179th | Senegal | 53.7 | 2.2% |
| 180th | Cameroon | 53.6 | 0.2% |
| 181st | Ghana | 53.3 | 1.0% |
| 182nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 53.0 | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Bhutan | 52.8 | 1.5% |
| 184th | Tanzania | 52.2 | 0.0% |
| 185th | Lao PDR | 52.1 | 1.1% |
| 186th | Haiti | 51.9 | 0.6% |
| 187th | Rwanda | 51.7 | 0.0% |
| 188th | Nepal | 51.6 | 1.3% |
| 189th | Cambodia | 51.6 | 1.5% |
| 190th | Zambia | 51.1 | -1.6% |
| 191st | Equatorial Guinea | 50.8 | 0.5% |
| 192nd | Madagascar | 50.7 | 0.5% |
| 193rd | Benin | 50.6 | 1.3% |
| 194th | Central African Republic | 50.4 | 0.0% |
| 195th | Burkina Faso | 49.0 | 0.5% |
| 196th | Gambia, The | 48.8 | 1.3% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 48.4 | 0.3% |
| 198th | Burundi | 47.4 | -0.5% |
| 199th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 47.0 | 0.8% |
| 200th | Nigeria | 46.0 | -0.5% |
| 201st | Guinea | 45.7 | 0.9% |
| 202nd | Uganda | 45.7 | 0.3% |
| 203rd | Chad | 45.6 | 0.6% |
| 204th | Guinea-Bissau | 45.5 | 0.6% |
| 205th | Mali | 44.6 | 1.6% |
| 206th | Liberia | 44.5 | 1.1% |
| 207th | Malawi | 44.3 | -0.6% |
| 208th | Sierra Leone | 43.5 | -0.1% |
| 209th | Angola | 42.7 | 0.6% |
| 210th | Mozambique | 41.0 | 5.0% |
| 211th | Niger | 40.3 | 0.3% |
| 212th | Eritrea | 39.5 | 2.5% |
| 213th | Afghanistan | 38.4 | 19.5% |
| 214th | Timor-Leste | 34.8 | 1.2% |
| 215th | South Sudan | 32.8 | 1.4% |
FAQ
What was Lesotho's life expectancy in 1986?▾
Lesotho's life expectancy in 1986 was 59.3. This ranked 158th globally.
How did Lesotho's life expectancy change in 1986?▾
Lesotho's life expectancy increased by 0.2% in 1986 compared to 1985.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1986?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1986 at 78.4.
What is the life expectancy of Lesotho in 1986?▾
The life expectancy of Lesotho in 1986 was 59.3. This ranked 158th globally.
How does 1986 compare to 1985 for Lesotho's life expectancy?▾
Lesotho's life expectancy went from 59.2 in 1985 to 59.3 in 1986, a 0.2% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Lesotho matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1986. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 11.5%. View full analysis →
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