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Lesotho - Life Expectancy 1987

Name: Lesotho Life Expectancy 1987
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

59.6 +0.2 from 1986 Global rank: 160th

Lesotho's life expectancy was 59.6 in 1987, increased +0.2 from 59.3 in 1986. This was the 160th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1987▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1987
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	79.3	1.1%
2nd	Japan	78.4	0.5%
3rd	Andorra	78.2	0.1%
4th	Liechtenstein	77.6	0.6%
5th	San Marino	77.5	0.1%
6th	Iceland	77.3	-0.8%
7th	Switzerland	77.2	0.4%
8th	Sweden	77.1	0.2%
9th	Hong Kong SAR, China	76.9	0.3%
10th	Canada	76.8	0.4%
11th	Spain	76.7	0.3%
12th	Netherlands	76.7	0.6%
13th	Italy	76.2	0.6%
14th	Australia	76.2	0.4%
15th	Norway	76.1	-0.2%
16th	Greece	76.1	-0.6%
17th	Gibraltar	75.9	0.4%
18th	France	75.8	0.3%
19th	Channel Islands	75.7	0.4%
20th	Belgium	75.4	0.8%
21st	Faroe Islands	75.4	0.3%
22nd	United Kingdom	75.3	0.5%
23rd	Cyprus	75.3	0.4%
24th	Israel	75.3	0.4%
25th	Costa Rica	75.2	0.4%
26th	Malta	75.2	1.1%
27th	Macao SAR, China	75.0	0.2%
28th	Germany	74.8	0.6%
29th	Austria	74.8	0.6%
30th	United States	74.8	0.2%
31st	Denmark	74.7	0.1%
32nd	Finland	74.6	0.0%
33rd	Singapore	74.5	0.4%
34th	Kuwait	74.5	0.6%
35th	Ireland	74.4	1.0%
36th	European Union	74.3	0.3%
37th	New Zealand	74.2	0.1%
38th	Antigua and Barbuda	73.9	0.0%
39th	Luxembourg	73.7	-0.3%
40th	Portugal	73.7	0.5%
41st	Cuba	73.6	0.1%
42nd	St. Martin (French part)	73.5	0.4%
43rd	Guam	73.5	0.2%
44th	Barbados	73.5	0.1%
45th	Bermuda	73.5	0.1%
46th	Puerto Rico (US)	73.4	0.2%
47th	Montenegro	73.0	0.5%
48th	Qatar	72.5	0.5%
49th	Chile	72.5	0.6%
50th	Aruba	72.4	0.9%
51st	French Polynesia	72.4	0.7%
52nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.4	0.0%
53rd	Bahrain	72.4	0.2%
54th	Uruguay	72.2	0.0%
55th	Curaçao	72.1	0.2%
56th	Cayman Islands	72.1	0.4%
57th	Slovenia	72.0	0.3%
58th	Albania	72.0	0.4%
59th	Lithuania	71.9	-0.2%
60th	Serbia	71.8	0.3%
61st	Bulgaria	71.5	-0.3%
62nd	British Virgin Islands	71.5	0.3%
63rd	Croatia	71.5	0.1%
64th	Czechia	71.4	0.6%
65th	Dominica	71.4	-0.4%
66th	Ukraine	71.2	0.5%
67th	Slovak Republic	71.1	0.1%
68th	Belarus	71.0	-0.8%
69th	Brunei Darussalam	71.0	0.3%
70th	Poland	70.9	0.1%
71st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70.9	0.2%
72nd	Jamaica	70.9	0.6%
73rd	American Samoa	70.8	0.2%
74th	Panama	70.8	0.2%
75th	Argentina	70.7	0.6%
76th	Latvia	70.7	0.1%
77th	Isle of Man	70.7	0.5%
78th	Estonia	70.6	0.8%
79th	United Arab Emirates	70.6	0.3%
80th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.4	0.5%
81st	Bahamas, The	70.4	0.1%
82nd	Malaysia	70.4	0.3%
83rd	North Macedonia	70.3	0.2%
84th	Virgin Islands (US)	70.2	0.3%
85th	Korea	70.0	0.8%
86th	Grenada	69.8	0.3%
87th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	69.8	0.3%
88th	St. Lucia	69.7	-0.8%
89th	Hungary	69.7	0.7%
90th	Northern Mariana Islands	69.5	0.2%
91st	Russian Federation	69.4	0.1%
92nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	69.3	0.4%
93rd	Jordan	69.3	0.5%
94th	Mauritius	69.3	0.4%
95th	Romania	69.2	-0.4%
96th	Georgia	69.2	0.0%
97th	Belize	69.1	0.5%
98th	Sri Lanka	69.0	0.1%
99th	Syrian Arab Republic	68.8	0.6%
100th	New Caledonia	68.6	0.5%
101st	Libya	68.3	0.7%
102nd	Seychelles	68.2	-0.6%
103rd	Colombia	68.2	-0.2%
104th	Tunisia	68.0	0.9%
105th	Viet Nam	68.0	0.7%
106th	Moldova	67.9	0.8%
107th	Mexico	67.9	0.8%
108th	Thailand	67.8	0.8%
109th	Armenia	67.4	0.3%
110th	China	67.3	0.6%
111th	Saudi Arabia	67.2	0.9%
112th	Tonga	67.2	0.2%
113th	Trinidad and Tobago	67.1	0.3%
114th	Samoa	67.0	0.3%
115th	Oman	67.0	1.2%
116th	Ecuador	66.6	0.7%
117th	Dominican Republic	66.5	0.7%
118th	Paraguay	66.5	0.4%
119th	Türkiye	66.4	0.8%
120th	Algeria	66.1	1.3%
121st	Kazakhstan	66.0	0.3%
122nd	Solomon Islands	65.7	1.5%
123rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	65.5	-0.1%
124th	Uzbekistan	65.5	0.7%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	65.1	1.1%
126th	Brazil	64.8	0.6%
127th	Greenland	64.7	0.6%
128th	Vanuatu	64.4	-0.3%
129th	Fiji	64.3	0.5%
130th	Honduras	64.1	0.7%
131st	Kosovo	63.6	1.6%
132nd	Turkmenistan	63.5	0.5%
133rd	Philippines	63.3	0.7%
134th	Micronesia, Federated States of	63.2	0.1%
135th	Cabo Verde	62.9	0.5%
136th	Botswana	62.8	-0.8%
137th	Azerbaijan	62.8	0.4%
138th	Palau	62.8	0.0%
139th	South Africa	62.7	0.4%
140th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	62.7	0.9%
141st	Peru	62.5	0.6%
142nd	Lebanon	62.5	0.9%
143rd	Indonesia	62.1	0.6%
144th	Eswatini	61.9	0.5%
145th	Marshall Islands	61.8	0.0%
146th	Guyana	61.7	0.3%
147th	Tajikistan	61.6	-0.4%
148th	Suriname	61.3	0.3%
149th	Tuvalu	61.3	0.1%
150th	Guatemala	61.0	1.1%
151st	Maldives	60.8	1.3%
152nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	60.7	1.1%
153rd	Zimbabwe	60.7	-0.4%
154th	Kenya	60.7	-0.2%
155th	São Tomé and Principe	60.7	5.3%
156th	Morocco	60.6	1.1%
157th	Iraq	60.3	0.4%
158th	Gabon	60.2	0.4%
159th	Kiribati	59.6	0.8%
160th	Lesotho	59.6	0.4%
161st	El Salvador	59.4	0.1%
162nd	Papua New Guinea	59.2	0.4%
163rd	Pakistan	59.2	0.1%
164th	Namibia	59.1	0.7%
165th	Nauru	58.6	0.1%
166th	Congo, Republic of	57.6	-0.1%
167th	Nicaragua	57.3	-0.4%
168th	India	57.3	0.8%
169th	Mongolia	57.1	0.6%
170th	Mauritania	57.0	1.1%
171st	Yemen, Republic of	56.8	5.2%
172nd	Myanmar	56.4	0.5%
173rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	54.9	1.2%
174th	Bangladesh	54.9	0.6%
175th	Djibouti	54.8	0.6%
176th	Togo	54.8	0.4%
177th	Sudan	54.7	0.3%
178th	Senegal	54.6	1.7%
179th	Cameroon	54.2	1.1%
180th	Comoros	54.1	0.7%
181st	Ghana	53.8	1.0%
182nd	Cambodia	53.7	4.1%
183rd	Bhutan	53.6	1.5%
184th	Côte d'Ivoire	53.1	0.2%
185th	Lao PDR	52.6	0.9%
186th	Nepal	52.4	1.5%
187th	Haiti	52.2	0.7%
188th	Tanzania	52.2	0.0%
189th	Rwanda	51.5	-0.5%
190th	Benin	51.3	1.2%
191st	Madagascar	51.1	0.9%
192nd	Equatorial Guinea	51.0	0.3%
193rd	Zambia	50.4	-1.4%
194th	Central African Republic	50.4	-0.1%
195th	Gambia, The	49.4	1.2%
196th	Burkina Faso	49.1	0.2%
197th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	49.0	1.2%
198th	Eritrea	47.4	19.8%
199th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	47.4	0.7%
200th	Uganda	47.4	3.7%
201st	Burundi	47.1	-0.7%
202nd	Guinea	46.1	0.8%
203rd	Nigeria	45.9	-0.1%
204th	Guinea-Bissau	45.8	0.7%
205th	Mali	45.2	1.4%
206th	Liberia	44.3	-0.5%
207th	Malawi	43.9	-0.9%
208th	Sierra Leone	43.7	0.6%
209th	Chad	43.1	-5.5%
210th	Mozambique	41.0	0.1%
211th	Angola	40.8	-4.6%
212th	Niger	40.5	0.5%
213th	Afghanistan	38.8	1.1%
214th	Timor-Leste	36.0	3.5%
215th	South Sudan	20.7	-36.9%

FAQ

What was Lesotho's life expectancy in 1987?▾

Lesotho's life expectancy in 1987 was 59.6. This ranked 160th globally.

How did Lesotho's life expectancy change in 1987?▾

Lesotho's life expectancy increased by 0.4% in 1987 compared to 1986.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1987?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1987 at 79.3.

What is the life expectancy of Lesotho in 1987?▾

The life expectancy of Lesotho in 1987 was 59.6. This ranked 160th globally.

How does 1987 compare to 1986 for Lesotho's life expectancy?▾

Lesotho's life expectancy went from 59.3 in 1986 to 59.6 in 1987, a 0.4% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Lesotho matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1987. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 14.7%. View full analysis →

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