Lesotho - Life Expectancy 2010
46.0
+1.0 from 2009
Lesotho's life expectancy was 46.0 in 2010, increased +1.0 from 45.1 in 2009. This was the 215th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2010▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 84.6 | 0.5% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 84.2 | 0.1% |
| 3rd | San Marino | 83.5 | 0.3% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 83.0 | 0.2% |
| 5th | Japan | 82.8 | -0.1% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | 82.3 | 0.1% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 82.2 | 0.2% |
| 8th | Gibraltar | 82.1 | 0.3% |
| 9th | Italy | 82.0 | 0.5% |
| 10th | Iceland | 81.9 | 0.2% |
| 11th | United Arab Emirates | 81.9 | 0.3% |
| 12th | Liechtenstein | 81.8 | 0.4% |
| 13th | Australia | 81.7 | 0.2% |
| 14th | France | 81.7 | 0.3% |
| 15th | Spain | 81.6 | 0.2% |
| 16th | Israel | 81.6 | 0.2% |
| 17th | Singapore | 81.5 | 0.4% |
| 18th | Sweden | 81.5 | 0.1% |
| 19th | Malta | 81.4 | 1.4% |
| 20th | Canada | 81.3 | 0.3% |
| 21st | Channel Islands | 81.2 | 0.2% |
| 22nd | French Polynesia | 81.1 | 0.3% |
| 23rd | Norway | 81.0 | 0.3% |
| 24th | New Zealand | 80.9 | 0.3% |
| 25th | Ireland | 80.7 | 0.7% |
| 26th | Netherlands | 80.7 | 0.2% |
| 27th | Faroe Islands | 80.6 | 0.3% |
| 28th | Cyprus | 80.6 | 0.3% |
| 29th | Luxembourg | 80.6 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Austria | 80.6 | 0.3% |
| 31st | United Kingdom | 80.4 | 0.4% |
| 32nd | Greece | 80.4 | 0.2% |
| 33rd | Belgium | 80.2 | 0.2% |
| 34th | Korea | 80.1 | 0.2% |
| 35th | Germany | 80.0 | 0.2% |
| 36th | Finland | 79.9 | 0.2% |
| 37th | European Union | 79.6 | 0.3% |
| 38th | Isle of Man | 79.6 | 0.4% |
| 39th | Qatar | 79.4 | 0.8% |
| 40th | Slovenia | 79.4 | 0.6% |
| 41st | Bermuda | 79.4 | 0.2% |
| 42nd | Costa Rica | 79.4 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Denmark | 79.1 | 0.6% |
| 44th | Chile | 79.1 | 0.3% |
| 45th | Portugal | 79.0 | 0.4% |
| 46th | St. Martin (French part) | 78.8 | 0.3% |
| 47th | Puerto Rico (US) | 78.7 | 0.4% |
| 48th | Bahrain | 78.6 | 0.7% |
| 49th | United States | 78.5 | 0.2% |
| 50th | Albania | 78.4 | -0.1% |
| 51st | Cuba | 77.9 | 0.4% |
| 52nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 77.9 | 0.5% |
| 53rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.8 | -0.1% |
| 54th | Kuwait | 77.7 | 0.4% |
| 55th | Lebanon | 77.5 | 0.3% |
| 56th | Czechia | 77.4 | 0.4% |
| 57th | Oman | 77.2 | 0.7% |
| 58th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.8 | 0.2% |
| 59th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.8 | 0.1% |
| 60th | Maldives | 76.8 | 0.5% |
| 61st | Antigua and Barbuda | 76.7 | 0.4% |
| 62nd | Uruguay | 76.7 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Croatia | 76.5 | 0.4% |
| 64th | Panama | 76.4 | 0.2% |
| 65th | British Virgin Islands | 76.3 | 0.1% |
| 66th | Poland | 76.2 | 0.7% |
| 67th | Guam | 76.1 | -0.1% |
| 68th | Cayman Islands | 76.1 | 0.5% |
| 69th | New Caledonia | 76.0 | 0.4% |
| 70th | Montenegro | 76.0 | 1.1% |
| 71st | Argentina | 75.7 | 0.1% |
| 72nd | China | 75.7 | 0.5% |
| 73rd | Saudi Arabia | 75.6 | 0.2% |
| 74th | Barbados | 75.5 | 0.0% |
| 75th | Estonia | 75.4 | 0.8% |
| 76th | Malaysia | 75.4 | 0.1% |
| 77th | Ecuador | 75.2 | 0.4% |
| 78th | Curaçao | 75.1 | 0.8% |
| 79th | Slovak Republic | 75.1 | 0.3% |
| 80th | Thailand | 75.0 | 0.5% |
| 81st | North Macedonia | 75.0 | 0.7% |
| 82nd | Türkiye | 75.0 | 0.4% |
| 83rd | Colombia | 74.9 | 0.5% |
| 84th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.8 | 0.0% |
| 85th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.8 | 0.0% |
| 86th | Grenada | 74.7 | 0.2% |
| 87th | Kosovo | 74.6 | -0.2% |
| 88th | Sri Lanka | 74.5 | 5.9% |
| 89th | Tunisia | 74.4 | 0.2% |
| 90th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 74.4 | 0.5% |
| 91st | Serbia | 74.3 | 0.5% |
| 92nd | Aruba | 74.3 | 0.4% |
| 93rd | Hungary | 74.2 | 0.4% |
| 94th | Algeria | 74.1 | 0.4% |
| 95th | Jordan | 73.8 | 0.1% |
| 96th | Brazil | 73.8 | 0.4% |
| 97th | Mexico | 73.7 | 0.1% |
| 98th | Viet Nam | 73.6 | 0.1% |
| 99th | Syrian Arab Republic | 73.5 | 0.1% |
| 100th | Bulgaria | 73.5 | 0.1% |
| 101st | Latvia | 73.5 | 0.6% |
| 102nd | Romania | 73.5 | 0.2% |
| 103rd | Bahamas, The | 73.4 | 0.0% |
| 104th | West Bank and Gaza | 73.3 | 1.4% |
| 105th | Lithuania | 73.3 | 0.5% |
| 106th | Seychelles | 73.2 | 0.2% |
| 107th | Armenia | 73.2 | 0.1% |
| 108th | Mauritius | 73.0 | 0.1% |
| 109th | Peru | 72.9 | 0.4% |
| 110th | St. Lucia | 72.8 | -0.2% |
| 111th | American Samoa | 72.6 | 2.5% |
| 112th | Paraguay | 72.6 | 0.4% |
| 113th | Cabo Verde | 72.5 | 0.5% |
| 114th | Libya | 72.2 | 0.2% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | 72.0 | 0.6% |
| 116th | Jamaica | 72.0 | 0.4% |
| 117th | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.8 | 0.6% |
| 118th | Nicaragua | 71.8 | 0.4% |
| 119th | Georgia | 71.7 | 0.9% |
| 120th | Dominica | 71.7 | -0.2% |
| 121st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 71.5 | -0.1% |
| 122nd | Samoa | 71.5 | 2.8% |
| 123rd | Tonga | 71.3 | 0.5% |
| 124th | El Salvador | 70.9 | 0.8% |
| 125th | Belize | 70.9 | 0.1% |
| 126th | Morocco | 70.8 | 0.5% |
| 127th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.7 | -0.1% |
| 128th | Belarus | 70.4 | 0.0% |
| 129th | Azerbaijan | 70.3 | 0.6% |
| 130th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 70.2 | 0.8% |
| 131st | Ukraine | 70.2 | 1.5% |
| 132nd | Greenland | 70.1 | 0.4% |
| 133rd | Guatemala | 69.9 | 0.3% |
| 134th | Moldova | 69.9 | 0.7% |
| 135th | Uzbekistan | 69.8 | 0.5% |
| 136th | Honduras | 69.8 | -0.1% |
| 137th | Suriname | 69.6 | 0.4% |
| 138th | Vanuatu | 69.6 | 0.2% |
| 139th | Kyrgyz Republic | 69.3 | 0.3% |
| 140th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 69.1 | 0.2% |
| 141st | Philippines | 68.9 | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Russian Federation | 68.8 | 0.2% |
| 143rd | Bhutan | 68.8 | 0.9% |
| 144th | Solomon Islands | 68.7 | 0.4% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 68.6 | 0.7% |
| 146th | Mongolia | 68.5 | 0.8% |
| 147th | Tajikistan | 68.4 | 0.2% |
| 148th | Indonesia | 68.4 | 0.1% |
| 149th | Palau | 68.3 | 0.5% |
| 150th | Kazakhstan | 68.3 | 1.2% |
| 151st | Iraq | 68.1 | 0.4% |
| 152nd | Bangladesh | 68.0 | 0.7% |
| 153rd | Cambodia | 67.3 | 0.8% |
| 154th | Yemen, Republic of | 67.2 | 0.5% |
| 155th | India | 67.2 | 0.7% |
| 156th | Fiji | 66.8 | 0.6% |
| 157th | Nepal | 66.8 | 0.3% |
| 158th | Guyana | 66.2 | 0.3% |
| 159th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 66.0 | 0.5% |
| 160th | Kiribati | 65.9 | 0.1% |
| 161st | Mauritania | 65.7 | 0.3% |
| 162nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 64.9 | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Tuvalu | 64.8 | 0.2% |
| 164th | Gabon | 64.7 | 0.6% |
| 165th | Marshall Islands | 64.5 | 0.2% |
| 166th | Pakistan | 64.4 | 0.3% |
| 167th | Senegal | 64.2 | 0.7% |
| 168th | São Tomé and Principe | 63.9 | 0.3% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | 63.7 | 1.1% |
| 170th | Eritrea | 63.7 | 0.7% |
| 171st | Timor-Leste | 63.7 | 0.6% |
| 172nd | Myanmar | 63.5 | 0.6% |
| 173rd | Papua New Guinea | 63.1 | 0.5% |
| 174th | Sudan | 63.0 | 0.5% |
| 175th | Rwanda | 62.8 | 1.6% |
| 176th | Comoros | 62.7 | 0.7% |
| 177th | Madagascar | 62.6 | 0.5% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | 61.7 | 0.8% |
| 179th | Ghana | 61.3 | 0.6% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 61.2 | 0.7% |
| 181st | Tanzania | 61.1 | 1.0% |
| 182nd | Kenya | 60.9 | 0.7% |
| 183rd | Djibouti | 60.7 | 0.6% |
| 184th | Afghanistan | 60.7 | 0.8% |
| 185th | Nauru | 60.1 | 0.4% |
| 186th | Uganda | 60.0 | 1.4% |
| 187th | Liberia | 59.4 | 0.4% |
| 188th | Botswana | 59.1 | 1.4% |
| 189th | South Africa | 58.9 | 2.6% |
| 190th | Benin | 58.4 | 0.2% |
| 191st | Equatorial Guinea | 58.3 | 0.8% |
| 192nd | Malawi | 57.8 | 1.9% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 57.5 | 1.1% |
| 194th | Angola | 57.2 | 1.8% |
| 195th | Togo | 57.2 | 0.5% |
| 196th | Burundi | 57.1 | 1.2% |
| 197th | Niger | 57.1 | 1.0% |
| 198th | Guinea-Bissau | 57.0 | 1.2% |
| 199th | Cameroon | 57.0 | 0.8% |
| 200th | Zambia | 56.9 | 1.8% |
| 201st | Guinea | 56.4 | 0.7% |
| 202nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 56.4 | 1.1% |
| 203rd | Burkina Faso | 56.3 | 1.0% |
| 204th | Namibia | 56.1 | 1.3% |
| 205th | Mali | 56.0 | 0.7% |
| 206th | Côte d'Ivoire | 55.3 | 1.0% |
| 207th | Mozambique | 55.0 | 1.2% |
| 208th | Sierra Leone | 51.9 | 1.2% |
| 209th | Zimbabwe | 51.9 | 4.4% |
| 210th | Nigeria | 51.3 | 0.5% |
| 211th | Chad | 50.1 | 0.6% |
| 212th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 48.9 | -6.1% |
| 213th | Eswatini | 48.3 | 3.0% |
| 214th | Central African Republic | 46.9 | 219.6% |
| 215th | Lesotho | 46.0 | 2.2% |
| 216th | Haiti | 45.6 | -26.1% |
FAQ
What was Lesotho's life expectancy in 2010?▾
Lesotho's life expectancy in 2010 was 46.0. This ranked 215th globally.
How did Lesotho's life expectancy change in 2010?▾
Lesotho's life expectancy increased by 2.2% in 2010 compared to 2009.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2010?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2010 at 84.6.
What is the life expectancy of Lesotho in 2010?▾
The life expectancy of Lesotho in 2010 was 46.0. This ranked 215th globally.
How does 2010 compare to 2009 for Lesotho's life expectancy?▾
Lesotho's life expectancy went from 45.1 in 2009 to 46.0 in 2010, a 2.2% increase.
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