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Lesotho - Life Expectancy 2012

Name: Lesotho Life Expectancy 2012
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

48.2 +1.3 from 2011 Global rank: 216th

Lesotho's life expectancy was 48.2 in 2012, increased +1.3 from 46.9 in 2011. This was the 216th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2012▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2012
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	85.0	0.0%
2nd	Andorra	84.3	0.0%
3rd	San Marino	83.9	0.3%
4th	Hong Kong SAR, China	83.5	0.0%
5th	Japan	83.1	0.6%
6th	Iceland	82.9	0.7%
7th	Switzerland	82.7	0.0%
8th	Gibraltar	82.5	0.2%
9th	Macao SAR, China	82.5	0.0%
10th	Spain	82.4	-0.1%
11th	Liechtenstein	82.4	0.7%
12th	Italy	82.2	0.1%
13th	Australia	82.0	0.2%
14th	Singapore	82.0	0.3%
15th	France	82.0	-0.2%
16th	United Arab Emirates	81.9	0.0%
17th	Israel	81.7	0.1%
18th	Sweden	81.7	-0.1%
19th	French Polynesia	81.7	0.3%
20th	Canada	81.7	0.2%
21st	Norway	81.5	0.2%
22nd	New Zealand	81.4	0.3%
23rd	Luxembourg	81.4	0.5%
24th	Channel Islands	81.3	-0.1%
25th	Cyprus	81.1	0.3%
26th	Netherlands	81.1	-0.1%
27th	Faroe Islands	81.1	0.2%
28th	Austria	80.9	-0.1%
29th	United Kingdom	80.9	-0.1%
30th	Ireland	80.8	0.1%
31st	Korea	80.8	0.3%
32nd	Malta	80.7	0.0%
33rd	Greece	80.6	-0.1%
34th	Finland	80.6	0.2%
35th	Germany	80.5	0.1%
36th	Qatar	80.5	0.6%
37th	Belgium	80.4	-0.2%
38th	Portugal	80.4	-0.1%
39th	European Union	80.2	0.0%
40th	Slovenia	80.1	0.2%
41st	Denmark	80.1	0.3%
42nd	Isle of Man	80.0	0.2%
43rd	Costa Rica	79.9	0.4%
44th	Bermuda	79.8	0.2%
45th	Bahrain	79.6	0.6%
46th	St. Martin (French part)	79.3	0.4%
47th	Puerto Rico (US)	79.3	0.6%
48th	Chile	79.2	0.0%
49th	United States	78.7	0.1%
50th	Virgin Islands (US)	78.5	0.3%
51st	Kuwait	78.4	0.4%
52nd	Oman	78.2	0.6%
53rd	Cuba	78.2	0.1%
54th	Albania	78.1	-0.3%
55th	Czechia	78.1	0.3%
56th	Lebanon	77.9	0.2%
57th	Northern Mariana Islands	77.6	-0.2%
58th	Maldives	77.5	0.5%
59th	Croatia	77.2	0.5%
60th	Cayman Islands	77.1	0.7%
61st	Antigua and Barbuda	77.1	0.1%
62nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.0	0.1%
63rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	77.0	0.1%
64th	Panama	76.9	0.3%
65th	Poland	76.7	0.1%
66th	Uruguay	76.7	0.1%
67th	New Caledonia	76.6	0.4%
68th	British Virgin Islands	76.4	0.1%
69th	Estonia	76.3	0.1%
70th	Montenegro	76.3	0.3%
71st	Guam	76.2	0.1%
72nd	China	76.2	0.4%
73rd	Slovak Republic	76.1	0.2%
74th	Saudi Arabia	76.1	0.4%
75th	Curaçao	76.0	0.5%
76th	Argentina	75.8	-0.4%
77th	Kosovo	75.8	0.6%
78th	Barbados	75.7	0.2%
79th	Colombia	75.6	0.6%
80th	Thailand	75.6	0.4%
81st	Malaysia	75.6	0.1%
82nd	Türkiye	75.6	1.0%
83rd	Ecuador	75.5	0.4%
84th	Sri Lanka	75.2	0.6%
85th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	75.1	0.3%
86th	Hungary	75.1	0.3%
87th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	75.0	0.4%
88th	Grenada	75.0	0.1%
89th	North Macedonia	74.9	-0.3%
90th	Brunei Darussalam	74.8	0.0%
91st	Aruba	74.8	0.4%
92nd	Serbia	74.8	0.4%
93rd	Algeria	74.6	0.3%
94th	Tunisia	74.6	0.2%
95th	Romania	74.4	0.0%
96th	Brazil	74.3	0.4%
97th	Bulgaria	74.3	0.2%
98th	Seychelles	74.3	2.1%
99th	Mexico	74.1	0.3%
100th	Armenia	74.1	0.4%
101st	Jordan	74.1	0.2%
102nd	Peru	74.0	0.9%
103rd	Lithuania	73.9	0.4%
104th	Mauritius	73.9	0.8%
105th	Latvia	73.8	0.3%
106th	Viet Nam	73.8	0.1%
107th	West Bank and Gaza	73.7	0.2%
108th	Bahamas, The	73.7	0.2%
109th	Cabo Verde	73.3	0.6%
110th	Paraguay	73.1	0.4%
111th	St. Lucia	72.9	-0.1%
112th	Dominican Republic	72.8	0.4%
113th	American Samoa	72.7	0.1%
114th	Georgia	72.7	0.3%
115th	Trinidad and Tobago	72.5	0.4%
116th	Nicaragua	72.4	0.6%
117th	Jamaica	72.4	0.2%
118th	Libya	72.2	3.2%
119th	Belarus	72.0	2.0%
120th	Morocco	71.7	0.6%
121st	Tonga	71.5	0.2%
122nd	El Salvador	71.4	0.3%
123rd	Dominica	71.4	-0.2%
124th	St. Kitts and Nevis	71.4	-0.1%
125th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	71.3	0.8%
126th	Samoa	71.2	-0.3%
127th	Belize	71.1	0.2%
128th	Ukraine	71.1	0.5%
129th	Azerbaijan	71.1	0.7%
130th	Guatemala	70.7	0.6%
131st	Greenland	70.5	0.4%
132nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.5	-0.1%
133rd	Honduras	70.5	0.5%
134th	Uzbekistan	70.4	0.4%
135th	Moldova	70.3	0.2%
136th	Russian Federation	70.1	0.6%
137th	Kyrgyz Republic	70.0	0.6%
138th	Suriname	70.0	0.2%
139th	Kazakhstan	69.9	1.2%
140th	Vanuatu	69.9	0.2%
141st	Bhutan	69.8	0.7%
142nd	Mongolia	69.5	0.6%
143rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	69.5	0.3%
144th	Philippines	69.2	0.2%
145th	Tajikistan	69.1	0.6%
146th	Bangladesh	69.0	0.7%
147th	Solomon Islands	69.0	0.2%
148th	Turkmenistan	69.0	0.1%
149th	Palau	68.9	0.3%
150th	Indonesia	68.9	0.3%
151st	Iraq	68.8	0.6%
152nd	Cambodia	68.4	0.7%
153rd	India	68.1	0.7%
154th	Yemen, Republic of	67.6	0.2%
155th	Nepal	67.4	0.4%
156th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	66.6	0.5%
157th	Guyana	66.4	0.0%
158th	Syrian Arab Republic	66.2	-8.4%
159th	Kiribati	65.9	0.0%
160th	Fiji	65.8	-1.6%
161st	Mauritania	65.8	0.1%
162nd	Gabon	65.4	0.5%
163rd	Senegal	65.2	0.7%
164th	Lao PDR	65.1	1.0%
165th	Micronesia, Federated States of	65.1	0.2%
166th	Tuvalu	65.1	0.2%
167th	Pakistan	64.9	0.3%
168th	Marshall Islands	64.8	0.2%
169th	Eritrea	64.7	0.7%
170th	São Tomé and Principe	64.5	0.6%
171st	Timor-Leste	64.4	0.6%
172nd	Myanmar	64.3	0.6%
173rd	Rwanda	64.2	1.1%
174th	Papua New Guinea	63.6	0.4%
175th	Comoros	63.5	0.6%
176th	Sudan	63.4	0.4%
177th	Madagascar	63.0	0.2%
178th	Congo, Republic of	62.7	0.6%
179th	Tanzania	62.3	1.1%
180th	Haiti	62.3	1.1%
181st	Ghana	62.0	0.6%
182nd	Gambia, The	61.9	0.6%
183rd	South Africa	61.7	1.9%
184th	Afghanistan	61.7	0.8%
185th	Djibouti	61.7	0.6%
186th	Uganda	61.6	1.3%
187th	Kenya	61.5	0.4%
188th	Nauru	60.5	0.4%
189th	Botswana	60.4	1.1%
190th	Malawi	59.9	1.7%
191st	Liberia	59.8	0.5%
192nd	Equatorial Guinea	59.3	0.8%
193rd	Angola	58.9	1.4%
194th	Zambia	58.7	1.5%
195th	Benin	58.6	0.2%
196th	Burundi	58.5	1.2%
197th	Guinea-Bissau	58.3	1.1%
198th	South Sudan	58.2	1.0%
199th	Cameroon	58.2	1.2%
200th	Niger	58.0	0.7%
201st	Togo	57.9	0.6%
202nd	Namibia	57.7	1.9%
203rd	Burkina Faso	57.5	0.8%
204th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	57.4	0.8%
205th	Guinea	57.1	0.6%
206th	Mali	56.7	0.6%
207th	Côte d'Ivoire	56.6	1.1%
208th	Mozambique	56.5	1.3%
209th	Zimbabwe	55.4	2.7%
210th	Sierra Leone	53.2	1.1%
211th	Nigeria	51.7	0.4%
212th	Central African Republic	51.3	2.5%
213th	Chad	50.8	0.7%
214th	Eswatini	50.7	3.4%
215th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	49.1	51.4%
216th	Lesotho	48.2	2.8%

FAQ

What was Lesotho's life expectancy in 2012?▾

Lesotho's life expectancy in 2012 was 48.2. This ranked 216th globally.

How did Lesotho's life expectancy change in 2012?▾

Lesotho's life expectancy increased by 2.8% in 2012 compared to 2011.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2012?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2012 at 85.0.

What is the life expectancy of Lesotho in 2012?▾

The life expectancy of Lesotho in 2012 was 48.2. This ranked 216th globally.

How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Lesotho's life expectancy?▾

Lesotho's life expectancy went from 46.9 in 2011 to 48.2 in 2012, a 2.8% increase.

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