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Lesotho vs Nigeria: Life expectancy at birth

Lesotho
57.38 years
in 2023
Nigeria
54.46 years
in 2023
Lesotho rank
234th
Nigeria rank
236th

Life expectancy at birth over time

  • Lesotho
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 57.38 years against 54.46 years in Nigeria, a difference of 2.91 years.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 234th and Nigeria ranks 236th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth
Unit
years
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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Period life expectancy at birth.