Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages in Lesotho
Lesotho: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages was 5.09 years in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages in Lesotho, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, sex gap in life expectancy at different ages in Lesotho stood at 5.09 years.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sex gap in life expectancy at different ages in Lesotho peaked at 8.51 years in 1986 and was at its lowest, 2.7 years, in 2006.
That places Lesotho 103rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.28 years | 6.11 years | 6.45 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.06 years | 6.58 years | 7.64 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.82 years | 7.46 years | 8.4 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.28 years | 8.08 years | 8.51 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.84 years | 4.77 years | 8.01 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.93 years | 2.7 years | 4.32 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.47 years | 4.07 years | 4.67 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.98 years | 4.89 years | 5.09 years | 4 |
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More health data for Lesotho
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,227 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 382 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 20,203 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 20,491 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 20,958 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 21,166 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 22,125 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 22,257 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sex gap in life expectancy at different ages in Lesotho?
- Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages in Lesotho was 5.09 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sex gap in life expectancy at different ages recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 8.51 years in 1986.
- What is the lowest sex gap in life expectancy at different ages recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7 years in 2006.
- How does Lesotho rank for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?
- Lesotho ranks 103rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sex gap in life expectancy at different ages rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.