Lesotho vs Nigeria: Life expectancy at birth, male

Lesotho

55.03 years

in 2024

Nigeria

54.33 years

in 2024

Lesotho rank

212th

Nigeria rank

214th

Life expectancy at birth, male over time

Lesotho
Nigeria

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 55.03 years against 54.33 years in Nigeria, a difference of 0.705 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lesotho ahead.

Globally, Lesotho ranks 212th and Nigeria ranks 214th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, male in Lesotho
Life expectancy at birth, male in Nigeria
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Unit: years
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.