Lesotho vs Nigeria: Life expectancy
Lesotho
57.37 years
in 2023
Nigeria
54.46 years
in 2023
Lesotho rank
234th
Nigeria rank
236th
Life expectancy over time
- Lesotho
- Nigeria
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 57.37 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.
Globally, Lesotho ranks 234th and Nigeria ranks 236th of 236 countries.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.