Botswana vs Lesotho: Cereals, primary — Production
Cereals, primary — Production over time
- Botswana
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 67,527 t against 54,554 t in Botswana, a difference of 12,973 t.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.
Botswana ranks 155th and Lesotho ranks 153rd of 193 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and Lesotho in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,081 t | 219,726 t | 186,645 t | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 64,044 t | 194,159 t | 130,114 t | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 39,970 t | 162,514 t | 122,544 t | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 46,302 t | 166,974 t | 120,673 t | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 34,845 t | 119,824 t | 84,980 t | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 47,678 t | 111,914 t | 64,236 t | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 105,815 t | 83,962 t | 21,852 t | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — production, Botswana or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 67,527 t against 54,554 t in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — production between Botswana and Lesotho?
- 12,973 t, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Lesotho?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Lesotho rank globally for cereals, primary — production?
- Botswana ranks 155th and Lesotho ranks 153rd of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.