Lesotho vs Niger: Cereals, primary — Yield

Lesotho
603.5 kg/ha
in 2024
Niger
577.4 kg/ha
in 2024
Lesotho rank
187th
Niger rank
189th

Cereals, primary — Yield over time

  • Lesotho
  • Niger
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 603.5 kg/ha against 577.4 kg/ha in Niger, a difference of 26.1 kg/ha.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 187th and Niger ranks 189th of 193 countries.

Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Niger Difference Ahead
1960s 770.77 kg/ha 515.01 kg/ha 255.76 kg/ha Lesotho
1970s 849.35 kg/ha 404.21 kg/ha 445.14 kg/ha Lesotho
1980s 753.6 kg/ha 393.06 kg/ha 360.54 kg/ha Lesotho
1990s 917.25 kg/ha 320.74 kg/ha 596.51 kg/ha Lesotho
2000s 602.38 kg/ha 407.1 kg/ha 195.28 kg/ha Lesotho
2010s 722.52 kg/ha 491.84 kg/ha 230.68 kg/ha Lesotho
2020s 709.06 kg/ha 507.66 kg/ha 201.4 kg/ha Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Lesotho or Niger?
Lesotho, at 603.5 kg/ha against 577.4 kg/ha in Niger as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Lesotho and Niger?
26.1 kg/ha, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Niger?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Niger rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
Lesotho ranks 187th and Niger ranks 189th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,848 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.