What is the difference in crop yields between Lesotho and Libya?

0.0482 tonnes per hectare, with Libya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Libya?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Crop yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Libya: Crop yields

Lesotho

0.7195 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Libya

0.7677 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Lesotho rank

121st

Libya rank

119th

Crop yields over time

Lesotho
Libya

How they compare

Libya currently reports 0.7677 tonnes per hectare against 0.7195 tonnes per hectare in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0482 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 121st and Libya ranks 119th of 126 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Libya in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Libya	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.7441 tonnes per hectare	0.2567 tonnes per hectare	0.4874 tonnes per hectare	Lesotho
1970s	0.8121 tonnes per hectare	0.3479 tonnes per hectare	0.4642 tonnes per hectare	Lesotho
1980s	0.6605 tonnes per hectare	0.7575 tonnes per hectare	0.097 tonnes per hectare	Libya
1990s	0.8895 tonnes per hectare	0.9237 tonnes per hectare	0.0342 tonnes per hectare	Libya
2000s	0.6297 tonnes per hectare	0.7759 tonnes per hectare	0.1462 tonnes per hectare	Libya
2010s	0.9776 tonnes per hectare	0.7694 tonnes per hectare	0.2082 tonnes per hectare	Lesotho
2020s	0.6552 tonnes per hectare	0.7672 tonnes per hectare	0.1119 tonnes per hectare	Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher crop yields, Lesotho or Libya?: Libya, at 0.7677 tonnes per hectare against 0.7195 tonnes per hectare in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in crop yields between Lesotho and Libya?: 0.0482 tonnes per hectare, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Libya?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Libya rank globally for crop yields?: Lesotho ranks 121st and Libya ranks 119th of 126 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Crop yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Crop yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 6,889 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.