What is the difference in wheat yields between Eritrea and Lesotho?

0.2805 tonnes per hectare, with Eritrea ahead.

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

32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

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

Eritrea vs Lesotho: Wheat yields

Eritrea

1 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Lesotho

0.7195 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Eritrea rank

118th

Lesotho rank

121st

Wheat yields over time

Eritrea
Lesotho

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 1 tonnes per hectare against 0.7195 tonnes per hectare in Lesotho, a difference of 0.2805 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.4 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Lesotho ahead.

Eritrea ranks 118th and Lesotho ranks 121st of 126 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 3 and Lesotho in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.5566 tonnes per hectare	1 tonnes per hectare	0.4476 tonnes per hectare	Lesotho
2000s	0.6985 tonnes per hectare	0.6297 tonnes per hectare	0.0688 tonnes per hectare	Eritrea
2010s	1.1 tonnes per hectare	0.9776 tonnes per hectare	0.1187 tonnes per hectare	Eritrea
2020s	1 tonnes per hectare	0.6552 tonnes per hectare	0.3448 tonnes per hectare	Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wheat yields, Eritrea or Lesotho?: Eritrea, at 1 tonnes per hectare against 0.7195 tonnes per hectare in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in wheat yields between Eritrea and Lesotho?: 0.2805 tonnes per hectare, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Lesotho?: 32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
How do Eritrea and Lesotho rank globally for wheat yields?: Eritrea ranks 118th and Lesotho ranks 121st of 126 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Wheat yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Wheat yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 6,961 data points, 1275–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.