Lesotho vs Libya: Yields of key staple crops

Lesotho

0.7195 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Libya

0.7677 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Lesotho rank

120th

Libya rank

118th

Yields of key staple crops over time

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 120th and Libya ranks 118th of 125 countries.

Indicator: Yields of key staple crops
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: 07 August 2026

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