All food groups — Calcium supply — Value in Lesotho
Lesotho: All food groups — Calcium supply — Value was 481 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
All food groups — Calcium supply — Value in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all food groups — calcium supply — value in Lesotho is 481 mg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — calcium supply — value in Lesotho peaked at 677 mg/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 453 mg/cap/d, in 2010.
Lesotho ranks 130th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
All food groups — Calcium supply — Value in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 453 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 499 mg/cap/d | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 493 mg/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 499 mg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 542 mg/cap/d | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 510 mg/cap/d | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 529 mg/cap/d | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 677 mg/cap/d | +28.0% |
| 2018 | 517 mg/cap/d | -23.6% |
| 2019 | 494 mg/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 506 mg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 489 mg/cap/d | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 500 mg/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 481 mg/cap/d | -3.8% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 481 mg/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 513.5 mg/cap/d, 94% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 481 mg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 452 mg/cap/d, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 521.3 mg/cap/d | 453 mg/cap/d | 677 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 494 mg/cap/d | 481 mg/cap/d | 506 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More agriculture & rural data for Lesotho
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0649 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 70.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6715 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5533 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — calcium supply — value in Lesotho?
- All food groups — calcium supply — value in Lesotho was 481 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups — calcium supply — value recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 677 mg/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest all food groups — calcium supply — value recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 453 mg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Lesotho rank for all food groups — calcium supply — value?
- Lesotho ranks 130th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — calcium supply — value rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups — Calcium supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.