What is the highest barley yields recorded in Lesotho?

The highest recorded value was 0.842 tonnes per hectare in 1961.

What is the lowest barley yields recorded in Lesotho?

The lowest recorded value was 0.2505 tonnes per hectare in 2008.

How does Lesotho rank for barley yields?

Lesotho ranks 104th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.

Is barley yields rising or falling in Lesotho?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Barley yields in Lesotho

Name: Barley yields in Lesotho
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Lesotho: Barley yields was 0.3551 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.3551 tonnes per hectare

Change on year

down 0.0%

World rank

104th

of 104 countries

All-time high

0.842 tonnes per hectare

in 1961

All-time low

0.2505 tonnes per hectare

in 2008

Years of data

1961–2024

Barley yields in Lesotho, 1961–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.

Analysis

The most recent figure for barley yields in Lesotho is 0.3551 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barley yields in Lesotho peaked at 0.842 tonnes per hectare in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.2505 tonnes per hectare, in 2008.

Lesotho ranks 104th of 104 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.6174 tonnes per hectare	0.5 tonnes per hectare	0.842 tonnes per hectare	9
1970s	0.3352 tonnes per hectare	0.2678 tonnes per hectare	0.4712 tonnes per hectare	10
1980s	0.3377 tonnes per hectare	0.3 tonnes per hectare	0.3846 tonnes per hectare	10
1990s	0.3163 tonnes per hectare	0.2601 tonnes per hectare	0.3846 tonnes per hectare	10
2000s	0.2639 tonnes per hectare	0.2505 tonnes per hectare	0.2773 tonnes per hectare	10
2010s	0.3498 tonnes per hectare	0.3204 tonnes per hectare	0.3994 tonnes per hectare	10
2020s	0.3552 tonnes per hectare	0.355 tonnes per hectare	0.3555 tonnes per hectare	5

Countries ranked near Lesotho

101 Rwanda 0.8649 tonnes per hectare compare
102 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.6651 tonnes per hectare compare
103 Libya 0.513 tonnes per hectare compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Lesotho

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 166.92 million current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.5% (2025)
Rural population 1.31 million (2025)
Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
Rural population 55.3% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.5% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 6.5% (2025)
Land under cereal production 177,933 hectares (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is barley yields in Lesotho?: Barley yields in Lesotho was 0.3551 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest barley yields recorded in Lesotho?: The highest recorded value was 0.842 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
What is the lowest barley yields recorded in Lesotho?: The lowest recorded value was 0.2505 tonnes per hectare in 2008.
How does Lesotho rank for barley yields?: Lesotho ranks 104th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
Is barley yields rising or falling in Lesotho?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Lesotho data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Barley yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Barley yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 105 places, 5,512 data points, 1275–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.