Butter, Ghee — Food in Lesotho
Lesotho: Butter, Ghee — Food was 0 1000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Butter, Ghee — Food in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for butter, ghee — food in Lesotho is 0 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Over the whole period, butter, ghee — food in Lesotho peaked at 1 1000 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 t, in 2010.
Lesotho ranks 149th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Butter, Ghee — Food in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2012 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2013 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2014 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2015 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2016 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2017 | 1 1000 t | — |
| 2018 | 0 1000 t | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2020 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2021 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2022 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2023 | 0 1000 t | — |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1 1000 t. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0 1000 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1 1000 t. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1 1000 t | 0 1000 t | 1 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 1000 t | 0 1000 t | 0 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 149 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 t
- 149 Tuvalu 0 1000 t
- 149 Nauru 0 1000 t
- 149 Tonga 0 1000 t
- 149 Marshall Islands 0 1000 t
- 149 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 1000 t compare
- 149 Timor-Leste 0 1000 t
- 149 Kiribati 0 1000 t
- 149 Guinea-Bissau 0 1000 t
- 149 Comoros 0 1000 t
- 149 Djibouti 0 1000 t
- 149 Sao Tome and Principe 0 1000 t
- 149 Liberia 0 1000 t compare
- 149 Micronesia 0 1000 t
- 149 Tajikistan 0 1000 t compare
- 149 Gambia 0 1000 t compare
- 149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1000 t
- 149 Solomon Islands 0 1000 t
- 149 Sierra Leone 0 1000 t
- 149 Suriname 0 1000 t
- 149 Vanuatu 0 1000 t
- 149 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 1000 t
- 149 Cabo Verde 0 1000 t
- 149 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 1000 t
- 149 Gabon 0 1000 t
- 149 Haiti 0 1000 t compare
- 149 Eswatini 0 1000 t
- 149 Guyana 0 1000 t
- 149 Papua New Guinea 0 1000 t compare
- 149 Samoa 0 1000 t
- 149 Seychelles 0 1000 t
- 149 Grenada 0 1000 t
- 149 Congo 0 1000 t compare
- 149 Saint Lucia 0 1000 t
- 149 Antigua and Barbuda 0 1000 t
- 149 Barbados 0 1000 t
- 149 Malawi 0 1000 t
- 149 Belize 0 1000 t
- 149 Mozambique 0 1000 t compare
- 149 Madagascar 0 1000 t
- 149 Ghana 0 1000 t compare
- 149 Cameroon 0 1000 t
- 149 Nauru 0 1000 t
- 149 East Timor 0 1000 t
- 149 Laos 0 1000 t
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 butter, ghee — food in Lesotho?
- Butter, ghee — food in Lesotho was 0 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter, ghee — food recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1 1000 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest butter, ghee — food recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Lesotho rank for butter, ghee — food?
- Lesotho ranks 149th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Butter, Ghee — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.