Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho
Lesotho: Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 6,948 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho stood at 6,948 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 55.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho peaked at 84,000 An in 1988 and was at its lowest, 6,370 An, in 2022.
That places Lesotho 179th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,011 An | 30,652 An | 56,762 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 60,347 An | 55,474 An | 70,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 78,990 An | 72,000 An | 84,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,292 An | 13,840 An | 63,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,007 An | 13,023 An | 22,684 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,505 An | 9,280 An | 17,694 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,740 An | 6,370 An | 10,905 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Lesotho
- Agriculture share gdp 6.49 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.49 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 55.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 1.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 166.92 million current US$ (2025)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 35,490 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho?
- Cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho was 6,948 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 84,000 An in 1988.
- What is the lowest cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,370 An in 2022.
- How does Lesotho rank for cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Lesotho ranks 179th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.