Cattle — Stocks in Lesotho
Lesotho: Cattle — Stocks was 517,450 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Stocks in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 517,450 An for cattle — stocks in 2024.
The figure is down 22.8% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in Lesotho peaked at 755,134 An in 1999 and was at its lowest, 278,940 An, in 1966.
That places Lesotho 129th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 377,530 An | 278,940 An | 474,356 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 495,850 An | 440,000 An | 560,327 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 569,544 An | 522,125 An | 627,195 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 597,231 An | 495,614 An | 755,134 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 678,355 An | 616,159 An | 732,191 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 527,734 An | 360,602 An | 650,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 480,105 An | 288,664 An | 670,022 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
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 — stocks in Lesotho?
- Cattle — stocks in Lesotho was 517,450 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 755,134 An in 1999.
- What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 278,940 An in 1966.
- How does Lesotho rank for cattle — stocks?
- Lesotho ranks 129th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Stocks. 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.