Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Lesotho
Lesotho: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food was 316 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 316 1000 t for cereals - excluding beer — food in 2023.
That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food in Lesotho peaked at 451 1000 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 300 1000 t, in 2022.
That places Lesotho 149th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 451 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 449 1000 t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 448 1000 t | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 411 1000 t | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 352 1000 t | -14.4% |
| 2015 | 329 1000 t | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 353 1000 t | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 368 1000 t | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 353 1000 t | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 337 1000 t | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 303 1000 t | -10.1% |
| 2021 | 306 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 300 1000 t | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 316 1000 t | +5.3% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 316 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,924 1000 t, 16% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 316 1000 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,263 1000 t, 14% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 385.1 1000 t | 329 1000 t | 451 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 306.25 1000 t | 300 1000 t | 316 1000 t | 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 cereals - excluding beer — food in Lesotho?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food in Lesotho was 316 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 451 1000 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 1000 t in 2022.
- How does Lesotho rank for cereals - excluding beer — food?
- Lesotho ranks 149th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. 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, published as part of Cereals - Excluding Beer — 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.