Chicken meat yield per animal in Lesotho
Lesotho: Chicken meat yield per animal was 0.8 kilograms per animal in 2024. ▬ Flat
Chicken meat yield per animal in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilograms per animal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chicken meat yield per animal in Lesotho is 0.8 kilograms per animal, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicken meat yield per animal in Lesotho peaked at 0.8 kilograms per animal in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.8 kilograms per animal, in 1961.
That places Lesotho 173rd out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 171 Samoa 0.806 kilograms per animal compare
- 172 Lao PDR 0.803 kilograms per animal compare
- 173 Comoros 0.8 kilograms per animal compare
- 173 Ethiopia 0.8 kilograms per animal compare
- 173 Mauritania 0.8 kilograms per animal compare
- 173 Naoero 0.8 kilograms per animal compare
- 173 Niger 0.8 kilograms per animal compare
- 173 Solomon Islands 0.8 kilograms per animal compare
- 173 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.8 kilograms per animal compare
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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chicken meat yield per animal in Lesotho?
- Chicken meat yield per animal in Lesotho was 0.8 kilograms per animal in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest chicken meat yield per animal recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8 kilograms per animal in 1961.
- What is the lowest chicken meat yield per animal recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8 kilograms per animal in 1961.
- How does Lesotho rank for chicken meat yield per animal?
- Lesotho ranks 173rd out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chicken meat yield per animal rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Chicken meat yield per animal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average meat yield per carcass, measured in kilograms per chicken.