Chickens — Stocks in Lesotho
Lesotho: Chickens — Stocks was 534 1000 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chickens — Stocks in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 534 1000 An for chickens — stocks in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.6% on the previous year and down 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — stocks in Lesotho peaked at 1,500 1000 An in 1995 and was at its lowest, 286 1000 An, in 2019.
That places Lesotho 183rd out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 722.11 1000 An | 635 1000 An | 815 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 832.9 1000 An | 812 1000 An | 850 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 895.9 1000 An | 714 1000 An | 1,052 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,140 1000 An | 800 1000 An | 1,500 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 871.9 1000 An | 605 1000 An | 1,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 471.2 1000 An | 286 1000 An | 906 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 590 1000 An | 490 1000 An | 752 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 180 New Caledonia 618 1000 An compare
- 181 Timor-Leste 571 1000 An compare
- 182 Comoros 551 1000 An compare
- 184 Saint Lucia 479 1000 An compare
- 185 Samoa 438 1000 An compare
- 186 Vanuatu 436 1000 An compare
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 chickens — stocks in Lesotho?
- Chickens — stocks in Lesotho was 534 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — stocks recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 1000 An in 1995.
- What is the lowest chickens — stocks recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 286 1000 An in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for chickens — stocks?
- Lesotho ranks 183rd out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chickens — stocks rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.1%. 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 Chickens — 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.