Credit to Agriculture — Value Standard Local Currency in Lesotho
Lesotho: Credit to Agriculture — Value Standard Local Currency was 72.83 million SLC in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Credit to Agriculture — Value Standard Local Currency in Lesotho, 2009–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
The most recent figure for credit to agriculture — value standard local currency in Lesotho is 72.83 million SLC, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 16.5% on the previous year and up 318.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, credit to agriculture — value standard local currency in Lesotho peaked at 90.83 million SLC in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.7 million SLC, in 2011.
Lesotho ranks 47th of 59 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Credit to Agriculture — Value Standard Local Currency in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 32.2 million SLC | — |
| 2010 | 24.1 million SLC | -25.2% |
| 2011 | 4.7 million SLC | -80.5% |
| 2012 | 11.3 million SLC | +140.4% |
| 2013 | 16.3 million SLC | +44.2% |
| 2014 | 17.4 million SLC | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 18.1 million SLC | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 25.3 million SLC | +39.8% |
| 2017 | 17 million SLC | -32.8% |
| 2018 | 30.31 million SLC | +78.3% |
| 2019 | 29.2 million SLC | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 47.2 million SLC | +61.6% |
| 2021 | 90.83 million SLC | +92.4% |
| 2022 | 76.94 million SLC | -15.3% |
| 2023 | 87.22 million SLC | +13.4% |
| 2024 | 72.83 million SLC | -16.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.2 million SLC | 32.2 million SLC | 32.2 million SLC | 1 |
| 2010s | 19.37 million SLC | 4.7 million SLC | 30.31 million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 75 million SLC | 47.2 million SLC | 90.83 million SLC | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 44 Trinidad and Tobago 168.3 million SLC compare
- 45 Seychelles 147 million SLC compare
- 46 Papua New Guinea 100.6 million SLC compare
- 48 Oman 57.22 million SLC compare
- 49 Grenada 20.15 million SLC compare
- 50 Maldives 18.1 million SLC compare
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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is credit to agriculture — value standard local currency in Lesotho?
- Credit to agriculture — value standard local currency in Lesotho was 72.83 million SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest credit to agriculture — value standard local currency recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 90.83 million SLC in 2021.
- What is the lowest credit to agriculture — value standard local currency recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7 million SLC in 2011.
- How does Lesotho rank for credit to agriculture — value standard local currency?
- Lesotho ranks 47th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is credit to agriculture — value standard local currency rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 318.6%. 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 Credit to Agriculture — Value Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Credit to agriculture measures the amount of loans and advances given by the banking sector to farmers, rural households, agricultural cooperatives, or any other agri-related businesses. Each country’s central bank compiles its credit stocks by economic activities as part of its monetary and financial statistics publications via annual or quarterly reports online. Data collection has been carried out mostly through reports found on the central bank websites. Data are collected and compiled according to the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC Rev. 4: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/isic) with a special concentration on the credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing sector separately from the ones to manufacturing and services.