Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Lesotho
Lesotho: Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production was 192.42 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Lesotho is 192.42 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 55.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Lesotho peaked at 2,326 t in 1988 and was at its lowest, 176.41 t, in 2022.
Lesotho ranks 160th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,527 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,572 t | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 1,527 t | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 1,184 t | -22.5% |
| 1965 | 1,408 t | +18.9% |
| 1966 | 848.82 t | -39.7% |
| 1967 | 1,140 t | +34.3% |
| 1968 | 1,056 t | -7.3% |
| 1969 | 1,204 t | +14.0% |
| 1970 | 1,536 t | +27.6% |
| 1971 | 1,551 t | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 1,578 t | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 1,662 t | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 1,717 t | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 1,662 t | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 1,606 t | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 1,662 t | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 1,800 t | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 1,938 t | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 1,994 t | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 1,994 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,160 t | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 2,215 t | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 2,215 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,271 t | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 2,298 t | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 2,298 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,326 t | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 2,102 t | -9.6% |
| 1990 | 1,745 t | -17.0% |
| 1991 | 401.54 t | -77.0% |
| 1992 | 526.71 t | +31.2% |
| 1993 | 497.54 t | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 438.46 t | -11.9% |
| 1995 | 442.15 t | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 412.62 t | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 462.65 t | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 383.26 t | -17.2% |
| 1999 | 586.71 t | +53.1% |
| 2000 | 595.2 t | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 628.25 t | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 547.57 t | -12.8% |
| 2003 | 573.78 t | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 563.08 t | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 599.08 t | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 557.17 t | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 611.82 t | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 504 t | -17.6% |
| 2009 | 360.55 t | -28.5% |
| 2010 | 350.4 t | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 458.58 t | +30.9% |
| 2012 | 489.97 t | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 464.68 t | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 431.82 t | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 462.65 t | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 424.86 t | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 366.8 t | -13.7% |
| 2018 | 310.14 t | -15.4% |
| 2019 | 256.99 t | -17.1% |
| 2020 | 302 t | +17.5% |
| 2021 | 190.94 t | -36.8% |
| 2022 | 176.41 t | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 209.91 t | +19.0% |
| 2024 | 192.42 t | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,274 t | 848.82 t | 1,572 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,671 t | 1,536 t | 1,938 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,187 t | 1,994 t | 2,326 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 589.63 t | 383.26 t | 1,745 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 554.05 t | 360.55 t | 628.25 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 401.69 t | 256.99 t | 489.97 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 214.34 t | 176.41 t | 302 t | 5 |
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- 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 edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Lesotho?
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Lesotho was 192.42 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2,326 t in 1988.
- What is the lowest edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 176.41 t in 2022.
- How does Lesotho rank for edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — production?
- Lesotho ranks 160th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — production rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.4%. 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 Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.