FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment in Lesotho
Lesotho: FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment was 66.17 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment in Lesotho, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment in Lesotho stood at 66.17 %.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment in Lesotho peaked at 70.63 % in 2004 and was at its lowest, 63.64 %, in 2016.
Lesotho ranks 50th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 70.06 % | — |
| 2001 | 69.89 % | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 70.5 % | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 70.31 % | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 70.63 % | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 69.79 % | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 69.51 % | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 68.69 % | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 68.37 % | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 68.83 % | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 67.91 % | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 67.42 % | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 66.36 % | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 66.02 % | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 65.27 % | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 64.67 % | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 63.64 % | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 64.22 % | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 65.54 % | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 64.95 % | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 66.52 % | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 66.96 % | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 66.6 % | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 66.17 % | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 69.66 % | 68.37 % | 70.63 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.6 % | 63.64 % | 67.91 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.56 % | 66.17 % | 66.96 % | 4 |
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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 fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment in Lesotho?
- Fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment in Lesotho was 66.17 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 70.63 % in 2004.
- What is the lowest fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.64 % in 2016.
- How does Lesotho rank for fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment?
- Lesotho ranks 50th out of 137 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment — Female — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.