Fats and oils — Fat supply — Value in Lesotho
Lesotho: Fats and oils — Fat supply — Value was 15.1 g/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Fats and oils — Fat supply — Value in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fats and oils — fat supply — value in Lesotho is 15.1 g/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 28.0% on the previous year and up 387.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fats and oils — fat supply — value in Lesotho peaked at 17.9 g/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3.1 g/cap/d, in 2013.
Lesotho ranks 158th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Fats and oils — Fat supply — Value in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | g/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3.2 g/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 3.7 g/cap/d | +15.6% |
| 2012 | 3.2 g/cap/d | -13.5% |
| 2013 | 3.1 g/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 17.9 g/cap/d | +477.4% |
| 2015 | 16.2 g/cap/d | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 12.7 g/cap/d | -21.6% |
| 2017 | 13.9 g/cap/d | +9.4% |
| 2018 | 17.2 g/cap/d | +23.7% |
| 2019 | 15 g/cap/d | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 10.1 g/cap/d | -32.7% |
| 2021 | 11.6 g/cap/d | +14.9% |
| 2022 | 11.8 g/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 15.1 g/cap/d | +28.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 15.1 g/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30.6 g/cap/d, 49% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 15.1 g/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 24.8 g/cap/d, 61% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fats and oils — Fat supply — Value in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +477.4% | 3.1 g/cap/d | 17.9 g/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.61 g/cap/d | 3.1 g/cap/d | 17.9 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.15 g/cap/d | 10.1 g/cap/d | 15.1 g/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
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 fats and oils — fat supply — value in Lesotho?
- Fats and oils — fat supply — value in Lesotho was 15.1 g/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fats and oils — fat supply — value recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 17.9 g/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest fats and oils — fat supply — value recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1 g/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Lesotho rank for fats and oils — fat supply — value?
- Lesotho ranks 158th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fats and oils — fat supply — value rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 387.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fats and oils — Fat supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.