Fruit Primary — Area harvested, per capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Fruit Primary — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0018 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Area harvested, per capita in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested, per capita in Lesotho is 0.0018 ha per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested, per capita in Lesotho peaked at 0.0036 ha per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0013 ha per person, in 1998.
Lesotho ranks 145th of 169 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested, per capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0036 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0035 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0034 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0033 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0032 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0032 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0031 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 0.003 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0028 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0029 ha per person | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0028 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0027 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0026 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0026 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0025 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0024 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0023 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0023 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0022 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0021 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0021 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 0.002 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 0.002 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0019 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0019 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0018 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0018 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0018 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0017 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0017 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0021 ha per person | +27.2% |
| 1992 | 0.002 ha per person | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0018 ha per person | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0017 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0016 ha per person | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0017 ha per person | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0015 ha per person | -8.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0013 ha per person | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0015 ha per person | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0015 ha per person | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0016 ha per person | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0017 ha per person | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0017 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0018 ha per person | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0018 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0019 ha per person | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0019 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.002 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 0.002 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.002 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.002 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0022 ha per person | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0019 ha per person | -12.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0019 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0019 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0019 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.002 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.002 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.002 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0019 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0019 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0018 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0018 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0018 ha per person | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0032 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person | 0.0036 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0025 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.0029 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0018 ha per person | 0.0015 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.002 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0649 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- 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)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.5% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested, per capita in Lesotho?
- Fruit primary — area harvested, per capita in Lesotho was 0.0018 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested, per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0036 ha per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested, per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0013 ha per person in 1998.
- How does Lesotho rank for fruit primary — area harvested, per capita?
- Lesotho ranks 145th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Fruit Primary — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Fruit Primary — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Fruit Primary — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.