Fruit Primary — Production in Lesotho
Lesotho: Fruit Primary — Production was 14,984 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Production in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — production in Lesotho is 14,984 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Lesotho peaked at 19,000 t in 1991 and was at its lowest, 12,000 t, in 1961.
Lesotho ranks 166th of 192 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Production in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 13,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 14,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 16,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 17,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 17,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 17,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15,000 t | -11.8% |
| 1981 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 18,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1984 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 17,709 t | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 19,000 t | +7.3% |
| 1992 | 18,000 t | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 16,473 t | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 15,806 t | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 15,000 t | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 16,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 15,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 13,000 t | -13.3% |
| 1999 | 14,000 t | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 14,500 t | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 15,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 15,500 t | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 16,000 t | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 16,500 t | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 16,900 t | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 17,500 t | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 18,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 19,000 t | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 17,922 t | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 17,090 t | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 16,749 t | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 16,000 t | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 15,530 t | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 15,155 t | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 15,368 t | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 15,422 t | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 15,329 t | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 15,175 t | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 15,034 t | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 14,864 t | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 15,024 t | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 14,974 t | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 14,954 t | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 14,984 t | +0.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 14,984 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.09 million t, 1% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 14,984 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 459,726 t, 3% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,444 t | 12,000 t | 13,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,700 t | 14,000 t | 17,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,100 t | 15,000 t | 18,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,999 t | 13,000 t | 19,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,682 t | 14,500 t | 19,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,685 t | 15,034 t | 17,090 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,960 t | 14,864 t | 15,024 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 163 French Guiana 21,484 t compare
- 164 Latvia 18,400 t compare
- 165 Bahrain 16,650 t compare
- 167 French Polynesia 14,464 t compare
- 168 Saint Lucia 14,321 t compare
- 169 Brunei Darussalam 12,732 t 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)
- 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 fruit primary — production in Lesotho?
- Fruit primary — production in Lesotho was 14,984 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 19,000 t in 1991.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,000 t in 1961.
- How does Lesotho rank for fruit primary — production?
- Lesotho ranks 166th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. 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 Fruit Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.