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 179th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 176 Latvia 18,400 t compare
- 177 Timor-Leste 17,791 t compare
- 178 Bahrain 16,650 t compare
- 180 French Polynesia 14,464 t compare
- 181 Saint Lucia 14,321 t compare
- 182 Brunei Darussalam 12,732 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Lesotho
- Agriculture share gdp 6.49 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.49 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 55.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 1.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 166.92 million current US$ (2025)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 35,490 An (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 179th out of 208 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.