Fruit Primary — Yield in Lesotho
Lesotho: Fruit Primary — Yield was 3,557 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Yield in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — yield in Lesotho is 3,557 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Lesotho peaked at 5,902 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 3,442 kg/ha, in 2019.
Lesotho ranks 178th of 191 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 — Yield in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,444 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,643 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 4,643 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,643 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,643 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,667 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 4,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,333 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,667 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 5,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1981 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,902 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1984 | 5,902 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,902 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,902 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,902 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,902 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,902 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,797 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 4,804 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1992 | 4,796 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 4,789 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 4,781 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 4,855 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 4,913 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 5,000 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 4,853 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 4,806 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 4,677 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 4,688 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 4,697 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 4,706 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 4,714 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 4,694 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 4,730 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 4,737 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 4,750 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 4,485 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 4,317 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 4,176 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 3,556 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2013 | 3,905 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 3,832 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 3,814 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 3,743 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 3,636 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 3,542 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 3,442 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 3,465 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 3,501 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 3,545 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 3,561 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 3,557 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 3,557 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,605 kg/ha, 34% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 3,557 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,533 kg/ha | 4,444 kg/ha | 4,643 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,233 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 5,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,631 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,902 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,939 kg/ha | 4,781 kg/ha | 5,797 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,688 kg/ha | 4,485 kg/ha | 4,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,796 kg/ha | 3,442 kg/ha | 4,317 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,526 kg/ha | 3,465 kg/ha | 3,561 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 fruit primary — yield in Lesotho?
- Fruit primary — yield in Lesotho was 3,557 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 5,902 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,442 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Lesotho ranks 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. 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 Fruit Primary — Yield. 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.