Goat fat, unrendered — Production in Lesotho
Lesotho: Goat fat, unrendered — Production was 4.51 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Goat fat, unrendered — Production in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, goat fat, unrendered — production in Lesotho stood at 4.51 t.
The figure is down 14.1% on the previous year and down 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goat fat, unrendered — production in Lesotho peaked at 61.58 t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 3.63 t, in 1998.
Lesotho ranks 139th of 180 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27.75 t | 22.95 t | 32.14 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 35.88 t | 31.99 t | 43.47 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 54.61 t | 47.09 t | 61.58 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.54 t | 3.63 t | 59.77 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 6 t | 4.15 t | 10.17 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.07 t | 4.26 t | 9.36 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.93 t | 3.93 t | 6.07 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
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 goat fat, unrendered — production in Lesotho?
- Goat fat, unrendered — production in Lesotho was 4.51 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goat fat, unrendered — production recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 61.58 t in 1989.
- What is the lowest goat fat, unrendered — production recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.63 t in 1998.
- How does Lesotho rank for goat fat, unrendered — production?
- Lesotho ranks 139th out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is goat fat, unrendered — production rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Goat fat, unrendered — 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.