Goats — Stocks in Lesotho
Lesotho: Goats — Stocks was 700,831 An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Goats — Stocks in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for goats — stocks in Lesotho is 700,831 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 19.0% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — stocks in Lesotho peaked at 1.13 million An in 1987 and was at its lowest, 279,573 An, in 2021.
Lesotho ranks 87th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 772,075 An | 632,032 An | 890,628 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 819,096 An | 582,499 An | 961,900 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 953,329 An | 766,535 An | 1.13 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 768,579 An | 546,351 An | 937,600 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 828,508 An | 613,235 An | 953,337 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 836,449 An | 700,509 An | 972,701 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 686,377 An | 279,573 An | 957,522 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 84 Lao People's Democratic Republic 843,000 An compare
- 85 Guinea-Bissau 830,966 An compare
- 86 Sierra Leone 807,401 An compare
- 88 Cuba 667,000 An compare
- 89 Kyrgyzstan 659,048 An compare
- 90 Albania 615,188 An 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 goats — stocks in Lesotho?
- Goats — stocks in Lesotho was 700,831 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — stocks recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 million An in 1987.
- What is the lowest goats — stocks recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 279,573 An in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for goats — stocks?
- Lesotho ranks 87th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is goats — stocks rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Goats — Stocks. 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.