Grand Total — Food supply in Lesotho
Lesotho: Grand Total — Food supply was 1,873 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Grand Total — Food supply in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grand total — food supply in Lesotho is 1,873 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Lesotho peaked at 2,541 kcal/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,810 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
Lesotho ranks 163rd of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,531 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,541 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 2,337 kcal/cap/d | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 2,208 kcal/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 2,085 kcal/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 2,096 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,167 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 2,193 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 1,994 kcal/cap/d | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 1,810 kcal/cap/d | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 1,812 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,814 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,873 kcal/cap/d | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,265 kcal/cap/d | 1,994 kcal/cap/d | 2,541 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,827 kcal/cap/d | 1,810 kcal/cap/d | 1,873 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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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 grand total — food supply in Lesotho?
- Grand total — food supply in Lesotho was 1,873 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2,541 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,810 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for grand total — food supply?
- Lesotho ranks 163rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. 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 Grand Total — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.