Horses — Stocks in Lesotho
Lesotho: Horses — Stocks was 73,968 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horses — Stocks in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 73,968 An for horses — stocks in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and up 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — stocks in Lesotho peaked at 129,415 An in 1987 and was at its lowest, 43,000 An, in 2020.
That places Lesotho 67th out of 176 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82,400 An | 67,193 An | 96,894 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 107,004 An | 100,300 An | 114,800 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 110,530 An | 100,875 An | 129,415 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 97,820 An | 86,980 An | 112,930 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,132 An | 69,029 An | 96,817 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,674 An | 50,402 An | 69,843 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,775 An | 43,000 An | 88,237 An | 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 horses — stocks in Lesotho?
- Horses — stocks in Lesotho was 73,968 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — stocks recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 129,415 An in 1987.
- What is the lowest horses — stocks recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,000 An in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for horses — stocks?
- Lesotho ranks 67th out of 176 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horses — stocks rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.5%. 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 Horses — 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.