Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Lesotho
Lesotho: Maize and products — Food supply quantity was 93.99 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, maize and products — food supply quantity in Lesotho stood at 93.99 kg/cap.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply quantity in Lesotho peaked at 161.65 kg/cap in 2011 and was at its lowest, 90.88 kg/cap, in 2022.
That places Lesotho 4th out of 161 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 159.62 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 161.65 kg/cap | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 159.96 kg/cap | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 148.11 kg/cap | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 127.7 kg/cap | -13.8% |
| 2015 | 123.41 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 123.89 kg/cap | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 109.17 kg/cap | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 122.04 kg/cap | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 104.55 kg/cap | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 92.52 kg/cap | -11.5% |
| 2021 | 94.18 kg/cap | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 90.88 kg/cap | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 93.99 kg/cap | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 134.01 kg/cap | 104.55 kg/cap | 161.65 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.89 kg/cap | 90.88 kg/cap | 94.18 kg/cap | 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 maize and products — food supply quantity in Lesotho?
- Maize and products — food supply quantity in Lesotho was 93.99 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food supply quantity recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 161.65 kg/cap in 2011.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply quantity recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.88 kg/cap in 2022.
- How does Lesotho rank for maize and products — food supply quantity?
- Lesotho ranks 4th out of 161 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.5%. 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 Maize and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.