Maize and products — Food in Lesotho
Lesotho: Maize and products — Food was 217 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, maize and products — food in Lesotho stood at 217 1000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food in Lesotho peaked at 326 1000 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 207 1000 t, in 2020.
That places Lesotho 60th out of 179 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 279.7 1000 t | 231 1000 t | 326 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 211.25 1000 t | 207 1000 t | 217 1000 t | 4 |
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 maize and products — food in Lesotho?
- Maize and products — food in Lesotho was 217 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 326 1000 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 207 1000 t in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for maize and products — food?
- Lesotho ranks 60th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. 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 Maize and products — Food. 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.