Meat and meat products — Energy supply — Value in Lesotho
Lesotho: Meat and meat products — Energy supply — Value was 103 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat and meat products — Energy supply — Value in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, meat and meat products — energy supply — value in Lesotho stood at 103 kcal/cap/d.
That represents a change of up 39.2% on the previous year and up 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat and meat products — energy supply — value in Lesotho peaked at 123 kcal/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 57 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Lesotho 131st out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat and meat products — Energy supply — Value in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 57 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 64 kcal/cap/d | +12.3% |
| 2012 | 73 kcal/cap/d | +14.1% |
| 2013 | 75 kcal/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 123 kcal/cap/d | +64.0% |
| 2015 | 117 kcal/cap/d | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 108 kcal/cap/d | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 99 kcal/cap/d | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 112 kcal/cap/d | +13.1% |
| 2019 | 70 kcal/cap/d | -37.5% |
| 2020 | 87 kcal/cap/d | +24.3% |
| 2021 | 71 kcal/cap/d | -18.4% |
| 2022 | 74 kcal/cap/d | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 103 kcal/cap/d | +39.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 103 kcal/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 105 kcal/cap/d, 98% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 103 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 100 kcal/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 89.8 kcal/cap/d | 57 kcal/cap/d | 123 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.75 kcal/cap/d | 71 kcal/cap/d | 103 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
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 meat and meat products — energy supply — value in Lesotho?
- Meat and meat products — energy supply — value in Lesotho was 103 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat and meat products — energy supply — value recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 123 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest meat and meat products — energy supply — value recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 57 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Lesotho rank for meat and meat products — energy supply — value?
- Lesotho ranks 131st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat and meat products — energy supply — value rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat and meat products — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.