Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho
Lesotho: Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 662 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho is 662 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 37.9% on the previous year and down 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho peaked at 5,212 An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 250 An, in 2018.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5,212 An | — |
| 2015 | 1,078 An | -79.3% |
| 2016 | 934 An | -13.4% |
| 2017 | 384 An | -58.9% |
| 2018 | 250 An | -34.9% |
| 2019 | 333 An | +33.2% |
| 2020 | 417 An | +25.2% |
| 2021 | 500 An | +19.9% |
| 2022 | 1,005 An | +101.0% |
| 2023 | 480 An | -52.2% |
| 2024 | 662 An | +37.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,212 An | 5,212 An | 5,212 An | 1 |
| 2010s | 595.8 An | 250 An | 1,078 An | 5 |
| 2020s | 612.8 An | 417 An | 1,005 An | 5 |
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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 meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho?
- Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho was 662 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 5,212 An in 1990.
- What is the lowest meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 An in 2018.
- How does Lesotho rank for meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Lesotho ranks 9th out of 13 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.