Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho
Lesotho: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 0.0003 1000 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 An per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho is 0.0003 1000 An per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 15.6% on the previous year and down 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho peaked at 0.001 1000 An per person in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 1000 An per person, in 2019.
Lesotho ranks 161st of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 1000 An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | -13.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +19.8% |
| 1968 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | +11.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0006 1000 An per person | -28.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0006 1000 An per person | -12.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | +27.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +18.3% |
| 1995 | 0.001 1000 An per person | +23.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | -8.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | -8.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0006 1000 An per person | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0006 1000 An per person | -9.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0005 1000 An per person | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0006 1000 An per person | +13.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0006 1000 An per person | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0006 1000 An per person | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0004 1000 An per person | -32.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0005 1000 An per person | +26.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0003 1000 An per person | -35.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0003 1000 An per person | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0003 1000 An per person | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0002 1000 An per person | -27.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0006 1000 An per person | +143.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0003 1000 An per person | -43.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0002 1000 An per person | -44.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0003 1000 An per person | +46.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0003 1000 An per person | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0002 1000 An per person | -33.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0003 1000 An per person | +73.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0004 1000 An per person | +51.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0003 1000 An per person | -27.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0004 1000 An per person | +12.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0003 1000 An per person | -15.6% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0003 1000 An per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0023 1000 An per person, 13% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0003 1000 An per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0018 1000 An per person, 17% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +143.7% | 0.0002 1000 An per person | 0.0006 1000 An per person |
| 2020 | +73.0% | 0.0002 1000 An per person | 0.0003 1000 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0008 1000 An per person | 0.0007 1000 An per person | 0.0008 1000 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0008 1000 An per person | 0.0007 1000 An per person | 0.0009 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0008 1000 An per person | 0.0007 1000 An per person | 0.0008 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0008 1000 An per person | 0.0006 1000 An per person | 0.001 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0006 1000 An per person | 0.0004 1000 An per person | 0.0007 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0003 1000 An per person | 0.0002 1000 An per person | 0.0006 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0003 1000 An per person | 0.0003 1000 An per person | 0.0004 1000 An per person | 5 |
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 of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho was 0.0003 1000 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.001 1000 An per person in 1995.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 1000 An per person in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Lesotho ranks 161st out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.