Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho
Lesotho: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 711 1000 An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 711 1000 An for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.6% on the previous year and down 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho peaked at 2,009 1000 An in 1995 and was at its lowest, 373 1000 An, in 2019.
Lesotho ranks 171st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 571 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 590 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 610 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 628 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 648 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 580 1000 An | -10.5% |
| 1967 | 720 1000 An | +24.1% |
| 1968 | 758 1000 An | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 800 1000 An | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 840 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 900 1000 An | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 900 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 920 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 920 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 920 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 930 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 930 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 930 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 930 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 950 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 960 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 1,100 1000 An | +14.6% |
| 1983 | 1,200 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 1,250 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 1,300 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 1,300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,350 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 1,400 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 1,450 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 1,600 1000 An | +10.3% |
| 1991 | 1,170 1000 An | -26.9% |
| 1992 | 1,040 1000 An | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 1,343 1000 An | +29.1% |
| 1994 | 1,610 1000 An | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 2,009 1000 An | +24.8% |
| 1996 | 1,872 1000 An | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 1,734 1000 An | -7.4% |
| 1998 | 1,597 1000 An | -7.9% |
| 1999 | 1,460 1000 An | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 1,340 1000 An | -8.2% |
| 2001 | 1,272 1000 An | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 1,338 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 1,204 1000 An | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 1,069 1000 An | -11.2% |
| 2005 | 1,202 1000 An | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 1,201 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,191 1000 An | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 807 1000 An | -32.2% |
| 2009 | 1,027 1000 An | +27.3% |
| 2010 | 668 1000 An | -35.0% |
| 2011 | 645 1000 An | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 665 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 488 1000 An | -26.6% |
| 2014 | 1,203 1000 An | +146.5% |
| 2015 | 693 1000 An | -42.4% |
| 2016 | 387 1000 An | -44.2% |
| 2017 | 574 1000 An | +48.3% |
| 2018 | 555 1000 An | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 373 1000 An | -32.8% |
| 2020 | 653 1000 An | +75.1% |
| 2021 | 1,002 1000 An | +53.4% |
| 2022 | 731 1000 An | -27.0% |
| 2023 | 833 1000 An | +14.0% |
| 2024 | 711 1000 An | -14.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 656.11 1000 An | 571 1000 An | 800 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 912 1000 An | 840 1000 An | 930 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,226 1000 An | 950 1000 An | 1,450 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,544 1000 An | 1,040 1000 An | 2,009 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,165 1000 An | 807 1000 An | 1,340 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 625.1 1000 An | 373 1000 An | 1,203 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 786 1000 An | 653 1000 An | 1,002 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 168 Martinique 794 1000 An compare
- 169 French Polynesia 745 1000 An compare
- 170 Comoros 740 1000 An compare
- 172 Sao Tome and Principe 595 1000 An compare
- 173 New Caledonia 582 1000 An compare
- 174 Grenada 581 1000 An compare
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 711 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2,009 1000 An in 1995.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 373 1000 An in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Lesotho ranks 171st out of 191 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 40.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 chickens, 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.