Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing in Lesotho
Lesotho: Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing was 15,039 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in Lesotho is 15,039 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.3% on the previous year and down 57.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in Lesotho peaked at 60,000 An in 1986 and was at its lowest, 8,834 An, in 1992.
That places Lesotho 143rd out of 172 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,640 An | — |
| 1962 | 33,780 An | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 34,800 An | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 35,760 An | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 36,480 An | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 37,200 An | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 38,400 An | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 39,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 39,600 An | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 39,616 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 41,000 An | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 44,000 An | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 46,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 47,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 49,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 50,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 51,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 52,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 53,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 54,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 45,000 An | -16.7% |
| 1982 | 50,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 48,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 48,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 50,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 60,000 An | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 60,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 60,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 60,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 57,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 10,000 An | -82.5% |
| 1992 | 8,834 An | -11.7% |
| 1993 | 11,836 An | +34.0% |
| 1994 | 8,937 An | -24.5% |
| 1995 | 12,906 An | +44.4% |
| 1996 | 12,540 An | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 15,644 An | +24.8% |
| 1998 | 15,781 An | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 20,779 An | +31.7% |
| 2000 | 24,385 An | +17.4% |
| 2001 | 22,287 An | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 19,845 An | -11.0% |
| 2003 | 13,611 An | -31.4% |
| 2004 | 21,935 An | +61.2% |
| 2005 | 26,793 An | +22.1% |
| 2006 | 43,529 An | +62.5% |
| 2007 | 19,412 An | -55.4% |
| 2008 | 26,409 An | +36.0% |
| 2009 | 16,173 An | -38.8% |
| 2010 | 11,226 An | -30.6% |
| 2011 | 18,282 An | +62.9% |
| 2012 | 18,851 An | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 10,602 An | -43.8% |
| 2014 | 35,271 An | +232.7% |
| 2015 | 25,148 An | -28.7% |
| 2016 | 36,206 An | +44.0% |
| 2017 | 13,318 An | -63.2% |
| 2018 | 11,590 An | -13.0% |
| 2019 | 13,036 An | +12.5% |
| 2020 | 18,387 An | +41.0% |
| 2021 | 14,354 An | -21.9% |
| 2022 | 14,887 An | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 15,876 An | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 15,039 An | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,407 An | 32,640 An | 39,600 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,262 An | 39,616 An | 53,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,500 An | 45,000 An | 60,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,426 An | 8,834 An | 57,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,438 An | 13,611 An | 43,529 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,353 An | 10,602 An | 36,206 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,709 An | 14,354 An | 18,387 An | 5 |
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- 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 pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in Lesotho?
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in Lesotho was 15,039 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 60,000 An in 1986.
- What is the lowest meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,834 An in 1992.
- How does Lesotho rank for meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing?
- Lesotho ranks 143rd out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.4%. 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 pig with the bone, 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.