Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho
Lesotho: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 711 1000 An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Meat, Poultry — 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, poultry — 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, poultry — 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 184th of 207 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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
- 181 Martinique 794 1000 An compare
- 182 French Polynesia 777 1000 An compare
- 183 Comoros 740 1000 An compare
- 185 Sao Tome and Principe 638 1000 An compare
- 186 Timor-Leste 603 1000 An compare
- 187 New Caledonia 582 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Lesotho
- Agriculture share gdp 6.49 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.49 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 55.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 1.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 166.92 million current US$ (2025)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 35,490 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho?
- Meat, poultry — 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, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2,009 1000 An in 1995.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 373 1000 An in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Lesotho ranks 184th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — 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, Poultry — 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.