Milk - Excluding Butter — Production in Lesotho
Lesotho: Milk - Excluding Butter — Production was 175 1000 t in 2023. ▬ Flat
Milk - Excluding Butter — Production in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, milk - excluding butter — production in Lesotho stood at 175 1000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk - excluding butter — production in Lesotho peaked at 190 1000 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 153 1000 t, in 2010.
Lesotho ranks 126th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Milk - Excluding Butter — Production in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 153 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 188 1000 t | +22.9% |
| 2012 | 188 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 188 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 190 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 180 1000 t | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 175 1000 t | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 170 1000 t | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 170 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 180 1000 t | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 173 1000 t | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 174 1000 t | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 176 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 175 1000 t | -0.6% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 175 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 256 1000 t, 68% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 175 1000 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 198.5 1000 t, 88% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 178.2 1000 t | 153 1000 t | 190 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 174.5 1000 t | 173 1000 t | 176 1000 t | 4 |
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 milk - excluding butter — production in Lesotho?
- Milk - excluding butter — production in Lesotho was 175 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk - excluding butter — production recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 190 1000 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest milk - excluding butter — production recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 153 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Lesotho rank for milk - excluding butter — production?
- Lesotho ranks 126th out of 184 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk - excluding butter — production rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. 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 Milk - Excluding Butter — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.