Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Lesotho
Lesotho: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 130,000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 130,000 An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
That represents a change of down 21.2% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Lesotho peaked at 165,000 An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30,800 An, in 1964.
That places Lesotho 131st out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,674 An | — |
| 1962 | 38,634 An | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 33,615 An | -13.0% |
| 1964 | 30,800 An | -8.4% |
| 1965 | 35,000 An | +13.6% |
| 1966 | 36,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 37,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 39,000 An | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 42,000 An | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 45,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 48,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 50,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 53,000 An | +6.0% |
| 1974 | 55,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 58,000 An | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 60,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 62,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 64,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 66,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 68,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 70,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 72,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 74,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 76,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 77,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 78,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 79,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 80,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 81,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 82,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 83,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 90,000 An | +8.4% |
| 1993 | 88,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 92,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 93,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 86,000 An | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 96,000 An | +11.6% |
| 1998 | 90,000 An | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 115,000 An | +27.8% |
| 2000 | 125,000 An | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 135,000 An | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 120,000 An | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 116,000 An | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 115,000 An | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 130,000 An | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 97,000 An | -25.4% |
| 2007 | 125,000 An | +28.9% |
| 2008 | 130,000 An | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 115,625 An | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 117,148 An | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 135,000 An | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 135,500 An | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 135,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 136,000 An | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 130,000 An | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 125,000 An | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 120,000 An | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 120,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 130,000 An | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 95,000 An | -26.9% |
| 2021 | 85,000 An | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 150,000 An | +76.5% |
| 2023 | 165,000 An | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 130,000 An | -21.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 130,000 An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 939,711 An, 14% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 130,000 An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.00 million An, 13% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +76.5% | 85,000 An | 150,000 An |
| 2020 | -26.9% | 130,000 An | 95,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,636 An | 30,800 An | 42,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 56,100 An | 45,000 An | 66,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 75,500 An | 68,000 An | 81,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,500 An | 82,000 An | 115,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 120,862 An | 97,000 An | 135,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 128,415 An | 117,148 An | 136,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 125,000 An | 85,000 An | 165,000 An | 5 |
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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, total — milk animals in Lesotho?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Lesotho was 130,000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 165,000 An in 2023.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,800 An in 1964.
- How does Lesotho rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Lesotho ranks 131st out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — Milk Animals. 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.