Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Lesotho
Lesotho: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 1,400 kg/An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Lesotho is 1,400 kg/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Lesotho peaked at 1,417 kg/An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 290 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Lesotho 74th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 290 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 290 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 290 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,282 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 1,395 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,396 kg/An | 1,395 kg/An | 1,397 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,399 kg/An | 1,385 kg/An | 1,417 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,389 kg/An | 1,364 kg/An | 1,412 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 71 Montenegro 1,436 kg/An compare
- 72 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,425 kg/An compare
- 73 Saint Lucia 1,404 kg/An compare
- 75 Barbados 1,388 kg/An compare
- 76 Honduras 1,370 kg/An compare
- 77 Tunisia 1,362 kg/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 milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Lesotho?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Lesotho was 1,400 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1,417 kg/An in 2017.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 290 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Lesotho rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Lesotho ranks 74th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.