Oats — Area harvested in Lesotho
Lesotho: Oats — Area harvested was 222 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — area harvested in Lesotho stood at 222 ha.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Lesotho peaked at 756 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 17 ha, in 2009.
That places Lesotho 73rd out of 79 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.
Oats — Area harvested in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 642 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +9.0% |
| 1963 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 756 ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 698 ha | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 658 ha | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 613 ha | -6.8% |
| 1994 | 515 ha | -16.0% |
| 1995 | 600 ha | +16.5% |
| 1996 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 450 ha | -25.0% |
| 1999 | 236 ha | -47.6% |
| 2000 | 240 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 234 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 225 ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 198 ha | -12.0% |
| 2004 | 175 ha | -11.6% |
| 2005 | 150 ha | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 114 ha | -24.0% |
| 2007 | 82 ha | -28.1% |
| 2008 | 34 ha | -58.5% |
| 2009 | 17 ha | -50.0% |
| 2010 | 239 ha | +1305.9% |
| 2011 | 240 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 231 ha | -7.6% |
| 2015 | 197 ha | -14.7% |
| 2016 | 226 ha | +14.7% |
| 2017 | 218 ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 215 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 218 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 220 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 223 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 220 ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 221 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 222 ha | +0.5% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 222 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 586 ha, 38% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 222 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,974 ha, 11% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +1305.9% | 17 ha | 239 ha |
| 2008 | -58.5% | 82 ha | 34 ha |
| 2009 | -50.0% | 34 ha | 17 ha |
| 1999 | -47.6% | 450 ha | 236 ha |
| 2007 | -28.1% | 114 ha | 82 ha |
| 1998 | -25.0% | 600 ha | 450 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 693.56 ha | 642 ha | 700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 700 ha | 700 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 700 ha | 700 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 582.6 ha | 236 ha | 756 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 146.9 ha | 17 ha | 240 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 228.4 ha | 197 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 221.2 ha | 220 ha | 223 ha | 5 |
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 oats — area harvested in Lesotho?
- Oats — area harvested in Lesotho was 222 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 756 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 ha in 2009.
- How does Lesotho rank for oats — area harvested?
- Lesotho ranks 73rd out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. 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 Oats — Area harvested. 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.