Peas, dry — Yield in Lesotho
Lesotho: Peas, dry — Yield was 252.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Peas, dry — Yield in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for peas, dry — yield in Lesotho is 252.9 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 32.5% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peas, dry — yield in Lesotho peaked at 1,202 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 9.6 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Lesotho 105th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 572.48 kg/ha | 452.6 kg/ha | 712.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 654.57 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha | 1,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 552.55 kg/ha | 385.7 kg/ha | 978.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 518.8 kg/ha | 74.7 kg/ha | 918.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 508.9 kg/ha | 299.3 kg/ha | 822.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 454.83 kg/ha | 257.7 kg/ha | 651.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 298.34 kg/ha | 9.6 kg/ha | 512.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 102 Democratic Republic of the Congo 406.2 kg/ha compare
- 103 Israel 360.2 kg/ha compare
- 104 Mauritania 299.5 kg/ha 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 peas, dry — yield in Lesotho?
- Peas, dry — yield in Lesotho was 252.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peas, dry — yield recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1,202 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest peas, dry — yield recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.6 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for peas, dry — yield?
- Lesotho ranks 105th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Peas, dry — Yield. 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.