Potatoes and products — Food supply in Lesotho
Lesotho: Potatoes and products — Food supply was 86,733 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes and products — food supply in Lesotho is 86,733 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in Lesotho peaked at 89,088 million Kcal in 2021 and was at its lowest, 71,296 million Kcal, in 2010.
Lesotho ranks 98th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 71,296 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 72,022 million Kcal | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 72,801 million Kcal | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 73,397 million Kcal | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 82,445 million Kcal | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 77,320 million Kcal | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 77,442 million Kcal | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 82,922 million Kcal | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 82,194 million Kcal | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 86,972 million Kcal | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 77,316 million Kcal | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 89,088 million Kcal | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 86,359 million Kcal | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 86,733 million Kcal | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 77,881 million Kcal | 71,296 million Kcal | 86,972 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,874 million Kcal | 77,316 million Kcal | 89,088 million Kcal | 4 |
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- 97 Madagascar 91,976 million Kcal compare
- 99 North Macedonia 85,967 million Kcal compare
- 100 Costa Rica 79,854 million Kcal compare
- 101 Cuba 76,686 million Kcal compare
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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply in Lesotho?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in Lesotho was 86,733 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 89,088 million Kcal in 2021.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 71,296 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Lesotho rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- Lesotho ranks 98th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. 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 Potatoes and products — Food supply (kcal). 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.