Potatoes — Area harvested in Lesotho
Lesotho: Potatoes — Area harvested was 7,421 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 7,421 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Lesotho peaked at 7,689 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1961.
Lesotho ranks 97th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 370 ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 600 ha | +57.9% |
| 1978 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1983 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1988 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 2,900 ha | +16.0% |
| 1990 | 2,549 ha | -12.1% |
| 1991 | 3,200 ha | +25.5% |
| 1992 | 3,700 ha | +15.6% |
| 1993 | 4,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1994 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 4,545 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 4,663 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 4,700 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 5,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 5,533 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 5,586 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 5,561 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 5,591 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 5,635 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 5,600 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 5,800 ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 5,700 ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 6,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 6,800 ha | +13.3% |
| 2012 | 7,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 7,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 7,689 ha | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 7,288 ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 7,024 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 7,275 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 7,469 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 7,256 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 7,524 ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 7,417 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 7,399 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 7,447 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 7,421 ha | -0.3% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 7,421 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 31% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 7,421 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 52% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +57.9% | 380 ha | 600 ha |
| 1978 | +33.3% | 600 ha | 800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 222.22 ha | 200 ha | 250 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 475 ha | 300 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,840 ha | 1,200 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,206 ha | 2,549 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,571 ha | 5,300 ha | 5,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,100 ha | 6,000 ha | 7,689 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,442 ha | 7,399 ha | 7,524 ha | 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 potatoes — area harvested in Lesotho?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Lesotho was 7,421 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 7,689 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1961.
- How does Lesotho rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Lesotho ranks 97th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. 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 Potatoes — 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.