Potatoes — Yield in Lesotho
Lesotho: Potatoes — Yield was 17,889 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Lesotho stood at 17,889 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Lesotho peaked at 18,600 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 12,500 kg/ha, in 1978.
Lesotho ranks 89th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 14,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 14,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 14,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 13,333 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 13,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 13,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12,857 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 12,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 12,973 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 13,053 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 13,333 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 12,500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 15,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 14,286 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 14,667 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 15,625 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 15,556 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 15,000 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 15,217 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 15,200 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 15,517 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 17,690 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1991 | 15,625 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1992 | 14,865 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 15,556 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 15,630 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 15,730 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 15,957 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 16,000 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 16,346 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 16,415 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 16,296 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 16,268 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 16,286 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 16,350 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 16,397 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 16,465 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 16,607 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 16,638 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 15,965 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 16,500 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 16,471 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 16,429 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 17,361 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 17,107 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 16,882 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 18,012 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 17,691 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 17,587 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 18,600 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 17,500 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 17,888 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 17,989 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 17,791 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 17,889 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 17,889 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 17,889 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,556 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,257 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,107 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 15,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,840 kg/ha | 14,865 kg/ha | 17,690 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,369 kg/ha | 15,965 kg/ha | 16,638 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,264 kg/ha | 16,429 kg/ha | 18,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,812 kg/ha | 17,500 kg/ha | 17,989 kg/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 — yield in Lesotho?
- Potatoes — yield in Lesotho was 17,889 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 18,600 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,500 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Lesotho rank for potatoes — yield?
- Lesotho ranks 89th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.