Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho
Lesotho: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 68,308 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho is 68,308 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho peaked at 760,000 An in 1989 and was at its lowest, 46,566 An, in 1998.
Lesotho ranks 142nd of 202 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 401,401 An | 348,489 An | 447,469 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 512,630 An | 465,798 An | 580,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 695,000 An | 620,000 An | 760,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 138,035 An | 46,566 An | 750,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 73,314 An | 63,489 An | 96,132 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 84,536 An | 47,392 An | 103,217 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 75,051 An | 50,548 An | 102,026 An | 5 |
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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 sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Lesotho was 68,308 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 760,000 An in 1989.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,566 An in 1998.
- How does Lesotho rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Lesotho ranks 142nd out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. 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 Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.