Sorghum — Yield in Lesotho
Lesotho: Sorghum — Yield was 395.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Lesotho stood at 395.9 kg/ha.
The figure is down 26.1% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Lesotho peaked at 1,476 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 134.3 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places Lesotho 107th out of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 846.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 846.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 846.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 846.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 927.8 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1966 | 826.4 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1967 | 829.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 708.4 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1969 | 672.5 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1970 | 689.1 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 752.9 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1972 | 332.8 kg/ha | -55.8% |
| 1973 | 671.9 kg/ha | +101.9% |
| 1974 | 1,009 kg/ha | +50.2% |
| 1975 | 683.6 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 1976 | 554.7 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1977 | 1,467 kg/ha | +164.4% |
| 1978 | 1,447 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 1,345 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1980 | 966.6 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1981 | 795.3 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1982 | 544.5 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1983 | 659.4 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1984 | 617.5 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1985 | 725.6 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1986 | 644.3 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1987 | 440.5 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 1988 | 700 kg/ha | +58.9% |
| 1989 | 768.9 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 1,011 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 1991 | 539.9 kg/ha | -46.6% |
| 1992 | 612.3 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1993 | 1,270 kg/ha | +107.5% |
| 1994 | 875.6 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 1995 | 802.8 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 859.1 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 805.6 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 1,476 kg/ha | +83.3% |
| 1999 | 1,109 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2000 | 1,038 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 864 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 422.5 kg/ha | -51.1% |
| 2003 | 474.3 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 393.3 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2005 | 624 kg/ha | +58.7% |
| 2006 | 329 kg/ha | -47.3% |
| 2007 | 243.6 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 2008 | 286.6 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2009 | 577.3 kg/ha | +101.4% |
| 2010 | 718.9 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 2011 | 509.2 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 2012 | 134.3 kg/ha | -73.6% |
| 2013 | 305.1 kg/ha | +127.2% |
| 2014 | 571.2 kg/ha | +87.2% |
| 2015 | 596.8 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 257.6 kg/ha | -56.8% |
| 2017 | 763.3 kg/ha | +196.3% |
| 2018 | 472.2 kg/ha | -38.1% |
| 2019 | 583.4 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2020 | 299.6 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 2021 | 795.5 kg/ha | +165.5% |
| 2022 | 260.2 kg/ha | -67.3% |
| 2023 | 535.7 kg/ha | +105.9% |
| 2024 | 395.9 kg/ha | -26.1% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 395.9 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 395.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 816.61 kg/ha | 672.5 kg/ha | 927.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 895.29 kg/ha | 332.8 kg/ha | 1,467 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 686.26 kg/ha | 440.5 kg/ha | 966.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 936.21 kg/ha | 539.9 kg/ha | 1,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 525.24 kg/ha | 243.6 kg/ha | 1,038 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 491.2 kg/ha | 134.3 kg/ha | 763.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 457.38 kg/ha | 260.2 kg/ha | 795.5 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 sorghum — yield in Lesotho?
- Sorghum — yield in Lesotho was 395.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1,476 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 134.3 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Lesotho rank for sorghum — yield?
- Lesotho ranks 107th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. 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 Sorghum — 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.