Starchy Roots — Food supply in Lesotho
Lesotho: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 86,761 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 86,761 million Kcal for starchy roots — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Lesotho peaked at 89,256 million Kcal in 2021 and was at its lowest, 71,296 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Lesotho 146th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — 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 | 82,556 million Kcal | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 77,367 million Kcal | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 77,546 million Kcal | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 82,981 million Kcal | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 82,356 million Kcal | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 87,000 million Kcal | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 77,389 million Kcal | -11.0% |
| 2021 | 89,256 million Kcal | +15.3% |
| 2022 | 86,508 million Kcal | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 86,761 million Kcal | +0.3% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 86,761 million Kcal is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 827,551 million Kcal, 10% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 86,761 million Kcal is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.14 million million Kcal, 8% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 77,932 million Kcal | 71,296 million Kcal | 87,000 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,979 million Kcal | 77,389 million Kcal | 89,256 million Kcal | 4 |
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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 starchy roots — food supply in Lesotho?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Lesotho was 86,761 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 89,256 million Kcal in 2021.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 71,296 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Lesotho rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Lesotho ranks 146th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — 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 Starchy Roots — 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.