Starchy Roots — Food in Lesotho
Lesotho: Starchy Roots — Food was 135 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starchy roots — food in Lesotho is 135 1000 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food in Lesotho peaked at 139 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 111 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Lesotho 144th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 111 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 112 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 113 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 114 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 128 1000 t | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 120 1000 t | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 120 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 129 1000 t | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 128 1000 t | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 135 1000 t | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 120 1000 t | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 139 1000 t | +15.8% |
| 2022 | 135 1000 t | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 135 1000 t | +0.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 135 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 852 1000 t, 16% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 135 1000 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,247 1000 t, 11% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 121 1000 t | 111 1000 t | 135 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 132.25 1000 t | 120 1000 t | 139 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
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 in Lesotho?
- Starchy roots — food in Lesotho was 135 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 139 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 111 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Lesotho rank for starchy roots — food?
- Lesotho ranks 144th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. 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. 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.