Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Lesotho
Lesotho: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply was 72,989 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 72,989 million Kcal for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Lesotho peaked at 126,105 million Kcal in 2010 and was at its lowest, 63,476 million Kcal, in 2021.
Lesotho ranks 158th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 126,105 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 126,105 million Kcal | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 112,106 million Kcal | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 113,161 million Kcal | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 87,232 million Kcal | -22.9% |
| 2015 | 64,643 million Kcal | -25.9% |
| 2016 | 76,392 million Kcal | +18.2% |
| 2017 | 71,244 million Kcal | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 85,066 million Kcal | +19.4% |
| 2019 | 80,082 million Kcal | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 77,039 million Kcal | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 63,476 million Kcal | -17.6% |
| 2022 | 71,363 million Kcal | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 72,989 million Kcal | +2.3% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 72,989 million Kcal is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 795,323 million Kcal, 9% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 72,989 million Kcal is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 715,729 million Kcal, 10% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 94,214 million Kcal | 64,643 million Kcal | 126,105 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 71,217 million Kcal | 63,476 million Kcal | 77,039 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 sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Lesotho?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Lesotho was 72,989 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 126,105 million Kcal in 2010.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,476 million Kcal in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply?
- Lesotho ranks 158th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.5%. 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 Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — 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.