Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Lesotho
Lesotho: Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value was 118 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Lesotho stood at 118 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% on the previous year and down 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Lesotho peaked at 175 kcal/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 95 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
Lesotho ranks 146th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 173 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 172 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 152 kcal/cap/d | -11.6% |
| 2013 | 175 kcal/cap/d | +15.1% |
| 2014 | 138 kcal/cap/d | -21.1% |
| 2015 | 108 kcal/cap/d | -21.7% |
| 2016 | 123 kcal/cap/d | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 136 kcal/cap/d | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 145 kcal/cap/d | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 114 kcal/cap/d | -21.4% |
| 2020 | 110 kcal/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 95 kcal/cap/d | -13.6% |
| 2022 | 113 kcal/cap/d | +18.9% |
| 2023 | 118 kcal/cap/d | +4.4% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 118 kcal/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 206 kcal/cap/d, 57% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 118 kcal/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 160 kcal/cap/d, 74% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 143.6 kcal/cap/d | 108 kcal/cap/d | 175 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 109 kcal/cap/d | 95 kcal/cap/d | 118 kcal/cap/d | 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 sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Lesotho?
- Sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Lesotho was 118 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweets and sugars — energy supply — value recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 175 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest sweets and sugars — energy supply — value recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 95 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for sweets and sugars — energy supply — value?
- Lesotho ranks 146th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweets and sugars — energy supply — value rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.6%. 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 Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.