Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Lesotho
Lesotho: Vegetable Oils — Food supply was 110,524 million Kcal in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 110,524 million Kcal for vegetable oils — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of up 31.2% on the previous year and up 805.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetable oils — food supply in Lesotho peaked at 114,097 million Kcal in 2018 and was at its lowest, 12,212 million Kcal, in 2013.
Lesotho ranks 159th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13,580 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 15,932 million Kcal | +17.3% |
| 2012 | 13,822 million Kcal | -13.2% |
| 2013 | 12,212 million Kcal | -11.6% |
| 2014 | 111,569 million Kcal | +813.6% |
| 2015 | 102,698 million Kcal | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 78,354 million Kcal | -23.7% |
| 2017 | 81,150 million Kcal | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 114,097 million Kcal | +40.6% |
| 2019 | 105,726 million Kcal | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 70,684 million Kcal | -33.1% |
| 2021 | 80,819 million Kcal | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 84,239 million Kcal | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 110,524 million Kcal | +31.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 110,524 million Kcal is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.25 million million Kcal, 9% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 110,524 million Kcal is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 889,050 million Kcal, 12% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +813.6% | 12,212 million Kcal | 111,569 million Kcal |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 64,914 million Kcal | 12,212 million Kcal | 114,097 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 86,567 million Kcal | 70,684 million Kcal | 110,524 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 vegetable oils — food supply in Lesotho?
- Vegetable oils — food supply in Lesotho was 110,524 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetable oils — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 114,097 million Kcal in 2018.
- What is the lowest vegetable oils — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,212 million Kcal in 2013.
- How does Lesotho rank for vegetable oils — food supply?
- Lesotho ranks 159th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetable oils — food supply rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 805.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetable Oils — 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.