Vegetables — Food supply in Lesotho
Lesotho: Vegetables — Food supply was 14,258 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetables — Food supply in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 14,258 million Kcal for vegetables — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables — food supply in Lesotho peaked at 15,476 million Kcal in 2018 and was at its lowest, 10,238 million Kcal, in 2013.
Lesotho ranks 161st of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetables — Food supply in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11,178 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 11,408 million Kcal | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 11,115 million Kcal | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 10,238 million Kcal | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 13,969 million Kcal | +36.4% |
| 2015 | 13,493 million Kcal | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 14,968 million Kcal | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 14,956 million Kcal | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 15,476 million Kcal | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 13,111 million Kcal | -15.3% |
| 2020 | 14,740 million Kcal | +12.4% |
| 2021 | 14,792 million Kcal | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 14,066 million Kcal | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 14,258 million Kcal | +1.4% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 14,258 million Kcal is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 226,354 million Kcal, 6% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 14,258 million Kcal is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 142,266 million Kcal, 10% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables — 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 | +36.4% | 10,238 million Kcal | 13,969 million Kcal |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12,991 million Kcal | 10,238 million Kcal | 15,476 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,464 million Kcal | 14,066 million Kcal | 14,792 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 vegetables — food supply in Lesotho?
- Vegetables — food supply in Lesotho was 14,258 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 15,476 million Kcal in 2018.
- What is the lowest vegetables — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,238 million Kcal in 2013.
- How does Lesotho rank for vegetables — food supply?
- Lesotho ranks 161st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables — food supply rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.3%. 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 Vegetables — 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.