Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, per capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0015 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, per capita in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.0015 ha per person for vegetables primary — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested, per capita in Lesotho peaked at 0.0025 ha per person in 1966 and was at its lowest, 0.0014 ha per person, in 1998.
Lesotho ranks 137th of 169 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, per capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0023 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0023 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0023 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0023 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0023 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0025 ha per person | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0024 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0023 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0022 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0024 ha per person | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0023 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0022 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0023 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0022 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0021 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0021 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0022 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0021 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.002 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0021 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0021 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0023 ha per person | +6.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0023 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0023 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0023 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0022 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0022 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0021 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0021 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0019 ha per person | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0016 ha per person | -12.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0017 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0017 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.002 ha per person | +18.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0015 ha per person | -24.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0017 ha per person | +13.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0017 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0014 ha per person | -18.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0014 ha per person | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0014 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0016 ha per person | +10.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0017 ha per person | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0017 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0018 ha per person | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.002 ha per person | +12.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0019 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0019 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.002 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0019 ha per person | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0018 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0018 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0016 ha per person | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0018 ha per person | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0018 ha per person | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0017 ha per person | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0016 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0016 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0016 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0016 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0015 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0016 ha per person | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0016 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0015 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0015 ha per person | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0023 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.0025 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 0.0024 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.0023 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0018 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0015 ha per person | 0.0015 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 134 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0016 ha per person compare
- 135 Costa Rica 0.0016 ha per person compare
- 136 Slovakia 0.0015 ha per person compare
- 138 Madagascar 0.0015 ha per person compare
- 139 Saudi Arabia 0.0015 ha per person compare
- 140 Congo 0.0015 ha per person compare
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 primary — area harvested, per capita in Lesotho?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested, per capita in Lesotho was 0.0015 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested, per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0025 ha per person in 1966.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested, per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0014 ha per person in 1998.
- How does Lesotho rank for vegetables primary — area harvested, per capita?
- Lesotho ranks 137th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.