Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Lesotho
Lesotho: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 3,576 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 3,576 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Lesotho peaked at 4,000 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1,765 ha, in 1961.
Lesotho ranks 148th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,765 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,830 ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 1,885 ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 1,945 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 1,985 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 2,205 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 2,205 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,200 ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,450 ha | +11.4% |
| 1971 | 2,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,400 ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 3,100 ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 3,400 ha | +9.7% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,370 ha | -8.9% |
| 1991 | 3,000 ha | -11.0% |
| 1992 | 3,129 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 3,244 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 3,901 ha | +20.3% |
| 1995 | 2,998 ha | -23.1% |
| 1996 | 3,447 ha | +15.0% |
| 1997 | 3,293 ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 2,700 ha | -18.0% |
| 1999 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 3,200 ha | +10.3% |
| 2002 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 3,895 ha | +11.3% |
| 2006 | 3,700 ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 3,668 ha | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 3,500 ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 3,563 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 3,300 ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 3,628 ha | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 3,767 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 3,595 ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 3,515 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 3,485 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 3,452 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 3,432 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 3,447 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 3,554 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 3,555 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,568 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,576 ha | +0.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 3,576 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 6% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 3,576 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 6% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,024 ha | 1,765 ha | 2,205 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,610 ha | 2,400 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,500 ha | 2,900 ha | 3,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,188 ha | 2,700 ha | 3,901 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,536 ha | 2,900 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,524 ha | 3,300 ha | 3,767 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,540 ha | 3,447 ha | 3,576 ha | 5 |
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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Lesotho?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Lesotho was 3,576 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,765 ha in 1961.
- How does Lesotho rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Lesotho ranks 148th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. 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 Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.