Vegetal Products — Food supply in Lesotho
Lesotho: Vegetal Products — Food supply was 1,614 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Vegetal Products — Food supply in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, vegetal products — food supply in Lesotho stood at 1,614 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetal products — food supply in Lesotho peaked at 2,328 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,554 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
That places Lesotho 164th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetal Products — Food supply in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,328 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,301 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 2,246 kcal/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 2,087 kcal/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 1,888 kcal/cap/d | -9.5% |
| 2015 | 1,787 kcal/cap/d | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 1,810 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,871 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 1,909 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 1,758 kcal/cap/d | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 1,554 kcal/cap/d | -11.6% |
| 2021 | 1,577 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 1,577 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,614 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,998 kcal/cap/d | 1,758 kcal/cap/d | 2,328 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,581 kcal/cap/d | 1,554 kcal/cap/d | 1,614 kcal/cap/d | 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 vegetal products — food supply in Lesotho?
- Vegetal products — food supply in Lesotho was 1,614 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetal products — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2,328 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest vegetal products — food supply recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,554 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for vegetal products — food supply?
- Lesotho ranks 164th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetal products — food supply rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.7%. 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 Vegetal Products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.