Wheat and products — Food in Lesotho
Lesotho: Wheat and products — Food was 65 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Wheat and products — Food in Lesotho, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 65 1000 t for wheat and products — food in 2023.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food in Lesotho peaked at 91 1000 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 40 1000 t, in 2017.
Lesotho ranks 144th of 182 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 65.8 1000 t | 40 1000 t | 91 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.25 1000 t | 57 1000 t | 69 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 141 Sierra Leone 84 1000 t compare
- 142 Luxembourg 80 1000 t compare
- 143 Lao People's Democratic Republic 66 1000 t compare
- 145 Estonia 64 1000 t compare
- 145 Polynesia 64 1000 t compare
- 147 China, Macao SAR 58 1000 t compare
- 147 Guyana 58 1000 t compare
- 147 Eswatini 58 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Lesotho
- Agriculture share gdp 6.49 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.49 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 55.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 1.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 166.92 million current US$ (2025)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 35,490 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat and products — food in Lesotho?
- Wheat and products — food in Lesotho was 65 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 91 1000 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 1000 t in 2017.
- How does Lesotho rank for wheat and products — food?
- Lesotho ranks 144th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. 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 Wheat and products — Food. 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.