Agriculture & Rural in Lesotho

2,817 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Lesotho.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Value 59.42 1000 No 2023 up 8.7% 115th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 20.67 % 2023 up 3.5% 121st
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 8.22 % 2023 up 7.7% 106th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production 69.85 t 2024 up 56.4% 65th
Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen 338 An 2024 up 51.6% 62nd
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 338 An 2024 up 51.6% 62nd
Share of employment in agriculture 30.9% 2025 up 3.3% 57th
Share of workers employed in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 30.9% 2025 up 3.3% 57th
Share of employed women working in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 19.8% 2025 up 12.9% 76th
Share of employment in agriculture, industry, and services 30.9% 2025 up 3.3% 57th
Mules and hinnies — Stocks 1,519 An 2024 down 39.2% 52nd
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 207 kg/An 2024 up 3.5% 33rd
Horse meat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 233 1000 Int$ 2024 up 100.9% 62nd
Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen 7.95 t 2024 up 56.5% 61st
Wheat — Gross Production Value 1,458 1000 USD 2024 94th
Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value 8.49 million 1000 SLC 2024 55th
Oats — Area harvested 222 ha 2024 down 3.9% 73rd
Oats — Production 341.54 t 2024 down 2.7% 72nd
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) 43 % 2022 up 4.9% 42nd
Oats — Yield 1,541 kg/ha 2024 up 1.4% 61st
Oats — Gross Production Value 57 1000 Int$ 2024 down 3.4% 73rd
Deforestation driven by agricultural expansion and forest plantations 0.13 2023 down 97.8% 166th
FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Male — Value 27.14 1000 No 2023 up 6.1% 111th
FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Female — Value 32.28 1000 No 2023 up 11.1% 104th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 14.13 % 2023 up 3.9% 111th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 33.83 % 2023 down 0.4% 92nd
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 6.56 % 2023 up 1.2% 109th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 10.44 % 2023 up 15.2% 92nd
FAO Model — Share of females in non-agricultural AFS employment 54.33 % 2023 up 2.2% 27th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 27.14 1000 No 2023 up 6.1% 112th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 32.28 1000 No 2023 up 11.1% 105th
Brans — Import Quantity 87 t 2013 119th
Alcoholic Beverages — Production 40,639 t 2013 down 6.0% 126th
Brans — Production 33,099 t 2013 up 21.1% 130th
Brans — Domestic supply quantity 33,186 t 2013 up 21.4% 129th
Brans — Feed 33,186 t 2013 up 21.4% 130th
Oilseed Cakes, Other — Domestic supply quantity 900 t 2013 up 13.9% 77th
Oilseed Cakes, Other — Feed 900 t 2013 up 13.9% 79th
Tobacco — Import Quantity 571 t 2013 down 69.9% 141st
Tobacco — Export Quantity 2 t 2013 142nd
Tobacco — Domestic supply quantity 569 t 2013 down 70.1% 142nd
Tobacco — Other uses 569 t 2013 down 70.1% 146th
Alcoholic Beverages — Import Quantity 8,202 t 2013 up 482.1% 132nd
Alcoholic Beverages — Domestic supply quantity 52,841 t 2013 up 14.5% 125th
Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply quantity 52,841 t 2013 up 14.5% 123rd
Oilcrops — Import Quantity 1,800 t 2013 up 13.9% 131st
Oilcrops — Domestic supply quantity 1,800 t 2013 up 13.9% 166th
Oilcrops — Processing 1,800 t 2013 up 13.9% 151st
Potatoes — Gross Production Value 1.01 million 1000 SLC 2024 84th
Alcoholic Beverages — Stock Variation 4,000 t 2013 up 166.7% 20th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Index 97.52 2024 up 101.0% 30th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross per capita 88.35 2024 up 78.9% 32nd
Potato yields 17.89 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 4.6% 92nd
Beans, dry — Gross Production Value 599 1000 USD 2024 82nd
Oats — Gross Production Index Number 102.93 2024 down 2.7% 27th
Oats — Gross per capita Production Index Number 92.68 2024 down 13.4% 36th
Nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture 420,000 tonnes 2023 down 17.6% 141st
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture 181.7 kilograms per person 2023 down 26.7% 109th
Share of dietary energy supply derived from cereals, roots and tubers 66 % 2021 down 14.3% 15th
Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value 49.4 g/cap/d 2021 down 24.3% 160th