Agriculture & Rural in Lesotho

2,825 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Lesotho.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Yams — Food 0 1000 t 2023 — 57th
Yams — Food supply quantity 0 kg/cap 2023 — 82nd
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population 23.8 % 2023 down 7.0% 12th
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (both sexes or no) 602.7 1000 No 2024 down 3.5% 64th
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the male adult population 21.8 % 2023 down 13.5% 11th
Potatoes — Import dependency ratio 0.05 2020 down 44.4% 66th
Potatoes — Self-sufficiency ratio 0.95 2020 up 4.4% 56th
Indicator of Food Price Anomalies (IFPA), by Consumer Food Price Index 0.26 2024 up 144.8% 52nd
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the total population 22.8 % 2023 down 10.2% 12th
Pea yields 0.2529 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 24.7% 99th
Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults 0.5 million No 2023 up 66.7% 70th
Palmkernel Oil — Food 0 1000 t 2023 — 53rd
Palmkernel Oil — Food supply quantity 0 kg/cap 2023 — 74th
Wheat — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.01 2024 — 61st
Maize (corn) — Import dependency ratio 0.64 2024 down 1.5% 48th
Maize (corn) — Self-sufficiency ratio 0.36 2024 up 2.9% 72nd
Peas — Production 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% 90th
Oilcrops, Other — Processing 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% 85th
Barley and products — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 90th
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (both sexes or no) 567.7 1000 No 2024 down 3.7% 61st
Roots, Other — Losses 0 1000 t 2019 — 64th
Agricultural Researchers (FTE) — Government, Higher Education and 33.2 No 2016 down 15.7% 93rd
Roots, Other — Production 0 1000 t 2020 — 84th
Total Expenditure in Agricultural R&D (US$, 2015 prices) 1.16 million USD 2016 down 16.0% 89th
Total Expenditure in Agricultural R&D (US$ PPP, 2015 prices) 3.14 million USD 2016 down 16.0% 88th
Number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million) 0.4 million No 2023 up 33.3% 71st
Soya beans — Revealed comparative advantage index 0 2023 — 47th
Agricultural Researchers (FTE) per 100 000 Agricultural Workers 15.7 No 2016 up 4.0% 60th
Sorghum and products — Seed 1 1000 t 2023 — 41st
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? 2.10 million 2010 up 1.4% 109th
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Export 8,800 t 2023 up 213.1% 6th
Sugar Crops — Fat supply quantity 0 g/cap/d 2023 — 34th
Sugar Crops — Fat supply quantity 0 t 2023 down 100.0% 56th
Sugar Crops — Food supply 0 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 100.0% 55th
Sugar Crops — Food supply 0.01 million Kcal 2023 down 99.9% 78th
Sugar Crops — Protein supply quantity 0 g/cap/d 2023 — 35th
Sugar Crops — Protein supply quantity 0 t 2023 down 100.0% 61st
Fish, Body Oil — Other uses 0 1000 t 2023 — 25th
Rice — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.01 2023 down 88.9% 50th
Sugar Crops — Food 0 1000 t 2023 — 48th
Sugar Crops — Food supply quantity 0 kg/cap 2023 down 100.0% 54th
Number of severely food insecure people (million) (3-year average) 0.6 million No 2023 unchanged 63rd
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (both sexes or no) 532.7 1000 No 2024 down 3.9% 54th
Maize (corn) — Terms of trade 182.9 % 2024 — 26th
Number of severely food insecure people (million) (3-year average) 0.6 million No 2023 unchanged 55th
Beverages, Fermented — Production 2 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% 67th
Yams — Import quantity 0 1000 t 2023 — 25th
Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 662 An 2024 down 38.6% 9th
[PROXY] Progress toward productive and sustainable agriculture, trend 4 2024 up 27.4% 68th
[PROXY] Progress toward productive and sustainable agriculture 1.71 2024 unchanged 206th
Progress toward productive and sustainable agriculture 4 score 2024 up 27.4% 62nd
Meat of asses, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 183 1000 Int$ 2024 down 30.7% 9th
Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 63 kg/An 2024 up 12.5% 9th
Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Production 41.62 t 2024 down 30.6% 9th
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population 61.6% 2024 up 23.9% 18th
Cropland and pasture per person 0.1572 2010 up 5.8% 84th
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production 9,000 t 2023 up 137.8% 33rd
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (male) (15 years old) 186.6 1000 No 2024 down 2.5% 66th
Sunflower seed — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.04 2023 up 300.0% 51st
Potatoes — Terms of trade 14.23 % 2020 — 99th