Cereal yield in Lesotho
Lesotho: Cereal yield was 804.1 kg per hectare in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereal yield in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
In 2023, cereal yield in Lesotho stood at 804.1 kg per hectare.
The figure is up 10.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Lesotho peaked at 1,508 kg per hectare in 1977 and was at its lowest, 374.5 kg per hectare, in 2008.
That places Lesotho 168th out of 181 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 770.77 kg per hectare | 680.2 kg per hectare | 836.2 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 849.35 kg per hectare | 375.1 kg per hectare | 1,508 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 753.6 kg per hectare | 601.8 kg per hectare | 959.8 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 917.25 kg per hectare | 460.3 kg per hectare | 1,353 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 602.38 kg per hectare | 374.5 kg per hectare | 995.5 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 722.52 kg per hectare | 471.4 kg per hectare | 990.2 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 735.55 kg per hectare | 436.7 kg per hectare | 972.5 kg per hectare | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Lesotho
- 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)
- Land under cereal production 177,933 hectares (2023)
- Cereal production 143,080 metric tons (2023)
- Fertilizer consumption 8.7 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Lesotho?
- Cereal yield in Lesotho was 804.1 kg per hectare in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1,508 kg per hectare in 1977.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 374.5 kg per hectare in 2008.
- How does Lesotho rank for cereal yield?
- Lesotho ranks 168th out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.