Cereals excluding rice — Production in Lesotho
Lesotho: Cereals excluding rice — Production was 143,080 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals excluding rice — Production in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 143,080 t for cereals excluding rice — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 73.5% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals excluding rice — production in Lesotho peaked at 288,249 t in 1978 and was at its lowest, 25,678 t, in 2016.
Lesotho ranks 126th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cereals excluding rice — Production in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 226,648 t | — |
| 1962 | 223,800 t | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 223,400 t | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 222,000 t | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 216,800 t | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 223,400 t | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 217,300 t | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 212,506 t | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 211,684 t | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 182,536 t | -13.8% |
| 1971 | 197,254 t | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 104,350 t | -47.1% |
| 1973 | 150,350 t | +44.1% |
| 1974 | 264,905 t | +76.2% |
| 1975 | 154,422 t | -41.7% |
| 1976 | 119,658 t | -22.5% |
| 1977 | 251,026 t | +109.8% |
| 1978 | 288,249 t | +14.8% |
| 1979 | 228,837 t | -20.6% |
| 1980 | 194,497 t | -15.0% |
| 1981 | 171,796 t | -11.7% |
| 1982 | 125,048 t | -27.2% |
| 1983 | 123,097 t | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 131,679 t | +7.0% |
| 1985 | 167,107 t | +26.9% |
| 1986 | 132,455 t | -20.7% |
| 1987 | 146,191 t | +10.4% |
| 1988 | 233,910 t | +60.0% |
| 1989 | 199,365 t | -14.8% |
| 1990 | 242,119 t | +21.4% |
| 1991 | 67,254 t | -72.2% |
| 1992 | 93,800 t | +39.5% |
| 1993 | 153,256 t | +63.4% |
| 1994 | 222,853 t | +45.4% |
| 1995 | 81,221 t | -63.6% |
| 1996 | 257,418 t | +216.9% |
| 1997 | 206,026 t | -20.0% |
| 1998 | 171,933 t | -16.5% |
| 1999 | 173,865 t | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 149,723 t | -13.9% |
| 2001 | 254,960 t | +70.3% |
| 2002 | 149,947 t | -41.2% |
| 2003 | 116,475 t | -22.3% |
| 2004 | 109,280 t | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 111,647 t | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 87,205 t | -21.9% |
| 2007 | 71,887 t | -17.6% |
| 2008 | 72,997 t | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 74,121 t | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 173,193 t | +133.7% |
| 2011 | 103,897 t | -40.0% |
| 2012 | 101,382 t | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 107,452 t | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 115,733 t | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 82,840 t | -28.4% |
| 2016 | 25,678 t | -69.0% |
| 2017 | 216,012 t | +741.2% |
| 2018 | 157,857 t | -26.9% |
| 2019 | 35,092 t | -77.8% |
| 2020 | 28,530 t | -18.7% |
| 2021 | 98,315 t | +244.6% |
| 2022 | 82,444 t | -16.1% |
| 2023 | 143,080 t | +73.5% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 143,080 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.27 million t, 11% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 143,080 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.17 million t, 12% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals excluding rice — Production in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +741.2% | 25,678 t | 216,012 t |
| 2021 | +244.6% | 28,530 t | 98,315 t |
| 1996 | +216.9% | 81,221 t | 257,418 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 219,726 t | 211,684 t | 226,648 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 194,159 t | 104,350 t | 288,249 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 162,514 t | 123,097 t | 233,910 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 166,974 t | 67,254 t | 257,418 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 119,824 t | 71,887 t | 254,960 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 111,914 t | 25,678 t | 216,012 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 88,092 t | 28,530 t | 143,080 t | 4 |
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More climate change data for Lesotho
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 6.55 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,116 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 715.74 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,401 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 2.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 50.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 61.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 51.99 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9.3 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.1962 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals excluding rice — production in Lesotho?
- Cereals excluding rice — production in Lesotho was 143,080 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals excluding rice — production recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 288,249 t in 1978.
- What is the lowest cereals excluding rice — production recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,678 t in 2016.
- How does Lesotho rank for cereals excluding rice — production?
- Lesotho ranks 126th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals excluding rice — production rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. 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 Cereals excluding rice — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat, milk, eggs), by country, with global coverage.