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Cereal yield — Lesotho

Cereal yield in Lesotho in 2023 — 804 kg/ha. Ranked 167 in the world out of 179. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 3.8%.

2023 804 kg/ha +10.32% vs 2022
World rank 167of 179
Period maximum 1,508 kg/ha1977
Period minimum 375 kg/ha2008

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Cereal yield — Lesotho, 1961–202305001,0001,5002,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 836 kg/ha1963: 813 kg/ha1965: 756 kg/ha1967: 747 kg/ha1969: 680 kg/ha1971: 623 kg/ha1973: 588 kg/ha1975: 703 kg/ha1977: 1,508 kg/ha1979: 1,140 kg/ha1981: 831 kg/ha1983: 680 kg/ha1985: 721 kg/ha1987: 602 kg/ha1989: 919 kg/ha1991: 460 kg/ha1993: 973 kg/ha1995: 776 kg/ha1997: 1,016 kg/ha1999: 943 kg/ha2001: 996 kg/ha2003: 609 kg/ha2005: 687 kg/ha2007: 414 kg/ha2009: 402 kg/ha2011: 664 kg/ha2013: 769 kg/ha2015: 662 kg/ha2017: 990 kg/ha2019: 705 kg/ha2021: 973 kg/ha2023: 804 kg/ha
Change over the period: −32 (−3.84%) Average annual rate: -0.06 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho

Lesotho 804 kg/ha
World 4,231 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 1,569 kg/ha
Southern Africa computed 4,859 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3,444 kg/ha
Cereal yield — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 804 +75 +10.32%
2022 729 −244 −25.05%
2021 973 +536 +122.69%
2020 437 −268 −38.06%
2019 705 −11 −1.52%
2018 716 −274 −27.7%
2017 990 +519 +110.06%
2016 471 −190 −28.74%
2015 662 −22 −3.18%
2014 683 −86 −11.16%
2013 769 +113 +17.3%
2012 656 −9 −1.31%
2011 664 −245 −26.93%
2010 909 +507 +126.03%
2009 402 +28 +7.4%
2008 375 −40 −9.63%
2007 414 −76 −15.57%
2006 491 −196 −28.54%
2005 687 +91 +15.35%
2004 595 −14 −2.25%
2003 609 −127 −17.28%
2002 736 −259 −26.04%
2001 996 +277 +38.49%
2000 719 −225 −23.8%
1999 943 −410 −30.3%
1998 1,353 +338 +33.23%
1997 1,016 −168 −14.18%
1996 1,184 +407 +52.45%
1995 776 −42 −5.11%
1994 818 −154 −15.87%
1993 973 +361 +58.9%
1992 612 +152 +32.98%
1991 460 −577 −55.61%
1990 1,037 +118 +12.78%
1989 919 +88 +10.64%
1988 831 +229 +38.09%
1987 602 −78 −11.42%
1986 679 −41 −5.72%
1985 721 +72 +11.05%
1984 649 −31 −4.55%
1983 680 +15 +2.32%
1982 664 −167 −20.04%
1981 831 −129 −13.43%
1980 960 −180 −15.77%
1979 1,140 −263 −18.73%
1978 1,402 −106 −7%
1977 1,508 +868 +135.54%
1976 640 −63 −8.96%
1975 703 −206 −22.69%
1974 910 +322 +54.68%
1973 588 +213 +56.76%
1972 375 −248 −39.77%
1971 623 +17 +2.86%
1970 606 −75 −11.01%
1969 680 +0 +0.03%
1968 680 −67 −8.94%
1967 747 −52 −6.54%
1966 799 +43 +5.7%
1965 756 −53 −6.6%
1964 810 −4 −0.45%
1963 813 −1 −0.17%
1962 815 −22 −2.57%
1961 836 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 5,703 SZ Eswatini 1,228 BW Botswana 870 LS Lesotho 804 NA Namibia 451
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About the indicator

The yield of cereal crops in kilograms per hectare of harvested area. The gap between countries reaches tenfold and is explained by climate, varieties, fertilizer application and the level of farming technique. Rising yields are the main source of the growth in world food production, with the area under cereals almost unchanged.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the land under cereal production: it is the whole harvest of the group divided by all of its harvested area. Yield depends not only on technology but also on climate and on the mix of crops grown.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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