Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Lesotho in 2024 — 23.3%. Ranked 42 in the world out of 131. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 21.15 pp.
2000–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.3 | +9.31 pp |
| 2023 | 13.99 | +0.08 pp |
| 2022 | 13.92 | +2.37 pp |
| 2021 | 11.54 | +1.55 pp |
| 2020 | 9.99 | +1.53 pp |
| 2019 | 8.46 | −1.58 pp |
| 2018 | 10.04 | −2.46 pp |
| 2017 | 12.5 | +0.47 pp |
| 2016 | 12.03 | +2.41 pp |
| 2015 | 9.63 | +0.54 pp |
| 2014 | 9.09 | −16.5 pp |
| 2013 | 25.59 | +12.01 pp |
| 2012 | 13.57 | +0.61 pp |
| 2011 | 12.96 | −3.45 pp |
| 2010 | 16.41 | +7.84 pp |
| 2009 | 8.57 | −1.07 pp |
| 2008 | 9.64 | −1.57 pp |
| 2007 | 11.21 | — |
| 2004 | 4.67 | −3.94 pp |
| 2003 | 8.61 | +1.46 pp |
| 2002 | 7.16 | −7.18 pp |
| 2001 | 14.34 | +12.18 pp |
| 2000 | 2.16 | — |
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The share of food in merchandise exports: grain, meat, dairy products, fish, fruit, beverages, oils. Unlike dependence on fuel and metals, a food specialization is not considered a vulnerability of the same kind — demand for food grows with population and is not subject to technological substitution. The largest shares come not from the biggest producers but from small countries with a single export crop: coffee, cocoa, bananas.
Important: It includes beverages and vegetable oils but not agricultural raw materials such as cotton, rubber and hides — those have a separate indicator.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
What part of merchandise exports is cotton, rubber, timber, hides and other non-food raw materials.
Trade Food imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on food — a measure of food dependence.
Economy Agriculture value addedHow much agriculture, forestry and fishing create in money terms.
Agriculture Cereal productionThe gross harvest of cereal crops, in tonnes.
