Agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) was 490 million SLC in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) in Lesotho, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) in Lesotho is 490 million SLC, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 54.9% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) in Lesotho peaked at 490 million SLC in 2024 and was at its lowest, 130.7 million SLC, in 2001.
Lesotho ranks 115th of 166 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 130.7 million SLC | — |
| 2002 | 138 million SLC | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 141.5 million SLC | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 151.9 million SLC | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 150.2 million SLC | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 144.9 million SLC | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 203.7 million SLC | +40.6% |
| 2008 | 263.7 million SLC | +29.5% |
| 2009 | 261.5 million SLC | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 448.76 million SLC | +71.6% |
| 2017 | 469.85 million SLC | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 445.45 million SLC | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 414.75 million SLC | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 402.22 million SLC | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 407.5 million SLC | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 455.5 million SLC | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 316.3 million SLC | -30.6% |
| 2024 | 490 million SLC | +54.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 176.23 million SLC | 130.7 million SLC | 263.7 million SLC | 9 |
| 2010s | 444.7 million SLC | 414.75 million SLC | 469.85 million SLC | 4 |
| 2020s | 414.3 million SLC | 316.3 million SLC | 490 million SLC | 5 |
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More environment data for Lesotho
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.783 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0002 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2022)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate 205.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) in Lesotho?
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) in Lesotho was 490 million SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 490 million SLC in 2024.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 130.7 million SLC in 2001.
- How does Lesotho rank for agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure)?
- Lesotho ranks 115th out of 166 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) — Value Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.