Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Ratio of Value Added in Lesotho
Lesotho: Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Ratio of Value Added was 0.0297 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Ratio of Value Added in Lesotho, 2009–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
In 2024, credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — ratio of value added in Lesotho stood at 0.0297.
The figure is down 21.7% on the previous year and up 74.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — ratio of value added in Lesotho peaked at 0.046 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.006, in 2011.
That places Lesotho 96th out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Ratio of Value Added in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0.0424 | — |
| 2010 | 0.0319 | -24.7% |
| 2011 | 0.006 | -81.2% |
| 2012 | 0.013 | +116.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0154 | +18.3% |
| 2014 | 0.017 | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0159 | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0146 | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 0.012 | -17.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0221 | +83.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0207 | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0272 | +31.8% |
| 2021 | 0.046 | +68.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0359 | -21.8% |
| 2023 | 0.038 | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0297 | -21.7% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0297 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0896, 33% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0297 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0309, 96% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0424 | 0.0424 | 0.0424 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.0169 | 0.006 | 0.0319 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0354 | 0.0272 | 0.046 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
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)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 2,102 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate -2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 724 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 135.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 724 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate 40.31 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — ratio of value added in Lesotho?
- Credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — ratio of value added in Lesotho was 0.0297 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — ratio of value added recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.046 in 2021.
- What is the lowest credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — ratio of value added recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.006 in 2011.
- How does Lesotho rank for credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — ratio of value added?
- Lesotho ranks 96th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing — ratio of value added rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.4%. 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 Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Ratio of Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) US$, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Credit to agriculture measures the amount of loans and advances given by the banking sector to farmers, rural households, agricultural cooperatives, or any other agri-related businesses. Each country’s central bank compiles its credit stocks by economic activities as part of its monetary and financial statistics publications via annual or quarterly reports online. Data collection has been carried out mostly through reports found on the central bank websites. Data are collected and compiled according to the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC Rev. 4: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/isic) with a special concentration on the credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing sector separately from the ones to manufacturing and services.