Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Lesotho
Lesotho: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.21 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Lesotho is 0.21 LSU/ha, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 34.4% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Lesotho peaked at 0.32 LSU/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.15 LSU/ha, in 2020.
That places Lesotho 160th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.18 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 0.18 LSU/ha | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 0.17 LSU/ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +17.6% |
| 1966 | 0.17 LSU/ha | -15.0% |
| 1967 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +17.6% |
| 1968 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +18.2% |
| 1971 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.25 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 0.25 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.23 LSU/ha | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +13.0% |
| 1981 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 0.26 LSU/ha | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 0.25 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +14.8% |
| 1988 | 0.3 LSU/ha | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 0.29 LSU/ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 0.26 LSU/ha | -10.3% |
| 1991 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.27 LSU/ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 0.26 LSU/ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 0.24 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -16.0% |
| 1999 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +47.6% |
| 2000 | 0.29 LSU/ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.27 LSU/ha | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.26 LSU/ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.28 LSU/ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.27 LSU/ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.26 LSU/ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.25 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.23 LSU/ha | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 0.23 LSU/ha | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -31.8% |
| 2021 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +77.8% |
| 2023 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -34.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.247 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.274 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.262 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.278 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 0.29 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.25 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.215 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.32 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 158 Lithuania 0.22 LSU/ha compare
- 158 Somalia 0.22 LSU/ha compare
- 160 Kyrgyzstan 0.21 LSU/ha compare
- 160 Solomon Islands 0.21 LSU/ha compare
- 160 USSR 0.21 LSU/ha compare
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)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -64.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0003 t per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate -12.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, per capita 0.0009 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 53 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Lesotho?
- Major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Lesotho was 0.21 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.32 LSU/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 LSU/ha in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Lesotho ranks 160th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. 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 Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.