Major livestock types — Stocks in Lesotho
Lesotho: Major livestock types — Stocks was 495,676 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Stocks in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, major livestock types — stocks in Lesotho stood at 495,676 LSU.
The figure is down 32.8% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Lesotho peaked at 737,080 LSU in 2022 and was at its lowest, 351,762 LSU, in 2020.
That places Lesotho 133rd out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Major livestock types — Stocks in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 454,702 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 496,888 LSU | +9.3% |
| 1963 | 467,662 LSU | -5.9% |
| 1964 | 439,900 LSU | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 514,000 LSU | +16.8% |
| 1966 | 433,792 LSU | -15.6% |
| 1967 | 517,734 LSU | +19.4% |
| 1968 | 495,076 LSU | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 547,180 LSU | +10.5% |
| 1970 | 636,824 LSU | +16.4% |
| 1971 | 603,200 LSU | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 589,450 LSU | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 582,890 LSU | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 601,620 LSU | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 605,520 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 590,940 LSU | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 520,034 LSU | -12.0% |
| 1978 | 517,273 LSU | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 540,579 LSU | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 586,035 LSU | +8.4% |
| 1981 | 590,371 LSU | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 617,229 LSU | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 591,548 LSU | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 579,834 LSU | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 613,483 LSU | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 627,652 LSU | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 729,105 LSU | +16.2% |
| 1988 | 712,720 LSU | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 670,608 LSU | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 604,211 LSU | -9.9% |
| 1991 | 604,062 LSU | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 657,801 LSU | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 645,297 LSU | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 624,407 LSU | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 600,840 LSU | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 560,210 LSU | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 591,833 LSU | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 490,648 LSU | -17.1% |
| 1999 | 724,995 LSU | +47.8% |
| 2000 | 688,055 LSU | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 682,604 LSU | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 616,929 LSU | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 617,312 LSU | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 601,191 LSU | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 674,092 LSU | +12.1% |
| 2006 | 661,648 LSU | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 661,758 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 632,869 LSU | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 639,375 LSU | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 622,628 LSU | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 619,640 LSU | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 625,870 LSU | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 577,677 LSU | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 569,151 LSU | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 558,659 LSU | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 544,037 LSU | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 614,099 LSU | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 559,206 LSU | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 479,999 LSU | -14.2% |
| 2020 | 351,762 LSU | -26.7% |
| 2021 | 396,423 LSU | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 737,080 LSU | +85.9% |
| 2023 | 495,676 LSU | -32.8% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 495,676 LSU is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.80 million LSU, 18% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 495,676 LSU is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3.41 million LSU, 15% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Major livestock types — Stocks in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +85.9% | 396,423 LSU | 737,080 LSU |
| 1999 | +47.8% | 490,648 LSU | 724,995 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 485,215 LSU | 433,792 LSU | 547,180 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 578,833 LSU | 517,273 LSU | 636,824 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 631,858 LSU | 579,834 LSU | 729,105 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 610,430 LSU | 490,648 LSU | 724,995 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 647,583 LSU | 601,191 LSU | 688,055 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 577,097 LSU | 479,999 LSU | 625,870 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 495,235 LSU | 351,762 LSU | 737,080 LSU | 4 |
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)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.521 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4197 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — stocks in Lesotho?
- Major livestock types — stocks in Lesotho was 495,676 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 737,080 LSU in 2022.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 351,762 LSU in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for major livestock types — stocks?
- Lesotho ranks 133rd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. 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 — Stocks. 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.