Swine / pigs — Stocks in Lesotho
Lesotho: Swine / pigs — Stocks was 7,144 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, swine / pigs — stocks in Lesotho stood at 7,144 LSU.
The figure is down 16.4% on the previous year and down 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — stocks in Lesotho peaked at 43,148 LSU in 2006 and was at its lowest, 5,604 LSU, in 2021.
That places Lesotho 144th out of 188 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,136 LSU | 10,880 LSU | 13,200 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,102 LSU | 13,205 LSU | 16,192 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,988 LSU | 10,606 LSU | 16,458 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,143 LSU | 8,800 LSU | 20,740 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,678 LSU | 13,983 LSU | 43,148 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,775 LSU | 7,738 LSU | 18,074 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,144 LSU | 5,604 LSU | 8,547 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More environment data for Lesotho
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.45 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2.64 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 73.68 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 79.33 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2,237 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.21 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 6 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 20.46 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 577 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.25 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is swine / pigs — stocks in Lesotho?
- Swine / pigs — stocks in Lesotho was 7,144 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 43,148 LSU in 2006.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,604 LSU in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for swine / pigs — stocks?
- Lesotho ranks 144th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine / pigs — stocks rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.4%. 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 Swine / pigs — 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.