Value Added (Agriculture) … Forestry Fishing Standard Local Currency in Lesotho
Lesotho: Value Added (Agriculture) … Forestry Fishing Standard Local Currency was 2,706 million SLC in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard in Lesotho, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 2,706 million SLC for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value standard in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and up 157.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value standard in Lesotho peaked at 2,706 million SLC in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.69 million SLC, in 1971.
Lesotho ranks 165th of 228 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Value Added (Agriculture) … Forestry Fishing Standard Local Currency in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 12.15 million SLC | — |
| 1971 | 8.69 million SLC | -28.5% |
| 1972 | 15.24 million SLC | +75.5% |
| 1973 | 23.74 million SLC | +55.7% |
| 1974 | 23.06 million SLC | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 22.61 million SLC | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 22.11 million SLC | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 35.38 million SLC | +60.0% |
| 1978 | 39.37 million SLC | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 46.86 million SLC | +19.0% |
| 1980 | 49.93 million SLC | +6.5% |
| 1981 | 64.94 million SLC | +30.1% |
| 1982 | 57.1 million SLC | -12.1% |
| 1983 | 62.46 million SLC | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 67.43 million SLC | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 86.52 million SLC | +28.3% |
| 1986 | 103.83 million SLC | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 106.61 million SLC | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 139.18 million SLC | +30.5% |
| 1989 | 151.3 million SLC | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 174.56 million SLC | +15.4% |
| 1991 | 125.1 million SLC | -28.3% |
| 1992 | 189.72 million SLC | +51.7% |
| 1993 | 204.61 million SLC | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 236.63 million SLC | +15.6% |
| 1995 | 281.18 million SLC | +18.8% |
| 1996 | 292.05 million SLC | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 296.75 million SLC | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 381.33 million SLC | +28.5% |
| 1999 | 439.66 million SLC | +15.3% |
| 2000 | 438.77 million SLC | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 535.98 million SLC | +22.2% |
| 2002 | 476.38 million SLC | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 492.1 million SLC | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 514.84 million SLC | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 528.68 million SLC | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 519.64 million SLC | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 579.52 million SLC | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 714.81 million SLC | +23.3% |
| 2009 | 811.87 million SLC | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 795.35 million SLC | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 850.91 million SLC | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 996.04 million SLC | +17.1% |
| 2013 | 1,157 million SLC | +16.1% |
| 2014 | 1,049 million SLC | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 1,139 million SLC | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 1,532 million SLC | +34.5% |
| 2017 | 1,526 million SLC | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,438 million SLC | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 1,542 million SLC | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 1,794 million SLC | +16.4% |
| 2021 | 2,123 million SLC | +18.3% |
| 2022 | 2,292 million SLC | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 2,594 million SLC | +13.2% |
| 2024 | 2,706 million SLC | +4.3% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 2,706 million SLC is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 244,437 million SLC, 1% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 2,706 million SLC is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 778,515 million SLC, 0% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.92 million SLC | 8.69 million SLC | 46.86 million SLC | 10 |
| 1980s | 88.93 million SLC | 49.93 million SLC | 151.3 million SLC | 10 |
| 1990s | 262.16 million SLC | 125.1 million SLC | 439.66 million SLC | 10 |
| 2000s | 561.26 million SLC | 438.77 million SLC | 811.87 million SLC | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,202 million SLC | 795.35 million SLC | 1,542 million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,302 million SLC | 1,794 million SLC | 2,706 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)
- 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 value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value standard in Lesotho?
- Value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value standard in Lesotho was 2,706 million SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value standard recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2,706 million SLC in 2024.
- What is the lowest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value standard recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.69 million SLC in 1971.
- How does Lesotho rank for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value standard?
- Lesotho ranks 165th out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value standard rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 157.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).