Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ in Lesotho
Lesotho: Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ was 147.64 million USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ in Lesotho, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 147.64 million USD for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value us$ in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 52.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value us$ in Lesotho peaked at 147.64 million USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.15 million USD, in 1971.
That places Lesotho 196th out of 233 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 17.01 million USD | — |
| 1971 | 12.15 million USD | -28.6% |
| 1972 | 19.83 million USD | +63.3% |
| 1973 | 34.21 million USD | +72.5% |
| 1974 | 33.94 million USD | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 30.57 million USD | -9.9% |
| 1976 | 25.43 million USD | -16.8% |
| 1977 | 40.68 million USD | +60.0% |
| 1978 | 45.28 million USD | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 55.65 million USD | +22.9% |
| 1980 | 64.11 million USD | +15.2% |
| 1981 | 74 million USD | +15.4% |
| 1982 | 52.58 million USD | -28.9% |
| 1983 | 56.06 million USD | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 45.71 million USD | -18.5% |
| 1985 | 38.82 million USD | -15.1% |
| 1986 | 45.44 million USD | +17.0% |
| 1987 | 52.36 million USD | +15.2% |
| 1988 | 61.22 million USD | +16.9% |
| 1989 | 57.69 million USD | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 67.47 million USD | +17.0% |
| 1991 | 45.31 million USD | -32.8% |
| 1992 | 66.52 million USD | +46.8% |
| 1993 | 62.61 million USD | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 66.64 million USD | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 77.52 million USD | +16.3% |
| 1996 | 67.93 million USD | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 64.4 million USD | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 68.98 million USD | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 71.96 million USD | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 63.22 million USD | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 62.26 million USD | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 45.19 million USD | -27.4% |
| 2003 | 65.05 million USD | +43.9% |
| 2004 | 79.7 million USD | +22.5% |
| 2005 | 83.14 million USD | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 76.74 million USD | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 82.26 million USD | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 86.53 million USD | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 95.81 million USD | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 108.64 million USD | +13.4% |
| 2011 | 117.19 million USD | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 121.32 million USD | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 119.81 million USD | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 96.68 million USD | -19.3% |
| 2015 | 89.24 million USD | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 104.12 million USD | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 114.5 million USD | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 108.64 million USD | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 106.72 million USD | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 109 million USD | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 143.67 million USD | +31.8% |
| 2022 | 140.14 million USD | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 140.62 million USD | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 147.64 million USD | +5.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 147.64 million USD is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,171 million USD, 4% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 147.64 million USD is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,034 million USD, 5% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 31.47 million USD | 12.15 million USD | 55.65 million USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 54.8 million USD | 38.82 million USD | 74 million USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 65.93 million USD | 45.31 million USD | 77.52 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.99 million USD | 45.19 million USD | 95.81 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 108.68 million USD | 89.24 million USD | 121.32 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 136.21 million USD | 109 million USD | 147.64 million USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 193 Luxembourg 170.23 million USD compare
- 194 French Polynesia 169.43 million USD compare
- 195 Singapore 150.12 million USD compare
- 197 Bahrain 132.88 million USD compare
- 198 Samoa 131.29 million USD compare
- 199 Cabo Verde 127.45 million USD 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)
- 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 us$ in Lesotho?
- Value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value us$ in Lesotho was 147.64 million USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value us$ recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 147.64 million USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value us$ recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.15 million USD in 1971.
- How does Lesotho rank for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value us$?
- Lesotho ranks 196th out of 233 countries with data for 2024.
- Is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — value us$ rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.7%. 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 Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$. 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).