Capture fisheries production in Lesotho

Capture fisheries in Lesotho landed 74 tonnes in 2024.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Lesotho, 2024 74 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 0% 2023: 74 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 201st of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Lesotho over time

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Metric tonnes. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Capture fisheries production (metric tonnes), 2000 to 2024
Period LesothoWorld
2024 74 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 74 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 79 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 75 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 67 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 57 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 52 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 52 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 52 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 52 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 52 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 50 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 50 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 45 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 45 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 45 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 50 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 48 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 45 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 45 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 45 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 42 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 40 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 24 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 32 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 52 tonnes, the figure has changed by +42.3%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Lesotho has the 201st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 94,403,126 tonnes.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
ER.FSH.CAPT.MT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Lesotho
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)