Cereal yield in Lesotho

Cereal farms in Lesotho harvested 604 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Lesotho, 2024 604 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −24.9% 2023: 804 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Lesotho (2024).
Position in 2024 171st of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Lesotho over time

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

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period LesothoWorld
2024 604 kg per hectare –
2023 804 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 729 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 973 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 437 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 705 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 716 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 990 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 471 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 662 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 683 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 769 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 656 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 664 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 909 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 402 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 375 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 414 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 491 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 687 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 595 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 609 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 736 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 996 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 719 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −24.9% from 804 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 683 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −11.7%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Lesotho has the 171st highest value.

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
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 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)