# Milk production in Lesotho

Milk production in Lesotho was 182,000 tonnes in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `milk_production`
- Place id: `ls`
- Unit: tonnes
- Definition: Raw milk produced in the calendar year from cattle, buffaloes, goats, sheep and camels, in tonnes. FAOSTAT item "Milk; Total", the sum FAO calculates from the raw milk of each species.
- Note: All species: in India and Pakistan buffalo milk is a large share, so the figure is well above cow milk alone. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Citation: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Period | tonnes |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 182,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 225,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 205,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 120,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 133,000 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 180,000 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 170,000 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 170,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 175,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 180,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 190,204 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 189,475 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 189,449 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 188,720 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 163,631 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 161,471 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 181,622 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 174,580 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 135,291 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 181,547 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 160,482 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 161,862 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 167,448 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 188,459 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 174,411 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 160,371 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 125,343 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 133,722 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 119,713 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 129,488 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 128,071 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 122,460 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 125,239 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 115,438 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 23,780 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 23,490 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 23,200 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 22,910 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 22,620 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 22,330 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 22,040 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 21,460 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 20,880 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 20,300 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 19,720 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 19,140 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 18,560 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 17,980 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 17,400 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 16,820 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 15,950 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 15,370 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 14,500 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 13,920 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 13,050 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 12,180 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 11,310 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 10,730 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 10,440 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 10,150 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 8,932 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 9,748 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 11,204 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 10,925 (estimated) |