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Number of pigs in Lesotho

Number of pigs in Lesotho was 35,490 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.6% from 2023. That is the 131st highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, head35,490 Estimated
Change on 2023-0.6%
Rank131st of 171Countries ranked
Series high215,7412006
Series low28,0182021

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Number of pigs in Lesotho, 1961 to 2024

050K100K150K200K250K19611971198119912001201120241961: 54,400 head1962: 56,300 head1963: 58,000 head1964: 59,600 head1965: 60,800 head1966: 62,000 head1967: 64,000 head1968: 65,000 head1969: 66,000 head1970: 66,026 head1971: 69,000 head1972: 73,000 head1973: 75,600 head1974: 79,000 head1975: 78,000 head1976: 75,500 head1977: 80,231 head1978: 77,802 head1979: 80,959 head1980: 82,292 head1981: 61,601 head1982: 63,282 head1983: 54,800 head1984: 53,031 head1985: 53,812 head1986: 70,560 head1987: 70,000 head1988: 70,000 head1989: 70,000 head1990: 66,516 head1991: 49,718 head1992: 44,000 head1993: 59,680 head1994: 45,770 head1995: 65,935 head1996: 63,700 head1997: 78,965 head1998: 79,146 head1999: 103,700 head2000: 128,592 head2001: 116,496 head2002: 102,829 head2003: 69,917 head2004: 111,699 head2005: 135,266 head2006: 215,741 head2007: 215,741 head2008: 95,342 head2009: 92,288 head2010: 83,976 head2011: 80,000 head2012: 80,000 head2013: 66,586 head2014: 63,145 head2015: 90,368 head2016: 83,190 head2017: 38,689 head2018: 49,275 head2019: 53,507 head2020: 36,401 head2021: 28,018 head2022: 42,735 head2023: 35,718 head2024: 35,490 head050K100K150K200K250K19611983200520241961: 54,400 head1962: 56,300 head1963: 58,000 head1964: 59,600 head1965: 60,800 head1966: 62,000 head1967: 64,000 head1968: 65,000 head1969: 66,000 head1970: 66,026 head1971: 69,000 head1972: 73,000 head1973: 75,600 head1974: 79,000 head1975: 78,000 head1976: 75,500 head1977: 80,231 head1978: 77,802 head1979: 80,959 head1980: 82,292 head1981: 61,601 head1982: 63,282 head1983: 54,800 head1984: 53,031 head1985: 53,812 head1986: 70,560 head1987: 70,000 head1988: 70,000 head1989: 70,000 head1990: 66,516 head1991: 49,718 head1992: 44,000 head1993: 59,680 head1994: 45,770 head1995: 65,935 head1996: 63,700 head1997: 78,965 head1998: 79,146 head1999: 103,700 head2000: 128,592 head2001: 116,496 head2002: 102,829 head2003: 69,917 head2004: 111,699 head2005: 135,266 head2006: 215,741 head2007: 215,741 head2008: 95,342 head2009: 92,288 head2010: 83,976 head2011: 80,000 head2012: 80,000 head2013: 66,586 head2014: 63,145 head2015: 90,368 head2016: 83,190 head2017: 38,689 head2018: 49,275 head2019: 53,507 head2020: 36,401 head2021: 28,018 head2022: 42,735 head2023: 35,718 head2024: 35,490 head
head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodhead
202435,490 Estimated
202335,718 Estimated
202242,735
202128,018
202036,401
201953,507
201849,275
201738,689
201683,190
201590,368
201463,145
201366,586
201280,000 Estimated
201180,000 Estimated
201083,976
200992,288
200895,342
2007215,741
2006215,741
2005135,266
2004111,699
200369,917
2002102,829
2001116,496
2000128,592
1999103,700
199879,146
199778,965
199663,700
199565,935
199445,770
199359,680
199244,000
199149,718
199066,516
198970,000 Estimated
198870,000 Estimated
198770,000 Estimated
198670,560
198553,812
198453,031
198354,800
198263,282
198161,601
198082,292
197980,959
197877,802
197780,231
197675,500
197578,000 Estimated
197479,000 Estimated
197375,600
197273,000 Estimated
197169,000 Estimated
197066,026
196966,000 Estimated
196865,000 Estimated
196764,000 Estimated
196662,000 Estimated
196560,800 Estimated
196459,600 Estimated
196358,000 Estimated
196256,300 Estimated
196154,400 Estimated

Rankings

Definition

Number of pigs (swine) present in the country, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO asks for the count on one day of the year, usually the census or survey date, so the reference day differs between countries.

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.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). 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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APA 7

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111) (Number of pigs, Lesotho, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Lesotho, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/lesotho. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Number of pigs, Lesotho, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/lesotho.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Lesotho, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/lesotho (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{food_number_of_pigs_lesotho_2024,
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111): Number of pigs, Lesotho, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/lesotho. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). 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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What is the number of pigs in Lesotho?

Number of pigs in Lesotho was 35,490 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.6% from 2023. That is the 131st highest of 171 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest number of pigs in Lesotho?

215,741 head in 2006, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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