Wheat production in Lesotho

Wheat production in Lesotho was 4,183 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 33.1% from 2023. That is the 105th highest of 123 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes4,183
Change on 2023-33.1%
Rank105th of 123Countries ranked
Series high61,3811977
Series low1,4322019

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Wheat production in Lesotho, 1961 to 2024

020K40K60K80K19611971198119912001201120241961: 57,540 tonnes1962: 55,000 tonnes1963: 55,000 tonnes1964: 54,000 tonnes1965: 50,000 tonnes1966: 58,000 tonnes1967: 50,000 tonnes1968: 53,780 tonnes1969: 59,696 tonnes1970: 57,552 tonnes1971: 57,903 tonnes1972: 24,000 tonnes1973: 36,000 tonnes1974: 57,000 tonnes1975: 45,337 tonnes1976: 44,640 tonnes1977: 61,381 tonnes1978: 57,906 tonnes1979: 33,629 tonnes1980: 28,194 tonnes1981: 16,993 tonnes1982: 14,462 tonnes1983: 14,810 tonnes1984: 17,127 tonnes1985: 18,434 tonnes1986: 11,009 tonnes1987: 18,547 tonnes1988: 19,237 tonnes1989: 29,698 tonnes1990: 33,162 tonnes1991: 6,844 tonnes1992: 11,854 tonnes1993: 8,127 tonnes1994: 11,955 tonnes1995: 10,603 tonnes1996: 31,300 tonnes1997: 33,722 tonnes1998: 29,641 tonnes1999: 15,426 tonnes2000: 15,545 tonnes2001: 50,755 tonnes2002: 26,250 tonnes2003: 21,805 tonnes2004: 16,216 tonnes2005: 13,797 tonnes2006: 6,607 tonnes2007: 3,158 tonnes2008: 2,697 tonnes2009: 6,099 tonnes2010: 20,119 tonnes2011: 20,065 tonnes2012: 10,516 tonnes2013: 13,472 tonnes2014: 12,592 tonnes2015: 7,069 tonnes2016: 4,690 tonnes2017: 8,851 tonnes2018: 6,975 tonnes2019: 1,432 tonnes2020: 2,004 tonnes2021: 2,395 tonnes2022: 5,704 tonnes2023: 6,251 tonnes2024: 4,183 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
20244,183
20236,251
20225,704
20212,395
20202,004
20191,432
20186,975
20178,851
20164,690
20157,069
201412,592
201313,472
201210,516
201120,065
201020,119
20096,099
20082,697
20073,158
20066,607
200513,797
200416,216
200321,805
200226,250
200150,755
200015,545
199915,426
199829,641
199733,722
199631,300
199510,603
199411,955
19938,127
199211,854
19916,844
199033,162
198929,698
198819,237
198718,547
198611,009
198518,434
198417,127
198314,810
198214,462
198116,993
198028,194
197933,629
197857,906
197761,381
197644,640
197545,337
197457,000
197336,000
197224,000
197157,903
197057,552
196959,696
196853,780
196750,000
196658,000
196550,000
196454,000 Estimated
196355,000 Estimated
196255,000 Estimated
196157,540

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Definition

Quantity of wheat grain (all wheat species, including spelt and durum) produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

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.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, 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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APA 7

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510) (Wheat production, 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

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510), Wheat production, 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/wheat-production/lesotho. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510). Wheat production, 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/wheat-production/lesotho.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510), Wheat production, 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/wheat-production/lesotho (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510): Wheat production, 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/wheat-production/lesotho. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, 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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What is the wheat production in Lesotho?

Wheat production in Lesotho was 4,183 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 33.1% from 2023. That is the 105th highest of 123 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest wheat production in Lesotho?

61,381 tonnes in 1977, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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