Lesotho's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) was US$166.92 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 87.04% from US$89.24 million in 2015 (6.46% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$166.92 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$109 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$89.24 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$166.92 million | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$21.37 million | 1971 |
| Average since 2016 | US$129.4 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$30.49 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Lesotho's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) rose 5.4% on 2024 (from US$158.4 million to US$166.92 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.7% and a typical year strayed about 15.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 72.5% in 1973 and the biggest yearly fall was 45% in 1982. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$7.11 million a year. A straight line explains 84% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Lesotho had the 143rd highest value of the 158 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | US$166.92 million | 2025 |
| World | US$4.75 trillion | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$395.96 billion | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | US$1.3 trillion | 2025 |
Closest to Lesotho in the 2025 ranking
- Montenegro — 139th of 158: US$310.86 million
- Luxembourg — 140th of 158: US$234.9 million
- Brunei Darussalam — 141st of 158: US$177.58 million
- Cabo Verde — 143rd of 158: US$153.97 million
- Singapore — 144th of 158: US$148.69 million
- Malta — 145th of 158: US$130.29 million
What this measures
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Limitations: Among the difficulties faced by compilers of national accounts is the extent of unreported economic activity in the informal or secondary economy. In developing countries a large share of agricultural output is either not exchanged (because it is consumed within the household) or not exchanged for money. Agricultural production often must be estimated indirectly, using a combination of methods involving estimates of inputs, yields, and area under cultivation. This approach sometimes leads to crude approximations that can differ from the true values over time and across crops for reasons other than climate conditions or farming techniques.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 66 values
| Year | Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 166,920,560 |
| 2024 | 158,396,435 |
| 2023 | 141,880,304 |
| 2022 | 140,141,477 |
| 2021 | 143,672,560 |
| 2020 | 109,004,475 |
| 2019 | 106,716,219 |
| 2018 | 108,634,769 |
| 2017 | 114,497,980 |
| 2016 | 104,116,846 |
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$30.84 billion (2025)
- Benin — US$5.63 billion (2025)
- Botswana — US$354.96 million (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$5.51 billion (2025)
- Burundi — US$1.15 billion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — US$153.97 million (2025)
- Cameroon — US$9.93 billion (2025)
- Central African Republic — US$846.47 million (2025)
- Chad — US$7.8 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Lesotho
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$805.47 million (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 7.4 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$1.99 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 21.89 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$840.08 (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.81 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 29.29 billion (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Lesotho's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$)?
- US$166.92 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 447.38% from US$30.49 million in 1960 (2.65% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$166.92 million in 2025 and the lowest US$21.37 million in 1971.
- How does Lesotho rank?
- 143rd highest of 158 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) unusual for Lesotho?
- In 2025, Lesotho's agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) rose 5.4% on 2024 (from US$158.4 million to US$166.92 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.7% and a typical year strayed about 15.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.AGR.TOTL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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