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Africa > Lesotho > Agriculture

BASOTHO AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 112 [67th of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 76.9 % of land area Time series [12th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 23,340 sq. km Time series [113rd of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 2,000 Time series [122nd of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 325 thousand hectares [133rd of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 10.87 % of land area Time series [99th of 199]
Arable land > hectares 330,000 hectares Time series [134th of 199]
Cereal production 112 thousand metric tons [67th of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 935.8 kg/ha Time series [152nd of 171]
Crop production index 111.2 % Time series [60th of 182]
Fertilizer use 16.9 kg [95th of 138]
Food production index 106 % Time series [88th of 182]
Labor share 37.6% [61st of 149]
Livestock production index 100 % Time series [137th of 181]
Meat production 29 thousand metric tons [133rd of 149]
Products
corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley; livestock
Tractor concentration 6.2 [78th of 147]
Tractors 2,000 [113rd of 147]
value added > annual % growth 1.7 % Time series [89th of 164]
Workers per hectare 1 [47th of 148]

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SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho

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