Fruit consumption per capita fell 6.52% to 8.06 kg in Lesotho in 2017, according to Faostat.
Historically, fruit consumption per capita in Lesotho reached an all time high of 25.2 kg in 2013 and an all time low of 6.90 kg in 2015. When compared to Lesotho's main peers, fruit consumption per capita in Botswana amounted to 17.0 kg, 5.99 kg in South Africa, 10.2 kg in Swaziland and 1.63 kg in Zimbabwe in 2017.
Lesotho has been ranked 136th within the group of 154 countries we follow in terms of fruit consumption per capita, 14 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Fruit Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Botswana | kg | 16.8 | 17.9 | 17.6 | 17.0 | 12.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | kg | 8.08 | 10.8 | 13.9 | 10.5 | 11.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | kg | 8.74 | 8.30 | 8.34 | 8.24 | 9.70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | kg | 22.3 | 20.9 | 21.9 | 17.1 | 28.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kg | 4.71 | 4.66 | 4.35 | 3.57 | 4.72 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kg | 8.75 | 10.4 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | kg | 6.22 | 6.80 | 6.54 | 5.95 | 6.91 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | kg | 1.18 | 1.71 | 1.76 | 1.40 | 2.03 |
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