Maize (corn) — Producer Price in Lesotho
Lesotho: Maize (corn) — Producer Price was 6,883 USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Producer Price in Lesotho, 1991–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 6,883 USD for maize (corn) — producer price in 2023. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2,794.5% on the previous year and up 3,655.1% over five years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — producer price in Lesotho peaked at 6,883 USD in 2023 and was at its lowest, 161.7 USD, in 1997.
That places Lesotho 3rd out of 124 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 185.7 USD | 161.7 USD | 209.3 USD | 7 |
| 2020s | 1,882 USD | 183.3 USD | 6,883 USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 1 Mauritania 22,284 USD compare
- 2 Jamaica 8,802 USD compare
- 4 Antigua and Barbuda 3,727 USD compare
- 5 Brunei Darussalam 2,864 USD compare
- 6 Saint Lucia 2,142 USD compare
More economy & growth data for Lesotho
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.044 (2025)
- Domestic currency per Special drawing rights (End-of-period (EoP)) 22.74 (2025)
- Domestic currency per US dollar (End-of-period (EoP)) 16.61 (2025)
- US dollar per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0602 (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd, per unit of GDP 0.9379 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd, per capita 1,021 units per person (2025)
- Manufacturing value added to gdp, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Manufacturing value added to gdp, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- External balance on goods and services as a percent of gdp -54.92 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — producer price in Lesotho?
- Maize (corn) — producer price in Lesotho was 6,883 USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — producer price recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 6,883 USD in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — producer price recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 161.7 USD in 1997.
- How does Lesotho rank for maize (corn) — producer price?
- Lesotho ranks 3rd out of 124 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — Producer Price (USD/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.