Pork meat consumption per capita rose 11.8% to 3.79 kg in Lesotho in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, pork meat consumption per capita in Lesotho reached an all time high of 5.83 kg in 2015 and an all time low of 1.13 kg in 1994. When compared to Lesotho's main peers, pork meat consumption per capita in Botswana amounted to 0.480 kg, 4.15 kg in South Africa, 2.02 kg in Swaziland and 0.680 kg in Zimbabwe in 2020.
Lesotho has been ranked 96th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of pork meat consumption per capita, 11 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Pork Meat 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 | 0.760 | 0.920 | 0.760 | 0.740 | 0.540 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | kg | 4.95 | 5.17 | 4.71 | 4.57 | 3.83 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | kg | 4.67 | 4.27 | 4.65 | 3.80 | 2.97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | kg | 4.34 | 4.38 | 4.27 | 3.69 | 4.61 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kg | 4.09 | 4.13 | 3.99 | 4.76 | 4.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kg | 2.16 | 1.92 | 2.47 | 2.34 | 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | kg | 1.69 | 1.69 | 1.69 | 1.79 | 1.56 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | kg | 1.67 | 1.57 | 0.740 | 0.520 | 0.690 |
Helgi Library 
