Total sugar & sweetener consumption fell 15.2% to 56.0 kt in Lesotho in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, total sugar & sweetener consumption in Lesotho reached an all time high of 66.0 kt in 2019 and an all time low of 10.0 kt in 1961. When compared to Lesotho's main peers, total sugar & sweetener consumption in Botswana amounted to 105 kt, 2,421 kt in South Africa, 52.0 kt in Swaziland and 371 kt in Zimbabwe in 2020.
Lesotho has been ranked 146th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of total sugar & sweetener consumption.
| Sugar & Sweetener Consumption (Total) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Botswana | kt | 79.0 | 85.0 | 86.0 | 91.0 | 90.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | kt | 41.0 | 31.0 | 34.0 | 33.0 | 59.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | kt | 312 | 314 | 335 | 335 | 357 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | kt | 75.0 | 78.0 | 80.0 | 96.0 | 95.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kt | 2,339 | 2,307 | 2,385 | 2,303 | 2,307 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kt | 52.0 | 60.0 | 54.0 | 66.0 | 71.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | kt | 209 | 221 | 206 | 226 | 231 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | kt | 449 | 472 | 466 | 450 | 470 |
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