Which has higher milk production, Lesotho or Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico, at 221,073 tonnes against 182,000 tonnes in Lesotho as of 2024.

What is the difference in milk production between Lesotho and Puerto Rico?

39,073 tonnes, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Puerto Rico?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Milk production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Puerto Rico: Milk production

Lesotho

182,000 tonnes

in 2024

Puerto Rico

221,073 tonnes

in 2024

Lesotho rank

127th

Puerto Rico rank

124th

Milk production over time

Lesotho
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 221,073 tonnes against 182,000 tonnes in Lesotho, a difference of 39,073 tonnes.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

Lesotho ranks 127th and Puerto Rico ranks 124th of 192 countries.

Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1960s	10,624 tonnes	337,401 tonnes	326,777 tonnes	Puerto Rico
1970s	16,269 tonnes	398,638 tonnes	382,369 tonnes	Puerto Rico
1980s	21,895 tonnes	376,694 tonnes	354,800 tonnes	Puerto Rico
1990s	118,362 tonnes	371,437 tonnes	253,075 tonnes	Puerto Rico
2000s	168,717 tonnes	337,965 tonnes	169,248 tonnes	Puerto Rico
2010s	179,648 tonnes	252,425 tonnes	72,777 tonnes	Puerto Rico
2020s	173,000 tonnes	227,029 tonnes	54,029 tonnes	Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher milk production, Lesotho or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 221,073 tonnes against 182,000 tonnes in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in milk production between Lesotho and Puerto Rico?: 39,073 tonnes, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Puerto Rico?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and Puerto Rico rank globally for milk production?: Lesotho ranks 127th and Puerto Rico ranks 124th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Milk production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Milk production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 11,106 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Milk represents the raw equivalents of all dairy products including cheese, yoghurt, cream and milk consumed as the final product.