More than 258,000 people living in rural areas of Lesotho (17 percent of the population analysed) have been experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, classified as IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) between May and September 2025. These people require urgent action to reduce food gaps, [...]

Between January-March 2025, approximately 335,000 people (22 percent of the rural population) are expected to be in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis), compared to 403,000 people in the May 2024 analysis for the same period. All ten districts remain classified under IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) during this period.  The [...]

Prolonged dry spells, high temperatures, and economic challenges have left approximately 293,000 people in rural Lesotho (19 percent of the population) facing severe food insecurity, classified as IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) or worse, from May to September 2024. Immediate interventions are crucial to addre [...]

In the current period (July to September 2023), around 245,000 people in rural Lesotho (16 percent of the analysed population) are facing high levels of acute food insecurity - IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse). Urgent action is needed to reduce food gaps, protect, and restore livelihoods as we [...]

According to the latest results of an IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis, an estimated of 229,000 people representing 15% of the population in rural areas of Lesotho are classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) in the current period from July to September 2022, and will require urgent action to reduce foo [...]

According to the results of the IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis, about 328,000 people (22% of the population) in rural areas of Lesotho experienced high acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between November and December 2021. Only three districts (Butha – Buthe, Leribe, Mohale’s hoek) [...]

According to the results of the latest IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis, about 179,000 people (12% of the analyzed population in rural areas of Lesotho) are facing high acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3) in the current period from July to September 2021, and may require humanitarian action to red [...]

Overview According to the results of the IPC, around 26% of Lesotho’s population (374,000 people) are facing high acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) from July to September 2020 and require urgent humanitarian action. This includes around 27,000 people in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and� [...]

Nearly a quarter of Lesotho’s population (around 349,000 people) is facing severe acute food insecurity (Phase 3 and 4) between May and September 2019, and requires urgent humanitarian action. These include around 68,000 people being in Emergency (Phase 4) and nearly 280,000 people being in Crisis [...]

NOTE: The figures in this projection are an update of the figures in the May - August 2018 analysis. As projected in May/June 2018, the Food security situation is expected to deteriorate during the peak lean season between December 2018 to February 2019. However, the rural population in IPC Phase 3 [...]