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Agricultural land in Lesotho

Agricultural land in Lesotho was 92.9% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202492.9% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank3rd of 224Countries ranked
Series high932021
Series low78.12019

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Agricultural land in Lesotho, 1961 to 2024

758085909519611971198119912001201120241961: 85 %1962: 84.8 %1963: 84.8 %1964: 84.9 %1965: 84.9 %1966: 85.1 %1967: 85.1 %1968: 85.2 %1969: 85.2 %1970: 85.4 %1971: 85.1 %1972: 84.9 %1973: 84.9 %1974: 84.9 %1975: 85.5 %1976: 84.9 %1977: 82.7 %1978: 82.7 %1979: 83.2 %1980: 82.8 %1981: 83 %1982: 82.7 %1983: 82.5 %1984: 83 %1985: 83.2 %1986: 82.6 %1987: 83.9 %1988: 84.3 %1989: 83.1 %1990: 83.6 %1991: 83.6 %1992: 84.1 %1993: 83.9 %1994: 83.8 %1995: 83.8 %1996: 83.8 %1997: 83.8 %1998: 83.8 %1999: 83.7 %2000: 83.7 %2001: 83.7 %2002: 83.7 %2003: 83.7 %2004: 83.7 %2005: 83.8 %2006: 83.1 %2007: 83.8 %2008: 84.9 %2009: 84.2 %2010: 83.7 %2011: 83.3 %2012: 82.4 %2013: 81.3 %2014: 82.1 %2015: 80.3 %2016: 84.7 %2017: 86.9 %2018: 87.4 %2019: 78.1 %2020: 84.5 %2021: 93 %2022: 92.9 %2023: 92.9 %2024: 92.9 %758085909519611983200520241961: 85 %1962: 84.8 %1963: 84.8 %1964: 84.9 %1965: 84.9 %1966: 85.1 %1967: 85.1 %1968: 85.2 %1969: 85.2 %1970: 85.4 %1971: 85.1 %1972: 84.9 %1973: 84.9 %1974: 84.9 %1975: 85.5 %1976: 84.9 %1977: 82.7 %1978: 82.7 %1979: 83.2 %1980: 82.8 %1981: 83 %1982: 82.7 %1983: 82.5 %1984: 83 %1985: 83.2 %1986: 82.6 %1987: 83.9 %1988: 84.3 %1989: 83.1 %1990: 83.6 %1991: 83.6 %1992: 84.1 %1993: 83.9 %1994: 83.8 %1995: 83.8 %1996: 83.8 %1997: 83.8 %1998: 83.8 %1999: 83.7 %2000: 83.7 %2001: 83.7 %2002: 83.7 %2003: 83.7 %2004: 83.7 %2005: 83.8 %2006: 83.1 %2007: 83.8 %2008: 84.9 %2009: 84.2 %2010: 83.7 %2011: 83.3 %2012: 82.4 %2013: 81.3 %2014: 82.1 %2015: 80.3 %2016: 84.7 %2017: 86.9 %2018: 87.4 %2019: 78.1 %2020: 84.5 %2021: 93 %2022: 92.9 %2023: 92.9 %2024: 92.9 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202492.9 Estimated
202392.9 Estimated
202292.9 Estimated
202193 Estimated
202084.5 Estimated
201978.1 Estimated
201887.4 Estimated
201786.9 Estimated
201684.7 Estimated
201580.3 Estimated
201482.1 Estimated
201381.3 Estimated
201282.4 Estimated
201183.3 Estimated
201083.7 Estimated
200984.2 Estimated
200884.9 Estimated
200783.8 Estimated
200683.1 Estimated
200583.8 Estimated
200483.7 Estimated
200383.7 Estimated
200283.7 Estimated
200183.7 Estimated
200083.7 Estimated
199983.7 Estimated
199883.8 Estimated
199783.8 Estimated
199683.8 Estimated
199583.8 Estimated
199483.8 Estimated
199383.9 Estimated
199284.1 Estimated
199183.6 Estimated
199083.6 Estimated
198983.1 Estimated
198884.3 Estimated
198783.9 Estimated
198682.6 Estimated
198583.2 Estimated
198483 Estimated
198382.5 Estimated
198282.7 Estimated
198183 Estimated
198082.8 Estimated
197983.2 Estimated
197882.7 Estimated
197782.7 Estimated
197684.9 Estimated
197585.5 Estimated
197484.9 Estimated
197384.9 Estimated
197284.9 Estimated
197185.1 Estimated
197085.4 Estimated
196985.2 Estimated
196885.2 Estimated
196785.1 Estimated
196685.1 Estimated
196584.9 Estimated
196484.9 Estimated
196384.8 Estimated
196284.8 Estimated
196185 Estimated

Lesotho compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Lesotho is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Lesotho, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Lesotho, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/lesotho. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Lesotho, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/lesotho.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Lesotho, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/lesotho (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Lesotho, 1961 to 2024}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/lesotho. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs\_LandUse\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}
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What is the agricultural land in Lesotho?

Agricultural land in Lesotho was 92.9% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Lesotho?

93% in 2021, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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