Lesotho vs Mexico: Arable land use per person

Lesotho

0.1543 hectares per person

in 2023

Mexico

0.1543 hectares per person

in 2023

Lesotho rank

79th

Mexico rank

80th

Arable land use per person over time

Lesotho
Mexico

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.1543 hectares per person against 0.1543 hectares per person in Mexico, a difference of 0 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.

Lesotho ranks 79th and Mexico ranks 80th of 206 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land use per person
Unit: hectares per person
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 206 places, 11,842 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Arable land is defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops, temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. It is measured in hectares per person.