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Botswana vs Lesotho: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Botswana
1.23 hectares
in 2024
Lesotho
0.8752 hectares
in 2024
Botswana rank
167th
Lesotho rank
169th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

  • Botswana
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 1.23 hectares against 0.8752 hectares in Lesotho, a difference of 0.3591 hectares.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.4 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 167th and Lesotho ranks 169th of 187 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Agriculture-driven deforestation
Unit
hectares
Source
Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
187 places, 4,269 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

Long-term, permanent tree cover loss for small- to large-scale agriculture.