British Virgin Islands vs Lesotho: Agriculture-driven deforestation

British Virgin Islands

0.6578 hectares

in 2018

Lesotho

0.8752 hectares

in 2024

British Virgin Islands rank

172nd

Lesotho rank

169th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Lesotho currently reports 0.8752 hectares against 0.6578 hectares in British Virgin Islands, a difference of 0.2173 hectares.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.3 times British Virgin Islands's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2001 it was British Virgin Islands ahead.

British Virgin Islands ranks 172nd and Lesotho ranks 169th of 187 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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