Botswana vs Lesotho: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods

Botswana

0 hectares

in 2025

Lesotho

0 hectares

in 2025

Botswana rank

85th

Lesotho rank

85th

Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods over time

Botswana currently reports 0 hectares against 0 hectares in Lesotho, a difference of 0 hectares.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Lesotho ahead.

Botswana ranks 85th and Lesotho ranks 85th of 235 countries.

Indicator: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.