Lesotho vs Palau: Forest area
Lesotho
34,520 hectares
in 2025
Palau
41,870 hectares
in 2025
Lesotho rank
175th
Palau rank
173rd
Forest area over time
- Lesotho
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 41,870 hectares against 34,520 hectares in Lesotho, a difference of 7,350 hectares.
That makes Palau's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Palau has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 175th and Palau ranks 173rd of 235 countries.
Palau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34,520 hectares | 38,794 hectares | 4,274 hectares | Palau |
| 2000s | 34,520 hectares | 40,021 hectares | 5,501 hectares | Palau |
| 2010s | 34,520 hectares | 40,947 hectares | 6,427 hectares | Palau |
| 2020s | 34,520 hectares | 41,645 hectares | 7,125 hectares | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Lesotho or Palau?
- Palau, at 41,870 hectares against 34,520 hectares in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Lesotho and Palau?
- 7,350 hectares, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Palau?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Palau rank globally for forest area?
- Lesotho ranks 175th and Palau ranks 173rd of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.