Lesotho vs Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Grassland — Area from CCI_LC
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Lesotho
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 1,390 1000 ha against 1,347 1000 ha in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), a difference of 43 1000 ha.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 75th and Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 77th of 224 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,457 1000 ha | 1,361 1000 ha | 95.42 1000 ha | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 1,420 1000 ha | 1,343 1000 ha | 77.08 1000 ha | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 1,411 1000 ha | 1,345 1000 ha | 65.94 1000 ha | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 1,391 1000 ha | 1,348 1000 ha | 42.75 1000 ha | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher grassland — area from cci_lc, Lesotho or Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- Lesotho, at 1,390 1000 ha against 1,347 1000 ha in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) as of 2022.
- What is the difference in grassland — area from cci_lc between Lesotho and Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- 43 1000 ha, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Lesotho and Netherlands (Kingdom of the) rank globally for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Lesotho ranks 75th and Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 77th of 224 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Grassland — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.