What is the difference in land use over the long-term between Bhutan and Lesotho?

13,000 hectares, with Bhutan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Lesotho?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Land use over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Lesotho: Land use over the long-term

Bhutan

413,000 hectares

in 2025

Lesotho

400,000 hectares

in 2025

Bhutan rank

127th

Lesotho rank

129th

Land use over the long-term over time

Bhutan
Lesotho

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 413,000 hectares against 400,000 hectares in Lesotho, a difference of 13,000 hectares.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 127th and Lesotho ranks 129th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 35 and Lesotho in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1000s	43,361 hectares	870.1 hectares	42,491 hectares	Bhutan
1100s	41,827 hectares	1,131 hectares	40,696 hectares	Bhutan
1200s	40,172 hectares	1,484 hectares	38,687 hectares	Bhutan
1300s	42,204 hectares	1,967 hectares	40,237 hectares	Bhutan
1400s	43,650 hectares	2,639 hectares	41,011 hectares	Bhutan
1500s	51,205 hectares	3,589 hectares	47,616 hectares	Bhutan
1600s	63,116 hectares	4,963 hectares	58,153 hectares	Bhutan
1700s	71,178 hectares	15,422 hectares	55,757 hectares	Bhutan
1710s	77,676 hectares	16,869 hectares	60,807 hectares	Bhutan
1720s	78,112 hectares	18,409 hectares	59,703 hectares	Bhutan
1730s	78,510 hectares	20,052 hectares	58,458 hectares	Bhutan
1740s	78,868 hectares	21,812 hectares	57,055 hectares	Bhutan
1750s	79,179 hectares	23,703 hectares	55,476 hectares	Bhutan
1760s	79,440 hectares	25,742 hectares	53,698 hectares	Bhutan
1770s	79,645 hectares	27,952 hectares	51,693 hectares	Bhutan
1780s	79,788 hectares	30,358 hectares	49,431 hectares	Bhutan
1790s	79,863 hectares	32,991 hectares	46,872 hectares	Bhutan
1800s	79,860 hectares	35,890 hectares	43,970 hectares	Bhutan
1810s	79,772 hectares	39,105 hectares	40,667 hectares	Bhutan
1820s	84,936 hectares	42,698 hectares	42,238 hectares	Bhutan
1830s	90,311 hectares	46,751 hectares	43,560 hectares	Bhutan
1840s	95,876 hectares	51,928 hectares	43,948 hectares	Bhutan
1850s	101,602 hectares	53,648 hectares	47,954 hectares	Bhutan
1860s	107,444 hectares	59,339 hectares	48,105 hectares	Bhutan
1870s	115,861 hectares	65,635 hectares	50,226 hectares	Bhutan
1880s	124,568 hectares	72,598 hectares	51,970 hectares	Bhutan
1890s	133,448 hectares	80,301 hectares	53,147 hectares	Bhutan
1900s	142,320 hectares	88,820 hectares	53,500 hectares	Bhutan
1910s	150,910 hectares	104,592 hectares	46,318 hectares	Bhutan
1920s	171,503 hectares	122,027 hectares	49,476 hectares	Bhutan
1930s	192,843 hectares	150,290 hectares	42,553 hectares	Bhutan
1940s	213,430 hectares	241,901 hectares	28,471 hectares	Lesotho
1950s	238,694 hectares	271,253 hectares	32,559 hectares	Lesotho
1960s	251,800 hectares	300,000 hectares	48,200 hectares	Lesotho
1970s	260,400 hectares	300,000 hectares	39,600 hectares	Lesotho
1980s	280,200 hectares	300,000 hectares	19,800 hectares	Lesotho
1990s	370,000 hectares	301,750 hectares	68,250 hectares	Bhutan
2000s	406,400 hectares	368,500 hectares	37,900 hectares	Bhutan
2010s	410,600 hectares	400,000 hectares	10,600 hectares	Bhutan
2020s	413,000 hectares	400,000 hectares	13,000 hectares	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land use over the long-term, Bhutan or Lesotho?: Bhutan, at 413,000 hectares against 400,000 hectares in Lesotho as of 2025.
What is the difference in land use over the long-term between Bhutan and Lesotho?: 13,000 hectares, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Lesotho?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bhutan and Lesotho rank globally for land use over the long-term?: Bhutan ranks 127th and Lesotho ranks 129th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Land use over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Land use over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total grazingland area for each separate country over time.