Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, Lesotho or Seychelles?

Lesotho, at 0.56 1000 ha against 0.48 1000 ha in Seychelles as of 2022.

What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between Lesotho and Seychelles?

0.08 1000 ha, with Lesotho ahead.

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

31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Seychelles: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC

Lesotho

0.56 1000 ha

in 2022

Seychelles

0.48 1000 ha

in 2022

Lesotho rank

153rd

Seychelles rank

154th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time

Lesotho
Seychelles

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.56 1000 ha against 0.48 1000 ha in Seychelles, a difference of 0.08 1000 ha.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Seychelles's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.

Lesotho ranks 153rd and Seychelles ranks 154th of 241 countries.

Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Seychelles	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.6788 1000 ha	0.48 1000 ha	0.1988 1000 ha	Lesotho
2000s	0.671 1000 ha	0.48 1000 ha	0.191 1000 ha	Lesotho
2010s	0.591 1000 ha	0.48 1000 ha	0.111 1000 ha	Lesotho
2020s	0.56 1000 ha	0.48 1000 ha	0.08 1000 ha	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, Lesotho or Seychelles?: Lesotho, at 0.56 1000 ha against 0.48 1000 ha in Seychelles as of 2022.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between Lesotho and Seychelles?: 0.08 1000 ha, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Seychelles?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Lesotho and Seychelles rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?: Lesotho ranks 153rd and Seychelles ranks 154th of 241 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Terrestrial barren land — 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

Indicator: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.