15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or in Lesotho
Lesotho: 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or was 24.3 km2 in 2021. ▼ Falling
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or in Lesotho, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in km2.
Analysis
In 2021, 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrubs and/or in Lesotho stood at 24.3 km2.
The figure is up 14.1% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrubs and/or in Lesotho peaked at 28 km2 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 16.6 km2, in 2015.
Lesotho ranks 81st of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | km2 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 28 km2 | — |
| 2005 | 27.8 km2 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 23.6 km2 | -15.1% |
| 2015 | 16.6 km2 | -29.7% |
| 2018 | 21.3 km2 | +28.3% |
| 2021 | 24.3 km2 | +14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.9 km2 | 27.8 km2 | 28 km2 | 2 |
| 2010s | 20.5 km2 | 16.6 km2 | 23.6 km2 | 3 |
| 2020s | 24.3 km2 | 24.3 km2 | 24.3 km2 | 1 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.783 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0002 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2022)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate 205.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrubs and/or in Lesotho?
- 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrubs and/or in Lesotho was 24.3 km2 in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrubs and/or recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 28 km2 in 2000.
- What is the lowest 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrubs and/or recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.6 km2 in 2015.
- How does Lesotho rank for 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrubs and/or?
- Lesotho ranks 81st out of 170 countries with data for 2021.
- Is 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrubs and/or rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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