15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Sparsely in Lesotho
Lesotho: 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Sparsely was 0.1 km2 in 2021. ▬ Flat
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Sparsely 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: sparsely in Lesotho stood at 0.1 km2. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: sparsely in Lesotho peaked at 0.1 km2 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.1 km2, in 2000.
Lesotho ranks 89th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Sparsely in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | km2 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1 km2 | — |
| 2005 | 0.1 km2 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1 km2 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1 km2 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1 km2 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1 km2 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1 km2 | 0.1 km2 | 0.1 km2 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.1 km2 | 0.1 km2 | 0.1 km2 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.1 km2 | 0.1 km2 | 0.1 km2 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 86 Indonesia 0.2 km2 compare
- 86 Nigeria 0.2 km2 compare
- 86 Samoa 0.2 km2 compare
- 89 Botswana 0.1 km2 compare
- 89 Papua New Guinea 0.1 km2 compare
- 92 American Samoa 0 km2
- 92 Bangladesh 0 km2
- 92 Barbados 0 km2
- 92 Belgium 0 km2
- 92 Belize 0 km2
- 92 Benin 0 km2
- 92 British Virgin Islands 0 km2
- 92 Brunei Darussalam 0 km2
- 92 Burkina Faso 0 km2
- 92 Burundi 0 km2
- 92 Cambodia 0 km2
- 92 Cameroon 0 km2
- 92 Central African Republic 0 km2
- 92 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 km2
- 92 Christmas Island 0 km2
- 92 Comoros 0 km2
- 92 Congo 0 km2
- 92 Cook Islands 0 km2
- 92 Costa Rica 0 km2
- 92 Cuba 0 km2
- 92 Dominican Republic 0 km2
- 92 El Salvador 0 km2
- 92 Equatorial Guinea 0 km2
- 92 Eswatini 0 km2
- 92 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 km2
- 92 French Guiana 0 km2
- 92 Gabon 0 km2
- 92 Ghana 0 km2
- 92 Grenada 0 km2
- 92 Guadeloupe 0 km2
- 92 Guam 0 km2
- 92 Guatemala 0 km2
- 92 Guinea 0 km2
- 92 Guyana 0 km2
- 92 Haiti 0 km2
- 92 Honduras 0 km2
- 92 Hungary 0 km2
- 92 Isle of Man 0 km2
- 92 Jamaica 0 km2
- 92 Japan 0 km2
- 92 Liberia 0 km2
- 92 Luxembourg 0 km2
- 92 Malawi 0 km2
- 92 Malaysia 0 km2
- 92 Martinique 0 km2
- 92 Mauritius 0 km2
- 92 Mayotte 0 km2
- 92 Montserrat 0 km2
- 92 Mozambique 0 km2 compare
- 92 New Caledonia 0 km2
- 92 Nicaragua 0 km2
- 92 Northern Mariana Islands 0 km2
- 92 Panama 0 km2
- 92 Paraguay 0 km2
- 92 Philippines 0 km2
- 92 Puerto Rico 0 km2
- 92 Republic of Korea 0 km2
- 92 Réunion 0 km2
- 92 Rwanda 0 km2
- 92 Saint Lucia 0 km2
- 92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 km2
- 92 San Marino 0 km2
- 92 Senegal 0 km2
- 92 Sierra Leone 0 km2
- 92 Solomon Islands 0 km2
- 92 South Africa 0 km2
- 92 Sri Lanka 0 km2
- 92 Suriname 0 km2
- 92 Thailand 0 km2
- 92 Togo 0 km2
- 92 Tonga 0 km2
- 92 Trinidad and Tobago 0 km2
- 92 Uganda 0 km2
- 92 Ukraine 0 km2
- 92 United States Virgin Islands 0 km2
- 92 Uruguay 0 km2
- 92 Vanuatu 0 km2
- 92 Zambia 0 km2
More environment data for Lesotho
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.783 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 20.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0021 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 21.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0021 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -64.61 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: sparsely in Lesotho?
- 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: sparsely in Lesotho was 0.1 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: sparsely recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1 km2 in 2000.
- What is the lowest 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: sparsely recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 km2 in 2000.
- How does Lesotho rank for 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: sparsely?
- Lesotho ranks 89th out of 169 countries with data for 2021.
- Is 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: sparsely rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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