Grassland — Area from MODIS in Lesotho
Lesotho: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 2,953 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Lesotho, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 2,953 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Lesotho peaked at 2,953 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,709 1000 ha, in 2019.
That places Lesotho 74th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,906 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,945 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 2,921 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 2,875 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 2,833 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 2,810 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 2,850 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 2,821 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 2,813 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,801 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 2,801 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,821 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 2,800 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 2,783 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 2,775 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,767 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,746 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 2,709 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 2,709 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,733 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 2,808 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 2,880 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 2,928 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 2,953 1000 ha | +0.9% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 2,953 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,142 1000 ha, 94% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 2,953 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 64% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,864 1000 ha | 2,810 1000 ha | 2,945 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,771 1000 ha | 2,709 1000 ha | 2,821 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,860 1000 ha | 2,733 1000 ha | 2,953 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
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)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.521 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4197 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Lesotho?
- Grassland — area from modis in Lesotho was 2,953 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2,953 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,709 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Lesotho ranks 74th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. 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 Grassland — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.