Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS in Lesotho

Lesotho: Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS was 279.12 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
279.12 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
124th
of 194 countries
All-time high
279.62 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
279.12 1000 ha
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS in Lesotho, 2015–2019

01002003002015201720192015: 279.6 1000 ha2016: 279.6 1000 ha2017: 279.1 1000 ha2018: 279.1 1000 ha2019: 279.1 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for herbaceous crops — area from cgls in Lesotho is 279.12 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 0.2% over five years.

Lesotho ranks 124th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS in Lesotho, year by year

Annual values for Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS in Lesotho, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 279.62 1000 ha —
2016 279.57 1000 ha -0.0%
2017 279.12 1000 ha -0.2%
2018 279.12 1000 ha +0.0%
2019 279.12 1000 ha +0.0%

Lesotho compared with similar countries

  • Lesotho's 279.12 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,330 1000 ha, 12% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
  • Lesotho's 279.12 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,511 1000 ha, 18% of the median. (43 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Lesotho

  1. 121 Slovenia 367.3 1000 ha compare
  2. 122 Central African Republic 326.47 1000 ha compare
  3. 123 Belize 281.67 1000 ha compare
  4. 125 Cyprus 276.79 1000 ha compare
  5. 126 Dominican Republic 261.71 1000 ha compare
  6. 127 Mauritania 212.77 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is herbaceous crops — area from cgls in Lesotho?
Herbaceous crops — area from cgls in Lesotho was 279.12 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from cgls recorded in Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 279.62 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from cgls recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 279.12 1000 ha in 2017.
How does Lesotho rank for herbaceous crops — area from cgls?
Lesotho ranks 124th out of 194 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Lesotho data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 1,190 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

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.