Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Lesotho
Lesotho: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 56.39 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Lesotho, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 56.39 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 16.8% on the previous year and down 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Lesotho peaked at 121.51 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.16 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Lesotho 143rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.77 1000 ha | 4.16 1000 ha | 88.31 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 71.89 1000 ha | 44.67 1000 ha | 96 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.69 1000 ha | 56.39 1000 ha | 121.51 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More environment data for Lesotho
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.45 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2.64 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 73.68 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 79.33 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2,237 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.21 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 6 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 20.46 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 577 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.25 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is herbaceous crops — area from modis in Lesotho?
- Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Lesotho was 56.39 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 121.51 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.16 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Lesotho rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
- Lesotho ranks 143rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 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.