Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Lesotho
Lesotho: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 0.06 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Lesotho, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, inland water bodies — area from modis in Lesotho stood at 0.06 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Lesotho peaked at 0.15 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.02 1000 ha, in 2016.
Lesotho ranks 218th of 223 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.15 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.13 1000 ha | -13.3% |
| 2003 | 0.11 1000 ha | -15.4% |
| 2004 | 0.06 1000 ha | -45.5% |
| 2005 | 0.04 1000 ha | -33.3% |
| 2006 | 0.06 1000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2007 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.09 1000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2009 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.06 1000 ha | -33.3% |
| 2013 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.02 1000 ha | -66.7% |
| 2017 | 0.02 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.02 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.02 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.02 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.02 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.02 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.06 1000 ha | +200.0% |
| 2024 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.06 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 107.96 1000 ha, 0% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.06 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 93.19 1000 ha, 0% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0878 1000 ha | 0.04 1000 ha | 0.15 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.05 1000 ha | 0.02 1000 ha | 0.09 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.036 1000 ha | 0.02 1000 ha | 0.06 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 216 Gibraltar 0.11 1000 ha compare
- 217 Monaco 0.09 1000 ha compare
- 219 Andorra 0 1000 ha
- 219 Bhutan 0 1000 ha
- 219 Liechtenstein 0 1000 ha
- 219 Luxembourg 0 1000 ha
- 219 San Marino 0 1000 ha
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 inland water bodies — area from modis in Lesotho?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Lesotho was 0.06 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.15 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.02 1000 ha in 2016.
- How does Lesotho rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Lesotho ranks 218th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Inland water bodies — 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.