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 235th of 240 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
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
- 233 Gibraltar 0.11 1000 ha compare
- 234 Monaco 0.09 1000 ha compare
- 236 Andorra 0 1000 ha compare
- 236 Bhutan 0 1000 ha compare
- 236 Liechtenstein 0 1000 ha compare
- 236 Luxembourg 0 1000 ha compare
- 236 San Marino 0 1000 ha compare
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 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 235th out of 240 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.