Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Lesotho
Lesotho: Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land was 0.21 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Lesotho is 0.21 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Lesotho peaked at 0.21 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.1 %, in 1961.
Lesotho ranks 201st of 220 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1044 % | 0.1 % | 0.11 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.157 % | 0.15 % | 0.16 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.16 % | 0.16 % | 0.16 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.16 % | 0.16 % | 0.16 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.16 % | 0.16 % | 0.16 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.159 % | 0.15 % | 0.17 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.202 % | 0.17 % | 0.21 % | 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 — 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)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 19.2 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Lesotho?
- Permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Lesotho was 0.21 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent crops — share in agricultural land recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.21 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest permanent crops — share in agricultural land recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 % in 1961.
- How does Lesotho rank for permanent crops — share in agricultural land?
- Lesotho ranks 201st out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent crops — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. 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 Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.