Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lesotho
Lesotho: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 2.36 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lesotho, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lesotho stood at 2.36 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 16.8% on the previous year and up 268.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lesotho peaked at 4.12 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.3 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places Lesotho 155th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4.12 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1.44 1000 ha | -65.0% |
| 2003 | 0.47 1000 ha | -67.4% |
| 2004 | 0.32 1000 ha | -31.9% |
| 2005 | 0.47 1000 ha | +46.9% |
| 2006 | 0.79 1000 ha | +68.1% |
| 2007 | 1.03 1000 ha | +30.4% |
| 2008 | 0.94 1000 ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 1.22 1000 ha | +29.8% |
| 2010 | 0.99 1000 ha | -18.9% |
| 2011 | 0.81 1000 ha | -18.2% |
| 2012 | 0.73 1000 ha | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 0.64 1000 ha | -12.3% |
| 2014 | 0.64 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.56 1000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 0.45 1000 ha | -19.6% |
| 2017 | 0.47 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 0.41 1000 ha | -12.8% |
| 2019 | 0.32 1000 ha | -22.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3 1000 ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 0.54 1000 ha | +80.0% |
| 2022 | 0.81 1000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2023 | 2.02 1000 ha | +149.4% |
| 2024 | 2.36 1000 ha | +16.8% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 2.36 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21.41 1000 ha, 11% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 2.36 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 52.17 1000 ha, 5% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +149.4% | 0.81 1000 ha | 2.02 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.2 1000 ha | 0.32 1000 ha | 4.12 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.602 1000 ha | 0.32 1000 ha | 0.99 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 1000 ha | 0.3 1000 ha | 2.36 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 152 British Virgin Islands 2.67 1000 ha compare
- 153 Vanuatu 2.55 1000 ha compare
- 154 Lebanon 2.47 1000 ha compare
- 156 Brunei Darussalam 2.24 1000 ha compare
- 157 Seychelles 2.2 1000 ha compare
- 158 Guadeloupe 2.18 1000 ha compare
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 shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lesotho?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lesotho was 2.36 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 4.12 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Lesotho ranks 155th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 268.8%. 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 Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — 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.