Lesotho - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Lesotho was 30,360 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30,360 in 2018 and a minimum value of 30,360 in 1961.

Definition: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 30,360
1962 30,360
1963 30,360
1964 30,360
1965 30,360
1966 30,360
1967 30,360
1968 30,360
1969 30,360
1970 30,360
1971 30,360
1972 30,360
1973 30,360
1974 30,360
1975 30,360
1976 30,360
1977 30,360
1978 30,360
1979 30,360
1980 30,360
1981 30,360
1982 30,360
1983 30,360
1984 30,360
1985 30,360
1986 30,360
1987 30,360
1988 30,360
1989 30,360
1990 30,360
1991 30,360
1992 30,360
1993 30,360
1994 30,360
1995 30,360
1996 30,360
1997 30,360
1998 30,360
1999 30,360
2000 30,360
2001 30,360
2002 30,360
2003 30,360
2004 30,360
2005 30,360
2006 30,360
2007 30,360
2008 30,360
2009 30,360
2010 30,360
2011 30,360
2012 30,360
2013 30,360
2014 30,360
2015 30,360
2016 30,360
2017 30,360
2018 30,360

Development Relevance: Total surface area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, surface area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators.

Limitations and Exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Total land area includes inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use