Lesotho - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Lesotho was 429,300 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 429,300 in 2018 and a minimum value of 219,000 in 2015.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

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

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Year Value
1961 358,000
1962 353,000
1963 353,000
1964 355,000
1965 355,000
1966 360,000
1967 360,000
1968 365,000
1969 365,000
1970 368,000
1971 360,000
1972 355,000
1973 355,000
1974 355,000
1975 372,000
1976 355,000
1977 288,000
1978 289,000
1979 305,000
1980 292,000
1981 298,000
1982 288,000
1983 283,000
1984 297,000
1985 304,000
1986 287,000
1987 326,000
1988 339,000
1989 301,000
1990 317,000
1991 319,000
1992 332,000
1993 330,000
1994 325,000
1995 320,000
1996 322,000
1997 325,000
1998 325,000
1999 325,000
2000 330,000
2001 330,000
2002 300,000
2003 300,000
2004 310,000
2005 323,000
2006 303,000
2007 325,000
2008 358,000
2009 335,000
2010 322,000
2011 308,000
2012 281,300
2013 248,100
2014 272,300
2015 219,000
2016 352,000
2017 414,000
2018 429,300

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Lesotho was 0.204 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.420 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.106 in 2015.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.420
1962 0.406
1963 0.398
1964 0.393
1965 0.385
1966 0.382
1967 0.374
1968 0.371
1969 0.363
1970 0.358
1971 0.342
1972 0.330
1973 0.322
1974 0.314
1975 0.320
1976 0.297
1977 0.234
1978 0.228
1979 0.234
1980 0.218
1981 0.216
1982 0.203
1983 0.195
1984 0.199
1985 0.199
1986 0.184
1987 0.204
1988 0.208
1989 0.181
1990 0.186
1991 0.183
1992 0.186
1993 0.181
1994 0.175
1995 0.169
1996 0.166
1997 0.165
1998 0.163
1999 0.161
2000 0.162
2001 0.162
2002 0.148
2003 0.149
2004 0.155
2005 0.162
2006 0.152
2007 0.164
2008 0.180
2009 0.168
2010 0.161
2011 0.154
2012 0.140
2013 0.122
2014 0.133
2015 0.106
2016 0.170
2017 0.198
2018 0.204

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Lesotho was 14.14 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 14.14 in 2018, while its lowest value was 7.21 in 2015.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 11.79
1962 11.63
1963 11.63
1964 11.69
1965 11.69
1966 11.86
1967 11.86
1968 12.02
1969 12.02
1970 12.12
1971 11.86
1972 11.69
1973 11.69
1974 11.69
1975 12.25
1976 11.69
1977 9.49
1978 9.52
1979 10.05
1980 9.62
1981 9.82
1982 9.49
1983 9.32
1984 9.78
1985 10.01
1986 9.45
1987 10.74
1988 11.17
1989 9.91
1990 10.44
1991 10.51
1992 10.94
1993 10.87
1994 10.70
1995 10.54
1996 10.61
1997 10.70
1998 10.70
1999 10.70
2000 10.87
2001 10.87
2002 9.88
2003 9.88
2004 10.21
2005 10.64
2006 9.98
2007 10.70
2008 11.79
2009 11.03
2010 10.61
2011 10.14
2012 9.27
2013 8.17
2014 8.97
2015 7.21
2016 11.59
2017 13.64
2018 14.14

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use