Costa Rica vs Lesotho: Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita
Costa Rica
0.3415 hectares per person
in 2025
Lesotho
0.3524 hectares per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
99th
Lesotho rank
97th
Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 0.3524 hectares per person against 0.3415 hectares per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0109 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 99th and Lesotho ranks 97th of 189 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Lesotho in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.991 hectares per person | 0.7847 hectares per person | 0.2063 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1.02 hectares per person | 0.5468 hectares per person | 0.4717 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.9628 hectares per person | 0.3809 hectares per person | 0.5819 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.5938 hectares per person | 0.3272 hectares per person | 0.2666 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.431 hectares per person | 0.3514 hectares per person | 0.0796 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3748 hectares per person | 0.3485 hectares per person | 0.0263 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3469 hectares per person | 0.3624 hectares per person | 0.0154 hectares per person | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, per capita, Costa Rica or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 0.3524 hectares per person against 0.3415 hectares per person in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term, per capita between Costa Rica and Lesotho?
- 0.0109 hectares per person, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Lesotho?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Lesotho rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 99th and Lesotho ranks 97th of 189 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Agricultural area over the long-term divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.