Eswatini vs Lesotho: Agricultural land per capita
Eswatini
0.9711 hectares per capita
in 2023
Lesotho
1.02 hectares per capita
in 2023
Eswatini rank
49th
Lesotho rank
46th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Eswatini
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 1.02 hectares per capita against 0.9711 hectares per capita in Eswatini, a difference of 0.0489 hectares per capita.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Eswatini's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eswatini ahead.
Eswatini ranks 49th and Lesotho ranks 46th of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 4 and Lesotho in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.82 hectares per capita | 3 hectares per capita | 0.8265 hectares per capita | Eswatini |
| 1970s | 2.87 hectares per capita | 1.99 hectares per capita | 0.879 hectares per capita | Eswatini |
| 1980s | 1.85 hectares per capita | 1.45 hectares per capita | 0.4018 hectares per capita | Eswatini |
| 1990s | 1.27 hectares per capita | 1.21 hectares per capita | 0.0582 hectares per capita | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 1.14 hectares per capita | 1.18 hectares per capita | 0.0386 hectares per capita | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 1.06 hectares per capita | 1.1 hectares per capita | 0.0381 hectares per capita | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 0.986 hectares per capita | 1.01 hectares per capita | 0.0274 hectares per capita | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Eswatini or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 1.02 hectares per capita against 0.9711 hectares per capita in Eswatini as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Eswatini and Lesotho?
- 0.0489 hectares per capita, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Lesotho?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Eswatini and Lesotho rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Eswatini ranks 49th and Lesotho ranks 46th of 226 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land 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 land is the sum of cropland and land used as pasture for grazing livestock.