What is the difference in agricultural land use, per unit of gdp between Lesotho and Zambia?

0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Zambia?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural land use, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Zambia: Agricultural land use, per unit of GDP

Lesotho

0.0011 hectares per US$ of GDP

in 2023

Zambia

0.0009 hectares per US$ of GDP

in 2023

Lesotho rank

15th

Zambia rank

18th

Agricultural land use, per unit of GDP over time

Lesotho
Zambia

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.0011 hectares per US$ of GDP against 0.0009 hectares per US$ of GDP in Zambia, a difference of 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.3 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 15th and Zambia ranks 18th of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0503 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.02 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0304 hectares per US$ of GDP	Lesotho
1970s	0.0191 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0086 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0105 hectares per US$ of GDP	Lesotho
1980s	0.0061 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.007 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0009 hectares per US$ of GDP	Zambia
1990s	0.0028 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0061 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0034 hectares per US$ of GDP	Zambia
2000s	0.0019 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0035 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0016 hectares per US$ of GDP	Zambia
2010s	0.001 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.001 hectares per US$ of GDP	0 hectares per US$ of GDP	Zambia
2020s	0.001 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.001 hectares per US$ of GDP	0 hectares per US$ of GDP	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use, per unit of gdp, Lesotho or Zambia?: Lesotho, at 0.0011 hectares per US$ of GDP against 0.0009 hectares per US$ of GDP in Zambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land use, per unit of gdp between Lesotho and Zambia?: 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Zambia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Zambia rank globally for agricultural land use, per unit of gdp?: Lesotho ranks 15th and Zambia ranks 18th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural land use, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural land use, per unit of GDP
Unit: hectares per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 206 places, 10,782 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 03 October 2026

Agricultural land use divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.