What is the difference in arable land between Lesotho and Nigeria?

0.0075 hectares per person, with Nigeria ahead.

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

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

Where does this data come from?

FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Nigeria: Arable land

Lesotho

0.1543 hectares per person

in 2023

Nigeria

0.1618 hectares per person

in 2023

Lesotho rank

79th

Nigeria rank

77th

Arable land over time

Lesotho
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.1618 hectares per person against 0.1543 hectares per person in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0075 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Lesotho ranks 79th and Nigeria ranks 77th of 206 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.4182 hectares per person	0.4847 hectares per person	0.0665 hectares per person	Nigeria
1970s	0.2897 hectares per person	0.4093 hectares per person	0.1196 hectares per person	Nigeria
1980s	0.1894 hectares per person	0.325 hectares per person	0.1356 hectares per person	Nigeria
1990s	0.1683 hectares per person	0.2888 hectares per person	0.1205 hectares per person	Nigeria
2000s	0.1627 hectares per person	0.2509 hectares per person	0.0882 hectares per person	Nigeria
2010s	0.1435 hectares per person	0.1931 hectares per person	0.0496 hectares per person	Nigeria
2020s	0.1318 hectares per person	0.167 hectares per person	0.0352 hectares per person	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land, Lesotho or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 0.1618 hectares per person against 0.1543 hectares per person in Lesotho as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land between Lesotho and Nigeria?: 0.0075 hectares per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Nigeria?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Nigeria rank globally for arable land?: Lesotho ranks 79th and Nigeria ranks 77th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit: hectares per person
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

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.