Lesotho vs New Zealand: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Lesotho
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 121,170 ha against 111,896 ha in Lesotho, a difference of 9,274 ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 129th and New Zealand ranks 128th of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 6 and New Zealand in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 286,147 ha | 152,221 ha | 133,926 ha | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 242,283 ha | 211,546 ha | 30,737 ha | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 214,973 ha | 206,400 ha | 8,573 ha | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 179,908 ha | 150,803 ha | 29,105 ha | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 193,576 ha | 132,346 ha | 61,230 ha | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 147,882 ha | 132,416 ha | 15,466 ha | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 113,876 ha | 115,836 ha | 1,959 ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Lesotho or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 121,170 ha against 111,896 ha in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Lesotho and New Zealand?
- 9,274 ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and New Zealand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and New Zealand rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Lesotho ranks 129th and New Zealand ranks 128th of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.