Botswana vs Lesotho: Cropland area

Botswana
262,000 hectares
in 2023
Lesotho
360,748 hectares
in 2023
Botswana rank
141st
Lesotho rank
138th

Cropland area over time

  • Botswana
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 360,748 hectares against 262,000 hectares in Botswana, a difference of 98,748 hectares.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.4 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 141st and Lesotho ranks 138th of 219 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Cropland area
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
225 places, 13,015 data points, 1961–2023
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