What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Democratic Republic of Congo and Lesotho?

0.0015 hectares per person, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Lesotho?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Lesotho: Cropland per person over the long-term

Democratic Republic of Congo

0.1785 hectares per person

in 2025

Lesotho

0.177 hectares per person

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

87th

Lesotho rank

90th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Lesotho

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 0.1785 hectares per person against 0.177 hectares per person in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0015 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 87th and Lesotho ranks 90th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Democratic Republic of Congo averaged higher in 38 and Lesotho in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.4428 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4428 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1100s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4303 hectares per person	0.0125 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1200s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4296 hectares per person	0.0133 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1300s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4289 hectares per person	0.014 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1400s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4281 hectares per person	0.0147 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1500s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4274 hectares per person	0.0155 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1600s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4266 hectares per person	0.0162 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1700s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4259 hectares per person	0.017 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1710s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4258 hectares per person	0.017 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1720s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4257 hectares per person	0.0171 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1730s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4256 hectares per person	0.0172 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1740s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4256 hectares per person	0.0173 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1750s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4255 hectares per person	0.0173 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1760s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4254 hectares per person	0.0174 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1770s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4253 hectares per person	0.0175 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1780s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4253 hectares per person	0.0176 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1790s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4252 hectares per person	0.0176 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1800s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4251 hectares per person	0.0177 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1810s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.425 hectares per person	0.0178 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1820s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.425 hectares per person	0.0179 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1830s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4249 hectares per person	0.018 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1840s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4248 hectares per person	0.018 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1850s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4247 hectares per person	0.0181 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1860s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4247 hectares per person	0.0182 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1870s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4246 hectares per person	0.0183 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1880s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4245 hectares per person	0.0183 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1890s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4244 hectares per person	0.0184 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1900s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4244 hectares per person	0.0185 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1910s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4243 hectares per person	0.0186 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1920s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4242 hectares per person	0.0186 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1930s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4241 hectares per person	0.0187 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1940s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4241 hectares per person	0.0188 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1950s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.424 hectares per person	0.0189 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1960s	0.4099 hectares per person	0.3904 hectares per person	0.0195 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1970s	0.3292 hectares per person	0.3035 hectares per person	0.0257 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1980s	0.2628 hectares per person	0.2109 hectares per person	0.0518 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1990s	0.1929 hectares per person	0.1891 hectares per person	0.0038 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
2000s	0.1407 hectares per person	0.1675 hectares per person	0.0268 hectares per person	Lesotho
2010s	0.1802 hectares per person	0.1462 hectares per person	0.034 hectares per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
2020s	0.1787 hectares per person	0.1799 hectares per person	0.0012 hectares per person	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Democratic Republic of Congo or Lesotho?: Democratic Republic of Congo, at 0.1785 hectares per person against 0.177 hectares per person in Lesotho as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Democratic Republic of Congo and Lesotho?: 0.0015 hectares per person, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Lesotho?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Lesotho rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 87th and Lesotho ranks 90th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Lesotho: Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid, drawing on HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 06 October 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/cropland-per-person-over-the-long-term/congo-dem-rep/lesotho/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/cropland-per-person-over-the-long-term/congo-dem-rep/lesotho/">Democratic Republic of Congo vs Lesotho: Cropland per person over the long-term</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Cropland per person over the long-term
Unit: hectares per person
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Total cropland area for per person each separate country over time.