What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Gambia and Lesotho?

198,760 hectares, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia 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 Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Gambia vs Lesotho: Agricultural area over the long-term

Gambia

634,000 hectares

in 2025

Lesotho

832,760 hectares

in 2025

Gambia rank

146th

Lesotho rank

143rd

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

Gambia
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 832,760 hectares against 634,000 hectares in Gambia, a difference of 198,760 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Gambia ahead.

Gambia ranks 146th and Lesotho ranks 143rd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 31 and Lesotho in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1000s	36,974 hectares	870.1 hectares	36,104 hectares	Gambia
1100s	40,754 hectares	16,871 hectares	23,883 hectares	Gambia
1200s	44,721 hectares	19,442 hectares	25,280 hectares	Gambia
1300s	48,799 hectares	22,455 hectares	26,344 hectares	Gambia
1400s	52,851 hectares	26,012 hectares	26,839 hectares	Gambia
1500s	56,650 hectares	30,255 hectares	26,395 hectares	Gambia
1600s	59,797 hectares	35,386 hectares	24,411 hectares	Gambia
1700s	61,555 hectares	50,129 hectares	11,425 hectares	Gambia
1710s	91,184 hectares	52,570 hectares	38,614 hectares	Gambia
1720s	117,933 hectares	55,176 hectares	62,757 hectares	Gambia
1730s	143,900 hectares	57,967 hectares	85,933 hectares	Gambia
1740s	169,051 hectares	60,966 hectares	108,085 hectares	Gambia
1750s	193,349 hectares	64,200 hectares	129,149 hectares	Gambia
1760s	216,752 hectares	67,701 hectares	149,051 hectares	Gambia
1770s	239,216 hectares	71,508 hectares	167,708 hectares	Gambia
1780s	260,689 hectares	75,667 hectares	185,022 hectares	Gambia
1790s	281,115 hectares	80,238 hectares	200,877 hectares	Gambia
1800s	300,430 hectares	85,290 hectares	215,140 hectares	Gambia
1810s	318,560 hectares	90,914 hectares	227,646 hectares	Gambia
1820s	335,421 hectares	97,225 hectares	238,196 hectares	Gambia
1830s	350,916 hectares	104,370 hectares	246,546 hectares	Gambia
1840s	364,930 hectares	115,896 hectares	249,034 hectares	Gambia
1850s	377,330 hectares	119,700 hectares	257,630 hectares	Gambia
1860s	389,265 hectares	132,362 hectares	256,903 hectares	Gambia
1870s	400,492 hectares	146,364 hectares	254,128 hectares	Gambia
1880s	423,110 hectares	161,847 hectares	261,263 hectares	Gambia
1890s	445,204 hectares	178,967 hectares	266,237 hectares	Gambia
1900s	456,907 hectares	197,899 hectares	259,008 hectares	Gambia
1910s	465,798 hectares	232,975 hectares	232,823 hectares	Gambia
1920s	465,909 hectares	271,736 hectares	194,173 hectares	Gambia
1930s	502,766 hectares	334,577 hectares	168,189 hectares	Gambia
1940s	526,136 hectares	538,373 hectares	12,237 hectares	Lesotho
1950s	501,175 hectares	603,453 hectares	102,278 hectares	Lesotho
1960s	527,800 hectares	661,200 hectares	133,400 hectares	Lesotho
1970s	559,400 hectares	644,200 hectares	84,800 hectares	Lesotho
1980s	582,800 hectares	605,500 hectares	22,700 hectares	Lesotho
1990s	562,100 hectares	629,750 hectares	67,650 hectares	Lesotho
2000s	509,500 hectares	693,900 hectares	184,400 hectares	Lesotho
2010s	641,000 hectares	731,500 hectares	90,500 hectares	Lesotho
2020s	634,000 hectares	832,910 hectares	198,910 hectares	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Gambia or Lesotho?: Lesotho, at 832,760 hectares against 634,000 hectares in Gambia as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Gambia and Lesotho?: 198,760 hectares, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Lesotho?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Gambia and Lesotho rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?: Gambia ranks 146th and Lesotho ranks 143rd of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural area over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.