Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Guinea-Bissau or Lesotho?

Guinea-Bissau, at 873,369 hectares against 832,760 hectares in Lesotho as of 2025.

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

40,609 hectares, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau 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.

Guinea-Bissau vs Lesotho: Agricultural area over the long-term

Guinea-Bissau

873,369 hectares

in 2025

Lesotho

832,760 hectares

in 2025

Guinea-Bissau rank

142nd

Lesotho rank

143rd

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

Guinea-Bissau
Lesotho

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 873,369 hectares against 832,760 hectares in Lesotho, a difference of 40,609 hectares.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 142nd and Lesotho ranks 143rd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 32 and Lesotho in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea-Bissau	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1000s	40,282 hectares	870.1 hectares	39,412 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1100s	45,459 hectares	16,871 hectares	28,588 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1200s	51,262 hectares	19,442 hectares	31,820 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1300s	57,752 hectares	22,455 hectares	35,298 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1400s	64,997 hectares	26,012 hectares	38,985 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1500s	73,062 hectares	30,255 hectares	42,806 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1600s	82,007 hectares	35,386 hectares	46,621 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1700s	91,883 hectares	50,129 hectares	41,753 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1710s	93,106 hectares	52,570 hectares	40,535 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1720s	94,403 hectares	55,176 hectares	39,227 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1730s	95,784 hectares	57,967 hectares	37,817 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1740s	97,257 hectares	60,966 hectares	36,291 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1750s	98,832 hectares	64,200 hectares	34,633 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1760s	100,524 hectares	67,701 hectares	32,823 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1770s	102,346 hectares	71,508 hectares	30,838 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1780s	104,316 hectares	75,667 hectares	28,649 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1790s	106,457 hectares	80,238 hectares	26,219 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1800s	108,794 hectares	85,290 hectares	23,504 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1810s	111,360 hectares	90,914 hectares	20,446 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1820s	114,195 hectares	97,225 hectares	16,970 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1830s	117,351 hectares	104,370 hectares	12,981 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1840s	120,894 hectares	115,896 hectares	4,998 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1850s	182,623 hectares	119,700 hectares	62,923 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1860s	187,706 hectares	132,362 hectares	55,344 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1870s	194,856 hectares	146,364 hectares	48,492 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1880s	208,397 hectares	161,847 hectares	46,550 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1890s	222,872 hectares	178,967 hectares	43,905 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1900s	238,343 hectares	197,899 hectares	40,444 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1910s	254,878 hectares	232,975 hectares	21,903 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
1920s	269,856 hectares	271,736 hectares	1,880 hectares	Lesotho
1930s	312,315 hectares	334,577 hectares	22,262 hectares	Lesotho
1940s	357,896 hectares	538,373 hectares	180,477 hectares	Lesotho
1950s	455,037 hectares	603,453 hectares	148,416 hectares	Lesotho
1960s	492,670 hectares	661,200 hectares	168,530 hectares	Lesotho
1970s	506,570 hectares	644,200 hectares	137,630 hectares	Lesotho
1980s	545,570 hectares	605,500 hectares	59,930 hectares	Lesotho
1990s	614,740 hectares	629,750 hectares	15,010 hectares	Lesotho
2000s	701,122 hectares	693,900 hectares	7,222 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	782,779 hectares	731,500 hectares	51,279 hectares	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	849,937 hectares	832,910 hectares	17,027 hectares	Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Guinea-Bissau or Lesotho?: Guinea-Bissau, at 873,369 hectares against 832,760 hectares in Lesotho as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho?: 40,609 hectares, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 142nd 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.