Statizoid

Gabon vs Lesotho: Arable land

Gabon
325,000 hectares
in 2023
Lesotho
356,748 hectares
in 2023
Gabon rank
135th
Lesotho rank
133rd

Arable land over time

  • Gabon
  • Lesotho
100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k196119922023

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 356,748 hectares against 325,000 hectares in Gabon, a difference of 31,748 hectares.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.

Globally, Gabon ranks 135th and Lesotho ranks 133rd of 206 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arable land (hectares)
Unit
hectares
Source
FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 11,871 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.