Lesotho vs Netherlands: Land area in hectares

Lesotho
3.04 million hectares
in 2023
Netherlands
3.37 million hectares
in 2023
Lesotho rank
139th
Netherlands rank
136th

Land area in hectares over time

  • Lesotho
  • Netherlands
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922023

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 3.37 million hectares against 3.04 million hectares in Lesotho, a difference of 331,000 hectares.

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

Across all 63 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Lesotho ranks 139th and Netherlands ranks 136th of 233 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in hectares
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
239 places, 13,636 data points, 1961–2023
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Total land area, measured in hectares. 100 hectares is one square kilometer. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.