Lesotho | Land area (sq. km)

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. Development relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators. Limitations and exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. Statistical concept and methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Lesotho
Records
63
Source
Lesotho | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 30360
1962 30360
1963 30360
1964 30360
1965 30360
1966 30360
1967 30360
1968 30360
1969 30360
1970 30360
1971 30360
1972 30360
1973 30360
1974 30360
1975 30360
1976 30360
1977 30360
1978 30360
1979 30360
1980 30360
1981 30360
1982 30360
1983 30360
1984 30360
1985 30360
1986 30360
1987 30360
1988 30360
1989 30360
1990 30360
1991 30360
1992 30360
1993 30360
1994 30360
1995 30360
1996 30360
1997 30360
1998 30360
1999 30360
2000 30360
2001 30360
2002 30360
2003 30360
2004 30360
2005 30360
2006 30360
2007 30360
2008 30360
2009 30360
2010 30360
2011 30360
2012 30360
2013 30360
2014 30360
2015 30360
2016 30360
2017 30360
2018 30360
2019 30360
2020 30360
2021 30360
2022

Lesotho | Land area (sq. km)

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. Development relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators. Limitations and exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. Statistical concept and methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Lesotho
Records
63
Source