Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.016% in Lesotho in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in Lesotho reached an all time high of 0.016% in 2015 and an all time low of 0.013% in 1990. When compared to Lesotho's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Botswana amounted to 0.191%, 0.076% in South Africa, 0.341% in Swaziland and 0.364% in Zimbabwe in 2015.
Lesotho has been ranked 153rd within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area (As % of Country Land Area) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Botswana | % | 0.202% | 0.200% | 0.198% | 0.197% | 0.195% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 0.014% | 0.014% | 0.015% | 0.015% | 0.015% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 0.498% | 0.496% | 0.493% | 0.490% | 0.488% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 0.089% | 0.089% | 0.088% | 0.087% | 0.086% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 0.076% | 0.076% | 0.076% | 0.076% | 0.076% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 0.325% | 0.327% | 0.330% | 0.333% | 0.335% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 0.668% | 0.665% | 0.663% | 0.661% | 0.659% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 0.412% | 0.404% | 0.396% | 0.388% | 0.380% | ... |
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