All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Lesotho
Lesotho: All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square was 1,705 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Lesotho is 1,705 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 32.5% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Lesotho peaked at 2,525 kg per square kilometre in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,220 kg per square kilometre, in 2020.
That places Lesotho 66th out of 170 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,509 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 1,674 kg per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 1963 | 1,604 kg per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 1,508 kg per square kilometre | -6.0% |
| 1965 | 1,745 kg per square kilometre | +15.7% |
| 1966 | 1,525 kg per square kilometre | -12.6% |
| 1967 | 1,772 kg per square kilometre | +16.2% |
| 1968 | 1,644 kg per square kilometre | -7.2% |
| 1969 | 1,831 kg per square kilometre | +11.3% |
| 1970 | 2,104 kg per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 1971 | 2,030 kg per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 1,995 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 1,966 kg per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 2,025 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 2,020 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 1,964 kg per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 1,678 kg per square kilometre | -14.6% |
| 1978 | 1,639 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 1,714 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 1,883 kg per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 1981 | 1,908 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 2,035 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 1,950 kg per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 1,921 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 2,065 kg per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 2,085 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 2,425 kg per square kilometre | +16.3% |
| 1988 | 2,376 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 2,233 kg per square kilometre | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 1,990 kg per square kilometre | -10.9% |
| 1991 | 1,978 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 2,095 kg per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 2,069 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 2,043 kg per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 1,928 kg per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 1,790 kg per square kilometre | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 1,898 kg per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 1,536 kg per square kilometre | -19.1% |
| 1999 | 2,310 kg per square kilometre | +50.4% |
| 2000 | 2,199 kg per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 2,188 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1,991 kg per square kilometre | -9.0% |
| 2003 | 1,975 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 1,913 kg per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 2,154 kg per square kilometre | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 2,092 kg per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 2,111 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 2,108 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,116 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 2,057 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 2,053 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,068 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,972 kg per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 1,930 kg per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 1,903 kg per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,849 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 2,171 kg per square kilometre | +17.4% |
| 2018 | 1,955 kg per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 1,710 kg per square kilometre | -12.5% |
| 2020 | 1,220 kg per square kilometre | -28.6% |
| 2021 | 1,352 kg per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 2,525 kg per square kilometre | +86.8% |
| 2023 | 1,705 kg per square kilometre | -32.5% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 1,705 kg per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,500 kg per square kilometre, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 1,705 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,446 kg per square kilometre, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +86.8% | 1,352 kg per square kilometre | 2,525 kg per square kilometre |
| 1999 | +50.4% | 1,536 kg per square kilometre | 2,310 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,646 kg per square kilometre | 1,508 kg per square kilometre | 1,831 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,914 kg per square kilometre | 1,639 kg per square kilometre | 2,104 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,088 kg per square kilometre | 1,883 kg per square kilometre | 2,425 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,964 kg per square kilometre | 1,536 kg per square kilometre | 2,310 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,085 kg per square kilometre | 1,913 kg per square kilometre | 2,199 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,967 kg per square kilometre | 1,710 kg per square kilometre | 2,171 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,700 kg per square kilometre | 1,220 kg per square kilometre | 2,525 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 63 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,819 kg per square kilometre compare
- 64 Nauru 1,752 kg per square kilometre compare
- 65 Slovenia 1,727 kg per square kilometre compare
- 67 Portugal 1,676 kg per square kilometre compare
- 68 Greece 1,658 kg per square kilometre compare
- 69 Romania 1,632 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Lesotho
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.783 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.521 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4197 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Lesotho?
- All animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Lesotho was 1,705 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2,525 kg per square kilometre in 2022.
- What is the lowest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,220 kg per square kilometre in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- Lesotho ranks 66th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- All Animals — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.