All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches in Lesotho
Lesotho: All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches was 0.2604 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.2604 kg per person for all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in 2023.
That represents a change of down 21.3% on the previous year and down 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Lesotho peaked at 0.74 kg per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.2282 kg per person, in 2021.
Lesotho ranks 146th of 170 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.7117 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.74 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 0.7072 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1964 | 0.6717 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 0.7088 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 0.6563 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 0.6882 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 0.6435 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 1969 | 0.6618 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 0.6875 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 0.6693 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 0.6593 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.6455 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 0.6457 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.6207 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 1976 | 0.5872 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 0.5486 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1978 | 0.5213 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 0.5265 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 0.5364 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.4675 kg per person | -12.9% |
| 1982 | 0.4796 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 0.4338 kg per person | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 0.4128 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 0.4215 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.4565 kg per person | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 0.48 kg per person | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 0.4656 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.4437 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 0.4046 kg per person | -8.8% |
| 1991 | 0.358 kg per person | -11.5% |
| 1992 | 0.35 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.3785 kg per person | +8.1% |
| 1994 | 0.3476 kg per person | -8.2% |
| 1995 | 0.3793 kg per person | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 0.3538 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 0.3967 kg per person | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 0.3603 kg per person | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4886 kg per person | +35.6% |
| 2000 | 0.5364 kg per person | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 0.5163 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 0.4647 kg per person | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3923 kg per person | -15.6% |
| 2004 | 0.476 kg per person | +21.3% |
| 2005 | 0.5623 kg per person | +18.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7109 kg per person | +26.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7275 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.4695 kg per person | -35.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4529 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 0.4251 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4235 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.4207 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3814 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3717 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.4123 kg per person | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 0.3842 kg per person | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 0.3192 kg per person | -16.9% |
| 2018 | 0.3179 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3086 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.2329 kg per person | -24.5% |
| 2021 | 0.2282 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3307 kg per person | +44.9% |
| 2023 | 0.2604 kg per person | -21.3% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.2604 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4661 kg per person, 56% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.2604 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4136 kg per person, 63% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches 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 | +44.9% | 0.2282 kg per person | 0.3307 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6877 kg per person | 0.6435 kg per person | 0.74 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6112 kg per person | 0.5213 kg per person | 0.6875 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4597 kg per person | 0.4128 kg per person | 0.5364 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3817 kg per person | 0.3476 kg per person | 0.4886 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5309 kg per person | 0.3923 kg per person | 0.7275 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3765 kg per person | 0.3086 kg per person | 0.4251 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.263 kg per person | 0.2282 kg per person | 0.3307 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
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 — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Lesotho?
- All animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Lesotho was 0.2604 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.74 kg per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2282 kg per person in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per?
- Lesotho ranks 146th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.