Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita was 0.3567 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.3567 kg per person for cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in 2023.
The figure is down 8.6% on the previous year and down 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Lesotho peaked at 0.5454 kg per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.3318 kg per person, in 2021.
That places Lesotho 110th out of 167 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.542 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.5395 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 0.4557 kg per person | -15.5% |
| 1964 | 0.4054 kg per person | -11.0% |
| 1965 | 0.4988 kg per person | +23.0% |
| 1966 | 0.3872 kg per person | -22.4% |
| 1967 | 0.4459 kg per person | +15.2% |
| 1968 | 0.4844 kg per person | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 0.5016 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 0.5454 kg per person | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 0.4901 kg per person | -10.1% |
| 1972 | 0.464 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 0.4612 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.4663 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.4863 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 0.4747 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.4584 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 0.4719 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.481 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 0.4889 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.4794 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.46 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 0.4425 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 0.4324 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4204 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.4136 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.4448 kg per person | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 0.4388 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.4168 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 0.3903 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 0.3925 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.4562 kg per person | +16.2% |
| 1993 | 0.431 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 0.4081 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 0.4062 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.3724 kg per person | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 0.4124 kg per person | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 0.363 kg per person | -12.0% |
| 1999 | 0.5013 kg per person | +38.1% |
| 2000 | 0.5095 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.5401 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4796 kg per person | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4849 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.4843 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.5407 kg per person | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 0.452 kg per person | -16.4% |
| 2007 | 0.5154 kg per person | +14.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5004 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.4639 kg per person | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 0.4669 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5058 kg per person | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 0.5066 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4696 kg per person | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 0.4629 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.435 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4147 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 0.3895 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3823 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.3718 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3453 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 0.3318 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 0.3904 kg per person | +17.7% |
| 2023 | 0.3567 kg per person | -8.6% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.3567 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4337 kg per person, 82% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.3567 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2816 kg per person, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +38.1% | 0.363 kg per person | 0.5013 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4734 kg per person | 0.3872 kg per person | 0.542 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4799 kg per person | 0.4584 kg per person | 0.5454 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4438 kg per person | 0.4136 kg per person | 0.4889 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4133 kg per person | 0.363 kg per person | 0.5013 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4971 kg per person | 0.452 kg per person | 0.5407 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4405 kg per person | 0.3718 kg per person | 0.5066 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.356 kg per person | 0.3318 kg per person | 0.3904 kg per person | 4 |
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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 cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Lesotho?
- Cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Lesotho was 0.3567 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5454 kg per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3318 kg per person in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita?
- Lesotho ranks 110th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.0%. 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 Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cattle — Manure applied to soils (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.
Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cattle — Manure applied to soils 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
Cattle — Manure applied to soils (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.