Cattle: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Lesotho
Lesotho: Cattle: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises was 0.0713 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Lesotho is 0.0713 kg per person, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.6% on the previous year and down 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Lesotho peaked at 0.1091 kg per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.0664 kg per person, in 2021.
Lesotho ranks 110th of 167 countries on this measure, 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 … capita volatilises in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1084 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1079 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0911 kg per person | -15.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0811 kg per person | -11.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0998 kg per person | +23.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0774 kg per person | -22.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0892 kg per person | +15.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0969 kg per person | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 0.1003 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 0.1091 kg per person | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 0.098 kg per person | -10.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0928 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0922 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0933 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0973 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0949 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0917 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0944 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0962 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0978 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0959 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.092 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0885 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0865 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0841 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0827 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.089 kg per person | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0878 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0834 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0781 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0785 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0912 kg per person | +16.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0862 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0816 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0812 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0745 kg per person | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0825 kg per person | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0726 kg per person | -12.0% |
| 1999 | 0.1003 kg per person | +38.1% |
| 2000 | 0.1019 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.108 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0959 kg per person | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 0.097 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0969 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1081 kg per person | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0904 kg per person | -16.4% |
| 2007 | 0.1031 kg per person | +14.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1001 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0928 kg per person | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0934 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.1012 kg per person | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 0.1013 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0939 kg per person | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0926 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.087 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0829 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0779 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0765 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0744 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0691 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0664 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0781 kg per person | +17.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0713 kg per person | -8.6% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0713 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0867 kg per person, 82% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0713 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0563 kg per person, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises 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% | 0.0726 kg per person | 0.1003 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0947 kg per person | 0.0774 kg per person | 0.1084 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.096 kg per person | 0.0917 kg per person | 0.1091 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0888 kg per person | 0.0827 kg per person | 0.0978 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0827 kg per person | 0.0726 kg per person | 0.1003 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0994 kg per person | 0.0904 kg per person | 0.1081 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0881 kg per person | 0.0744 kg per person | 0.1013 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0712 kg per person | 0.0664 kg per person | 0.0781 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 that volatilises (n content), per in Lesotho?
- Cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Lesotho was 0.0713 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1091 kg per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0664 kg per person in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per?
- Lesotho ranks 110th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per 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 that volatilises (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 that volatilises (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 that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 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 that volatilises (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.