Cattle: Manure left on pasture that volatilises … capita volatilises in Lesotho
Lesotho: Cattle: Manure left on pasture that volatilises … capita volatilises was 1.49 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content), per in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 1.49 kg per person for cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per in 2023.
That represents a change of down 30.0% on the previous year and down 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per in Lesotho peaked at 4.27 kg per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 1.13 kg per person, in 2021.
Lesotho ranks 53rd 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 left on pasture that volatilises … capita volatilises in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.94 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 3.93 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 3.32 kg per person | -15.5% |
| 1964 | 2.95 kg per person | -11.0% |
| 1965 | 3.88 kg per person | +31.4% |
| 1966 | 2.54 kg per person | -34.5% |
| 1967 | 3.26 kg per person | +28.6% |
| 1968 | 3.69 kg per person | +13.2% |
| 1969 | 3.82 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 4.27 kg per person | +11.9% |
| 1971 | 3.54 kg per person | -17.2% |
| 1972 | 3.21 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 1973 | 3.12 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 3.17 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 3.37 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 3.22 kg per person | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 3.02 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 3.17 kg per person | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 3.28 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 3.37 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 3.26 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 3.03 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 2.82 kg per person | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 2.7 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 2.59 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 2.54 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 2.94 kg per person | +15.7% |
| 1988 | 2.89 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 2.64 kg per person | -8.5% |
| 1990 | 2.34 kg per person | -11.5% |
| 1991 | 2.38 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 2.99 kg per person | +25.7% |
| 1993 | 2.78 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 2.43 kg per person | -12.6% |
| 1995 | 2.41 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 2.21 kg per person | -8.1% |
| 1997 | 2.45 kg per person | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 2.03 kg per person | -17.4% |
| 1999 | 3.05 kg per person | +50.5% |
| 2000 | 2.89 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 2.99 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 2.64 kg per person | -11.6% |
| 2003 | 2.8 kg per person | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 2.79 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 3.05 kg per person | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 2.85 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 2.87 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 2.58 kg per person | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 2.55 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 2.57 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 2.6 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 2.63 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 2.22 kg per person | -15.5% |
| 2014 | 2.17 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 2.02 kg per person | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 1.94 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 1.79 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 1.74 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 1.41 kg per person | -19.0% |
| 2020 | 1.28 kg per person | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 1.13 kg per person | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 2.13 kg per person | +88.6% |
| 2023 | 1.49 kg per person | -30.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 1.49 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8235 kg per person, 1.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 1.49 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.68 kg per person, 89% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle: Manure left on pasture that volatilises … 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +88.6% | 1.13 kg per person | 2.13 kg per person |
| 1999 | +50.5% | 2.03 kg per person | 3.05 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.48 kg per person | 2.54 kg per person | 3.94 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.34 kg per person | 3.02 kg per person | 4.27 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.88 kg per person | 2.54 kg per person | 3.37 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.51 kg per person | 2.03 kg per person | 3.05 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.8 kg per person | 2.55 kg per person | 3.05 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.11 kg per person | 1.41 kg per person | 2.63 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.51 kg per person | 1.13 kg per person | 2.13 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 cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per in Lesotho?
- Cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per in Lesotho was 1.49 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 4.27 kg per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.13 kg per person in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per?
- Lesotho ranks 53rd out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.1%. 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 left on pasture that volatilises (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
Cattle — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cattle — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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.