Cattle — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Cattle — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per capita was 0.4209 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per capita in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — manure management (manure treated, n content), per capita in Lesotho stood at 0.4209 kg per person.
That represents a change of down 9.5% on the previous year and down 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — manure management (manure treated, n content), per capita in Lesotho peaked at 0.6613 kg per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.3892 kg per person, in 2021.
That places Lesotho 112th 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 management (manure treated, N content), per capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.6545 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.6515 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 0.5502 kg per person | -15.5% |
| 1964 | 0.4895 kg per person | -11.0% |
| 1965 | 0.6045 kg per person | +23.5% |
| 1966 | 0.465 kg per person | -23.1% |
| 1967 | 0.5387 kg per person | +15.8% |
| 1968 | 0.5864 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 0.6071 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 0.6613 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 1971 | 0.5916 kg per person | -10.5% |
| 1972 | 0.5589 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 0.5548 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.5611 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.5857 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.5711 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.5507 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 0.5674 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.5788 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.5887 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 0.5768 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 0.5526 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 0.5308 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 0.5182 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 0.5035 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.4952 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.5345 kg per person | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 0.5272 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.4998 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 0.4669 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 0.4697 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.548 kg per person | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 0.5173 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 0.488 kg per person | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 0.4857 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.4453 kg per person | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 0.4931 kg per person | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 0.4328 kg per person | -12.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6 kg per person | +38.6% |
| 2000 | 0.6079 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.6438 kg per person | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 0.5715 kg per person | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 0.579 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.5783 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.645 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 0.5419 kg per person | -16.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6146 kg per person | +13.4% |
| 2008 | 0.5948 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5527 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5564 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.6012 kg per person | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 0.6024 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.5564 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 0.5483 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.515 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 0.4912 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 0.461 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 0.4524 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.4374 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.406 kg per person | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3892 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 0.465 kg per person | +19.5% |
| 2023 | 0.4209 kg per person | -9.5% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.4209 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.515 kg per person, 82% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.4209 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3422 kg per person, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Manure management (manure treated, 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 | +38.6% | 0.4328 kg per person | 0.6 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5719 kg per person | 0.465 kg per person | 0.6545 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5781 kg per person | 0.5507 kg per person | 0.6613 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5327 kg per person | 0.4952 kg per person | 0.5887 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4947 kg per person | 0.4328 kg per person | 0.6 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.593 kg per person | 0.5419 kg per person | 0.645 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5222 kg per person | 0.4374 kg per person | 0.6024 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4203 kg per person | 0.3892 kg per person | 0.465 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 management (manure treated, n content), per capita in Lesotho?
- Cattle — manure management (manure treated, n content), per capita in Lesotho was 0.4209 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — manure management (manure treated, n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6613 kg per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest cattle — manure management (manure treated, n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3892 kg per person in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for cattle — manure management (manure treated, n content), per capita?
- Lesotho ranks 112th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — manure management (manure treated, n content), per capita rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.4%. 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 management (manure treated, N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cattle — Manure management (manure treated, 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 management (manure treated, N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cattle — Manure management 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 management (manure treated, 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.