Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Lesotho
Lesotho: Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches was 0.0018 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N) in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Lesotho is 0.0018 kg per person, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 28.0% on the previous year and up 951.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Lesotho peaked at 0.0132 kg per person in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 kg per person, in 2016.
That places Lesotho 162nd out of 168 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0121 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0122 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0122 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0122 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0123 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0123 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0123 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0122 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 0.012 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0119 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0111 kg per person | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0109 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0105 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 0.01 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0095 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 0.009 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0085 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0085 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0082 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0066 kg per person | -19.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0075 kg per person | +14.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0105 kg per person | +38.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0086 kg per person | -18.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0056 kg per person | -34.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0068 kg per person | +22.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0076 kg per person | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0086 kg per person | +12.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0084 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0082 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0095 kg per person | +16.2% |
| 1991 | 0.007 kg per person | -26.6% |
| 1992 | 0.007 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.009 kg per person | +29.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0103 kg per person | +14.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0132 kg per person | +27.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0118 kg per person | -10.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0105 kg per person | -11.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0096 kg per person | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0084 kg per person | -12.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0072 kg per person | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0068 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0072 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0064 kg per person | -10.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0051 kg per person | -20.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0062 kg per person | +20.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0063 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.006 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0029 kg per person | -51.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0046 kg per person | +58.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0017 kg per person | -64.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0015 kg per person | -11.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0016 kg per person | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0002 kg per person | -89.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0061 kg per person | +3494.1% |
| 2015 | 0.003 kg per person | -51.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 kg per person | -98.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0015 kg per person | +2418.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0015 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 kg per person | -93.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0018 kg per person | +1856.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0044 kg per person | +140.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0025 kg per person | -43.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0018 kg per person | -28.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +3494.1% | 0.0002 kg per person | 0.0061 kg per person |
| 2017 | +2418.4% | 0.0001 kg per person | 0.0015 kg per person |
| 2020 | +1856.7% | 0.0001 kg per person | 0.0018 kg per person |
| 2021 | +140.2% | 0.0018 kg per person | 0.0044 kg per person |
| 2016 | -98.0% | 0.003 kg per person | 0.0001 kg per person |
| 2019 | -93.7% | 0.0015 kg per person | 0.0001 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0122 kg per person | 0.012 kg per person | 0.0123 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0098 kg per person | 0.0082 kg per person | 0.0119 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0078 kg per person | 0.0056 kg per person | 0.0105 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0096 kg per person | 0.007 kg per person | 0.0132 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0059 kg per person | 0.0029 kg per person | 0.0072 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0017 kg per person | 0.0001 kg per person | 0.0061 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0026 kg per person | 0.0018 kg per person | 0.0044 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 159 Burundi 0.0035 kg per person compare
- 160 Somalia 0.0034 kg per person compare
- 161 Rwanda 0.0028 kg per person compare
- 163 Botswana 0.0011 kg per person compare
- 164 Albania 0.0009 kg per person compare
- 165 Benin 0 kg per person compare
- 165 Kyrgyzstan 0 kg per person compare
- 165 Montenegro 0 kg per person compare
- 165 Singapore 0 kg per person compare
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 chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Lesotho?
- Chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Lesotho was 0.0018 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0132 kg per person in 1995.
- What is the lowest chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 kg per person in 2016.
- How does Lesotho rank for chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n)?
- Lesotho ranks 162nd out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 951.9%. 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 Chickens, broilers — 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
Chickens, broilers — 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.
Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, broilers — 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
Chickens, broilers — 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.