Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.0634 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho is 0.0634 kg per person, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho peaked at 0.1349 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0475 kg per person, in 1992.
That places Lesotho 156th 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, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1349 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1344 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.1338 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 0.1332 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 0.1325 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.1313 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.1297 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 0.1307 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 0.1315 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 0.1321 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 0.1326 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.128 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 0.1284 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1241 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.1199 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.1204 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.1169 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.1137 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.1104 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 0.1072 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.106 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1066 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.1001 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0972 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0945 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0922 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0917 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0898 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0895 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0491 kg per person | -45.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0807 kg per person | +64.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0475 kg per person | -41.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0476 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0657 kg per person | +38.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0696 kg per person | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0735 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0775 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0725 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0769 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0812 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0773 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0824 kg per person | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 0.076 kg per person | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0847 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0869 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0836 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0883 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 0.089 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0884 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0918 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0909 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.09 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0917 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0746 kg per person | -18.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0563 kg per person | -24.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0723 kg per person | +28.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0699 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0646 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0673 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0658 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0646 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0643 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0634 kg per person | -1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +64.3% | 0.0491 kg per person | 0.0807 kg per person |
| 1990 | -45.1% | 0.0895 kg per person | 0.0491 kg per person |
| 1992 | -41.2% | 0.0807 kg per person | 0.0475 kg per person |
| 1994 | +38.0% | 0.0476 kg per person | 0.0657 kg per person |
| 2016 | +28.4% | 0.0563 kg per person | 0.0723 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1324 kg per person | 0.1297 kg per person | 0.1349 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1227 kg per person | 0.1104 kg per person | 0.1326 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0975 kg per person | 0.0895 kg per person | 0.1072 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0661 kg per person | 0.0475 kg per person | 0.0807 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0838 kg per person | 0.076 kg per person | 0.089 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.077 kg per person | 0.0563 kg per person | 0.0918 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0645 kg per person | 0.0634 kg per person | 0.0658 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 153 Niger 0.0799 kg per person compare
- 154 Guinea-Bissau 0.0781 kg per person compare
- 155 Madagascar 0.0672 kg per person compare
- 157 Central African Republic 0.062 kg per person compare
- 158 Mozambique 0.0554 kg per person compare
- 159 Rwanda 0.052 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, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho?
- Chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho was 0.0634 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1349 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0475 kg per person in 1992.
- How does Lesotho rank for chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Lesotho ranks 156th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.9%. 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, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (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, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure 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, layers — Amount excreted in manure (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.