Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Lesotho
Lesotho: Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches was 0.0036 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.0036 kg per person for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) 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 — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Lesotho peaked at 0.0077 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0027 kg per person, in 1992.
Lesotho ranks 158th of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0077 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0077 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0076 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0076 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0076 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0075 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0074 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0074 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0075 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0075 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0076 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0073 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0073 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0071 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0068 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0069 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0067 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0065 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0063 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0061 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.006 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0061 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0057 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0055 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0054 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0053 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0052 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0051 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0051 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0028 kg per person | -45.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0046 kg per person | +64.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0027 kg per person | -41.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0027 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0037 kg per person | +38.0% |
| 1995 | 0.004 kg per person | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0042 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0044 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0041 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0044 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0046 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0044 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0047 kg per person | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0043 kg per person | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0048 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 0.005 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0048 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 0.005 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0051 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.005 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0052 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0052 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0051 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0052 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0043 kg per person | -18.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0032 kg per person | -24.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0041 kg per person | +28.4% |
| 2017 | 0.004 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0037 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0038 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0037 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0037 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0037 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0036 kg per person | -1.5% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0036 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0226 kg per person, 16% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0036 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0082 kg per person, 44% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +64.3% | 0.0028 kg per person | 0.0046 kg per person |
| 1990 | -45.1% | 0.0051 kg per person | 0.0028 kg per person |
| 1992 | -41.2% | 0.0046 kg per person | 0.0027 kg per person |
| 1994 | +38.0% | 0.0027 kg per person | 0.0037 kg per person |
| 2016 | +28.4% | 0.0032 kg per person | 0.0041 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0075 kg per person | 0.0074 kg per person | 0.0077 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.007 kg per person | 0.0063 kg per person | 0.0076 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0056 kg per person | 0.0051 kg per person | 0.0061 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0038 kg per person | 0.0027 kg per person | 0.0046 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0048 kg per person | 0.0043 kg per person | 0.0051 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0044 kg per person | 0.0032 kg per person | 0.0052 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0037 kg per person | 0.0036 kg per person | 0.0037 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 155 Haiti 0.0043 kg per person compare
- 156 Iraq 0.0041 kg per person compare
- 157 Madagascar 0.0038 kg per person compare
- 159 Central African Republic 0.0035 kg per person compare
- 160 Mozambique 0.0032 kg per person compare
- 161 Rwanda 0.003 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 — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Lesotho?
- Chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Lesotho was 0.0036 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0077 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0027 kg per person in 1992.
- How does Lesotho rank for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Lesotho ranks 158th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) 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 — 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, layers — 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, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — 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, layers — 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.