Chickens, layers: Manure applied … applied square kilometre leaches in Lesotho
Lesotho: Chickens, layers: Manure applied … applied square kilometre leaches was 0.2751 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.2751 kg per square kilometre for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in 2023.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Lesotho peaked at 0.354 kg per square kilometre in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.1669 kg per square kilometre, in 1990.
Lesotho ranks 149th of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens, layers: Manure applied … applied square kilometre leaches in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1922 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1972 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 0.2023 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.2074 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.2124 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 0.2175 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.2225 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 0.2326 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 0.2428 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 0.2529 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 0.263 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 0.263 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.2731 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 0.2731 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.2731 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.2832 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.2832 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.2832 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.2832 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.2832 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.2883 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 0.2984 kg per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 0.2883 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 0.2883 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.2883 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.2883 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.2933 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.2933 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.2984 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1669 kg per square kilometre | -44.1% |
| 1991 | 0.2792 kg per square kilometre | +67.3% |
| 1992 | 0.1669 kg per square kilometre | -40.2% |
| 1993 | 0.1699 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.2377 kg per square kilometre | +39.9% |
| 1995 | 0.2549 kg per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 0.2721 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 0.2893 kg per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 0.2721 kg per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 0.2893 kg per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 0.3055 kg per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 0.2903 kg per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3085 kg per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 0.2832 kg per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 0.3136 kg per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 0.3186 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.3055 kg per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 0.3237 kg per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3287 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3287 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3439 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 0.3439 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3439 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.354 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2913 kg per square kilometre | -17.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2225 kg per square kilometre | -23.6% |
| 2016 | 0.2893 kg per square kilometre | +30.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2832 kg per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.265 kg per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 0.2792 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2761 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2741 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2761 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.2751 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.2751 kg per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.14 kg per square kilometre, 13% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.2751 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5272 kg per square kilometre, 52% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure applied … applied square kilometre 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 | +67.3% | 0.1669 kg per square kilometre | 0.2792 kg per square kilometre |
| 1990 | -44.1% | 0.2984 kg per square kilometre | 0.1669 kg per square kilometre |
| 1992 | -40.2% | 0.2792 kg per square kilometre | 0.1669 kg per square kilometre |
| 1994 | +39.9% | 0.1699 kg per square kilometre | 0.2377 kg per square kilometre |
| 2016 | +30.0% | 0.2225 kg per square kilometre | 0.2893 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2141 kg per square kilometre | 0.1922 kg per square kilometre | 0.2428 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2731 kg per square kilometre | 0.2529 kg per square kilometre | 0.2832 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2908 kg per square kilometre | 0.2832 kg per square kilometre | 0.2984 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2398 kg per square kilometre | 0.1669 kg per square kilometre | 0.2893 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3106 kg per square kilometre | 0.2832 kg per square kilometre | 0.3287 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3016 kg per square kilometre | 0.2225 kg per square kilometre | 0.354 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2754 kg per square kilometre | 0.2741 kg per square kilometre | 0.2761 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 146 Australia 0.3367 kg per square kilometre compare
- 147 Algeria 0.301 kg per square kilometre compare
- 148 Ethiopia 0.2871 kg per square kilometre compare
- 150 Oman 0.2326 kg per square kilometre compare
- 151 Mali 0.2139 kg per square kilometre compare
- 152 Madagascar 0.2054 kg per square kilometre 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 0.2751 kg per square kilometre 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 0.354 kg per square kilometre in 2013.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1669 kg per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Lesotho rank for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Lesotho ranks 149th 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 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.