Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in Lesotho
Lesotho: Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches was 0.0154 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Lesotho stood at 0.0154 kg per person.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Lesotho peaked at 0.0328 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0115 kg per person, in 1992.
That places Lesotho 107th out of 168 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.
Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0328 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0327 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0325 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0324 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0322 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0319 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0315 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0318 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 0.032 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0321 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0322 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0311 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0312 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0301 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0291 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0292 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0284 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0276 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0268 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0261 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0258 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0259 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0243 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0236 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 0.023 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0224 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0223 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0218 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0218 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0119 kg per person | -45.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0196 kg per person | +64.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0115 kg per person | -41.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0116 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.016 kg per person | +38.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0169 kg per person | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0179 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0188 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0176 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0187 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0197 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0188 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.02 kg per person | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0185 kg per person | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0206 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0211 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0203 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0214 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0216 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0215 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0223 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0221 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0219 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0223 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0181 kg per person | -18.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0137 kg per person | -24.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0176 kg per person | +28.4% |
| 2017 | 0.017 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0157 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0164 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.016 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0157 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0156 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0154 kg per person | -1.5% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0154 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0472 kg per person, 33% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0154 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.035 kg per person, 44% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left 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% | 0.0119 kg per person | 0.0196 kg per person |
| 1990 | -45.1% | 0.0218 kg per person | 0.0119 kg per person |
| 1992 | -41.2% | 0.0196 kg per person | 0.0115 kg per person |
| 1994 | +38.0% | 0.0116 kg per person | 0.016 kg per person |
| 2016 | +28.4% | 0.0137 kg per person | 0.0176 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0322 kg per person | 0.0315 kg per person | 0.0328 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0298 kg per person | 0.0268 kg per person | 0.0322 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0237 kg per person | 0.0218 kg per person | 0.0261 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0161 kg per person | 0.0115 kg per person | 0.0196 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0204 kg per person | 0.0185 kg per person | 0.0216 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0187 kg per person | 0.0137 kg per person | 0.0223 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0157 kg per person | 0.0154 kg per person | 0.016 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 104 Bahrain 0.0182 kg per person compare
- 105 Afghanistan 0.0178 kg per person compare
- 106 Madagascar 0.0163 kg per person compare
- 108 Central African Republic 0.0151 kg per person compare
- 109 Mozambique 0.0135 kg per person compare
- 110 Rwanda 0.0126 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 left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Lesotho?
- Chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Lesotho was 0.0154 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0328 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0115 kg per person in 1992.
- How does Lesotho rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- Lesotho ranks 107th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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 left on pasture that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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.