Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Lesotho
Lesotho: Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 1.17 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 1.17 kg per square kilometre for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Lesotho peaked at 1.51 kg per square kilometre in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.7115 kg per square kilometre, in 1990.
Lesotho ranks 96th of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.8193 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.8408 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 0.8624 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.884 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.9055 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 0.9271 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.9486 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 0.9918 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 1.03 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 1.08 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 1.12 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 1.12 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1.16 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 1.16 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1.16 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1.21 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 1.21 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1.21 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1.21 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1.21 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1.23 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 1.27 kg per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 1.23 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 1.23 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1.23 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1.23 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1.25 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 1.25 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1.27 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.7115 kg per square kilometre | -44.1% |
| 1991 | 1.19 kg per square kilometre | +67.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7115 kg per square kilometre | -40.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7244 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 1.01 kg per square kilometre | +39.9% |
| 1995 | 1.09 kg per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 1.16 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 1.23 kg per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 1.16 kg per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 1.23 kg per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 1.3 kg per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 1.24 kg per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 1.32 kg per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 1.21 kg per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 1.34 kg per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 1.36 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 1.3 kg per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 1.38 kg per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 1.4 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.4 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.47 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 1.47 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.47 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.51 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 1.24 kg per square kilometre | -17.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9486 kg per square kilometre | -23.6% |
| 2016 | 1.23 kg per square kilometre | +30.0% |
| 2017 | 1.21 kg per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 1.13 kg per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 1.19 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 1.18 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 1.17 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 1.18 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1.17 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 1.17 kg per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.83 kg per square kilometre, 31% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 1.17 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.25 kg per square kilometre, 52% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure left … left 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% | 0.7115 kg per square kilometre | 1.19 kg per square kilometre |
| 1990 | -44.1% | 1.27 kg per square kilometre | 0.7115 kg per square kilometre |
| 1992 | -40.2% | 1.19 kg per square kilometre | 0.7115 kg per square kilometre |
| 1994 | +39.9% | 0.7244 kg per square kilometre | 1.01 kg per square kilometre |
| 2016 | +30.0% | 0.9486 kg per square kilometre | 1.23 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9127 kg per square kilometre | 0.8193 kg per square kilometre | 1.03 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.16 kg per square kilometre | 1.08 kg per square kilometre | 1.21 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.24 kg per square kilometre | 1.21 kg per square kilometre | 1.27 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.02 kg per square kilometre | 0.7115 kg per square kilometre | 1.23 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.32 kg per square kilometre | 1.21 kg per square kilometre | 1.4 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.29 kg per square kilometre | 0.9486 kg per square kilometre | 1.51 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 kg per square kilometre | 1.17 kg per square kilometre | 1.18 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
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 1.17 kg per square kilometre 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 1.51 kg per square kilometre in 2013.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7115 kg per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Lesotho rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- Lesotho ranks 96th 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 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 left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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 left on pasture that leaches (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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.