Chickens — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Chickens — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita was 0.018 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Chickens — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Lesotho is 0.018 kg per person, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 12.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Lesotho peaked at 0.0662 kg per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.0131 kg per person, in 2019.
That places Lesotho 165th 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 — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0659 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0661 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0661 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0661 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0662 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.066 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0656 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0654 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0651 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0649 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0622 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0607 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0596 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.057 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0545 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.053 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0505 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 0.05 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0484 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0423 kg per person | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0453 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0551 kg per person | +21.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0476 kg per person | -13.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0371 kg per person | -22.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0407 kg per person | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0429 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 0.046 kg per person | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0451 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0443 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.041 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0386 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0323 kg per person | -16.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0391 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0468 kg per person | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0571 kg per person | +21.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0533 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0497 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0458 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0425 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0393 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0374 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0396 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0359 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0332 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0371 kg per person | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 0.037 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0369 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0267 kg per person | -27.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0323 kg per person | +20.8% |
| 2010 | 0.023 kg per person | -28.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0222 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0225 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.018 kg per person | -20.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0346 kg per person | +92.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0206 kg per person | -40.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0139 kg per person | -32.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0182 kg per person | +30.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0172 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0131 kg per person | -23.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0186 kg per person | +41.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0269 kg per person | +44.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0205 kg per person | -23.7% |
| 2023 | 0.018 kg per person | -12.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.018 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1827 kg per person, 10% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.018 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0907 kg per person, 20% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Manure applied to soils (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +92.2% | 0.018 kg per person | 0.0346 kg per person |
| 2021 | +44.6% | 0.0186 kg per person | 0.0269 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0658 kg per person | 0.0651 kg per person | 0.0662 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0561 kg per person | 0.0484 kg per person | 0.0649 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0446 kg per person | 0.0371 kg per person | 0.0551 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0446 kg per person | 0.0323 kg per person | 0.0571 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0355 kg per person | 0.0267 kg per person | 0.0396 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0203 kg per person | 0.0131 kg per person | 0.0346 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.021 kg per person | 0.018 kg per person | 0.0269 kg per person | 4 |
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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 — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Lesotho?
- Chickens — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Lesotho was 0.018 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0662 kg per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest chickens — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0131 kg per person in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for chickens — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita?
- Lesotho ranks 165th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens — Manure applied to soils (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 — Manure applied to soils (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens — Manure applied to soils 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 — Manure applied to soils (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.