Chickens: Manure applied to soils that leaches (N) … capita leaches in Lesotho
Lesotho: Chickens: Manure applied to soils that leaches (N) … capita leaches was 0.0054 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Chickens — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Lesotho stood at 0.0054 kg per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Lesotho peaked at 0.0198 kg per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.0039 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 that leaches (N) … capita leaches in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0198 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0198 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0198 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0198 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0198 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0198 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0197 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0196 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0195 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0195 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0187 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0182 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0179 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0171 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0163 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0159 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0152 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 0.015 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0145 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0127 kg per person | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0136 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0165 kg per person | +21.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0143 kg per person | -13.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0111 kg per person | -22.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0122 kg per person | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0129 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0138 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0135 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0133 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0123 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0116 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0097 kg per person | -16.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0117 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0141 kg per person | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0171 kg per person | +21.9% |
| 1996 | 0.016 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0149 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0137 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0128 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0118 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0112 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0119 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0108 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0099 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0111 kg per person | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0111 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0111 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.008 kg per person | -27.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0097 kg per person | +20.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0069 kg per person | -28.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0067 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0068 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0054 kg per person | -20.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0104 kg per person | +92.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0062 kg per person | -40.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0042 kg per person | -32.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0054 kg per person | +30.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0052 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0039 kg per person | -23.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0056 kg per person | +41.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0081 kg per person | +44.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0062 kg per person | -23.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0054 kg per person | -12.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0054 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0548 kg per person, 10% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0054 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0272 kg per person, 20% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens: Manure applied to soils that leaches (N) … 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +92.2% | 0.0054 kg per person | 0.0104 kg per person |
| 2021 | +44.6% | 0.0056 kg per person | 0.0081 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0197 kg per person | 0.0195 kg per person | 0.0198 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0168 kg per person | 0.0145 kg per person | 0.0195 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0134 kg per person | 0.0111 kg per person | 0.0165 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0134 kg per person | 0.0097 kg per person | 0.0171 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0107 kg per person | 0.008 kg per person | 0.0119 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0061 kg per person | 0.0039 kg per person | 0.0104 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0063 kg per person | 0.0054 kg per person | 0.0081 kg per person | 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 — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Lesotho?
- Chickens — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Lesotho was 0.0054 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0198 kg per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest chickens — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0039 kg per person in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for chickens — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per?
- Lesotho ranks 165th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per 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 that leaches (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 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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens — 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 — 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.