Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Lesotho
Lesotho: Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises was 0.0036 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Chickens — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Lesotho is 0.0036 kg per person, measured in 2023.
The figure 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 volatilises (n content), per in Lesotho peaked at 0.0132 kg per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.0026 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 … capita volatilises in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0132 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0132 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0132 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0132 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0132 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0132 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0131 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0131 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.013 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.013 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0124 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0121 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0119 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0114 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0109 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0106 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0101 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 0.01 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0097 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0085 kg per person | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0091 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 0.011 kg per person | +21.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0095 kg per person | -13.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0074 kg per person | -22.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0081 kg per person | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0086 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0092 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 0.009 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0089 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0082 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0077 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0065 kg per person | -16.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0078 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0094 kg per person | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0114 kg per person | +21.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0107 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0099 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0092 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0085 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0079 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0075 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0079 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0072 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0066 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0074 kg per person | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0074 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0074 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0053 kg per person | -27.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0065 kg per person | +20.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0046 kg per person | -28.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0044 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0045 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0036 kg per person | -20.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0069 kg per person | +92.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0041 kg per person | -40.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0028 kg per person | -32.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0036 kg per person | +30.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0034 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0026 kg per person | -23.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0037 kg per person | +41.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0054 kg per person | +44.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0041 kg per person | -23.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0036 kg per person | -12.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0036 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0365 kg per person, 10% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0036 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0181 kg per person, 20% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises 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% | 0.0036 kg per person | 0.0069 kg per person |
| 2021 | +44.6% | 0.0037 kg per person | 0.0054 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0132 kg per person | 0.013 kg per person | 0.0132 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0112 kg per person | 0.0097 kg per person | 0.013 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0089 kg per person | 0.0074 kg per person | 0.011 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0089 kg per person | 0.0065 kg per person | 0.0114 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0071 kg per person | 0.0053 kg per person | 0.0079 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0041 kg per person | 0.0026 kg per person | 0.0069 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0042 kg per person | 0.0036 kg per person | 0.0054 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 that volatilises (n content), per in Lesotho?
- Chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Lesotho was 0.0036 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0132 kg per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0026 kg per person in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per?
- Lesotho ranks 165th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (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 volatilises (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 volatilises (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 volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 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 volatilises (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.