Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 1.14 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 1.14 kg per person for horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023.
The figure is down 25.9% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho peaked at 4.88 kg per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.7686 kg per person, in 2020.
Lesotho ranks 18th of 143 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.7 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 4.88 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 4.25 kg per person | -12.9% |
| 1964 | 3.61 kg per person | -14.9% |
| 1965 | 3.54 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 3.04 kg per person | -14.0% |
| 1967 | 4.24 kg per person | +39.1% |
| 1968 | 2.88 kg per person | -32.1% |
| 1969 | 3.59 kg per person | +24.8% |
| 1970 | 4.3 kg per person | +19.8% |
| 1971 | 4.16 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 4.02 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 4.02 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 3.91 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 3.3 kg per person | -15.6% |
| 1976 | 3.32 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 3.23 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 3.06 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1979 | 2.96 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 2.87 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 2.85 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 2.8 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 2.84 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 2.55 kg per person | -10.2% |
| 1985 | 2.72 kg per person | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 3.06 kg per person | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 3.04 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 2.66 kg per person | -12.4% |
| 1989 | 2.34 kg per person | -12.2% |
| 1990 | 2.21 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 2.11 kg per person | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 1.89 kg per person | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 2.24 kg per person | +18.4% |
| 1994 | 2.34 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 2.05 kg per person | -12.3% |
| 1996 | 1.99 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 1.75 kg per person | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 1.77 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 1.97 kg per person | +11.6% |
| 2000 | 1.93 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 1.8 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 1.55 kg per person | -14.2% |
| 2003 | 1.53 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 1.62 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 1.45 kg per person | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 1.42 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 1.41 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 1.58 kg per person | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 1.5 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 1.4 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 1.36 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 1.36 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.16 kg per person | -14.4% |
| 2014 | 1.06 kg per person | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 1.13 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 1.12 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.19 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 1.1 kg per person | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9116 kg per person | -16.8% |
| 2020 | 0.7686 kg per person | -15.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9953 kg per person | +29.5% |
| 2022 | 1.54 kg per person | +55.0% |
| 2023 | 1.14 kg per person | -25.9% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 1.14 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.065 kg per person, 17.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 1.14 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0545 kg per person, 21.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.86 kg per person | 2.88 kg per person | 4.88 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.63 kg per person | 2.96 kg per person | 4.3 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.77 kg per person | 2.34 kg per person | 3.06 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.03 kg per person | 1.75 kg per person | 2.34 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.58 kg per person | 1.41 kg per person | 1.93 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.18 kg per person | 0.9116 kg per person | 1.4 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.11 kg per person | 0.7686 kg per person | 1.54 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 horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho?
- Horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho was 1.14 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 4.88 kg per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7686 kg per person in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Lesotho ranks 18th out of 143 countries with data for 2023.
- Is horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. 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 Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Horses — Amount excreted in manure (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.
Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
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- Horses — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Horses — Amount excreted in manure (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.