Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.0948 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho stood at 0.0948 kg per person.
The figure is down 12.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho peaked at 0.3482 kg per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.0689 kg per person, in 2019.
That places Lesotho 164th 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.
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3468 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.3479 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.3478 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.3479 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.3482 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.3473 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 0.3451 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 0.3441 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.3428 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.3417 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.3276 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 0.3196 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.3134 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.2997 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 0.2866 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.279 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.266 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 0.2634 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.2548 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.2229 kg per person | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 0.2383 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 0.2901 kg per person | +21.7% |
| 1983 | 0.2505 kg per person | -13.6% |
| 1984 | 0.1954 kg per person | -22.0% |
| 1985 | 0.2144 kg per person | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 0.2255 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 0.2423 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 0.2373 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.233 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.2158 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 0.2031 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.1699 kg per person | -16.3% |
| 1993 | 0.2057 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 1994 | 0.2466 kg per person | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 0.3007 kg per person | +21.9% |
| 1996 | 0.2807 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 0.2618 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 0.2409 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2237 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 0.2071 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 0.197 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 0.2083 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1889 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 0.1746 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 0.1951 kg per person | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 0.1947 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.1943 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.1405 kg per person | -27.7% |
| 2009 | 0.1697 kg per person | +20.8% |
| 2010 | 0.1211 kg per person | -28.7% |
| 2011 | 0.117 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.1185 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0947 kg per person | -20.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1819 kg per person | +92.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1082 kg per person | -40.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0733 kg per person | -32.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0956 kg per person | +30.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0906 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0689 kg per person | -23.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0978 kg per person | +41.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1414 kg per person | +44.6% |
| 2022 | 0.108 kg per person | -23.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0948 kg per person | -12.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0948 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6706 kg per person, 14% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0948 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.506 kg per person, 19% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (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% | 0.0947 kg per person | 0.1819 kg per person |
| 2021 | +44.6% | 0.0978 kg per person | 0.1414 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3465 kg per person | 0.3428 kg per person | 0.3482 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2952 kg per person | 0.2548 kg per person | 0.3417 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.235 kg per person | 0.1954 kg per person | 0.2901 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2349 kg per person | 0.1699 kg per person | 0.3007 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.187 kg per person | 0.1405 kg per person | 0.2083 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.107 kg per person | 0.0689 kg per person | 0.1819 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1105 kg per person | 0.0948 kg per person | 0.1414 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 poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho?
- Poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho was 0.0948 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3482 kg per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0689 kg per person in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Lesotho ranks 164th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (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 Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Poultry Birds — 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.
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Poultry Birds — 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.