Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in Lesotho
Lesotho: Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches was 0.023 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in Lesotho is 0.023 kg per person, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in Lesotho peaked at 0.0846 kg per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.0168 kg per person, in 2019.
That places Lesotho 117th out of 168 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0843 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0845 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0845 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0845 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0846 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0844 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0839 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0836 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0833 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.083 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0796 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0777 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0762 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0728 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0696 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0678 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0646 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 0.064 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0619 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0542 kg per person | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0579 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0705 kg per person | +21.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0609 kg per person | -13.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0475 kg per person | -22.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0521 kg per person | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0548 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0589 kg per person | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0577 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0566 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0525 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0494 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0413 kg per person | -16.3% |
| 1993 | 0.05 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0599 kg per person | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0731 kg per person | +21.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0682 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0636 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0585 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0544 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0503 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0479 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0506 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0459 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0424 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0474 kg per person | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0473 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0472 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0341 kg per person | -27.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0412 kg per person | +20.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0294 kg per person | -28.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0284 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0288 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.023 kg per person | -20.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0442 kg per person | +92.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0263 kg per person | -40.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0178 kg per person | -32.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0232 kg per person | +30.3% |
| 2018 | 0.022 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0168 kg per person | -23.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0238 kg per person | +41.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0344 kg per person | +44.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0262 kg per person | -23.7% |
| 2023 | 0.023 kg per person | -12.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.023 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1367 kg per person, 17% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.023 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.123 kg per person, 19% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left 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% | 0.023 kg per person | 0.0442 kg per person |
| 2021 | +44.6% | 0.0238 kg per person | 0.0344 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0842 kg per person | 0.0833 kg per person | 0.0846 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0717 kg per person | 0.0619 kg per person | 0.083 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0571 kg per person | 0.0475 kg per person | 0.0705 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0571 kg per person | 0.0413 kg per person | 0.0731 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0454 kg per person | 0.0341 kg per person | 0.0506 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.026 kg per person | 0.0168 kg per person | 0.0442 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0268 kg per person | 0.023 kg per person | 0.0344 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 — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in Lesotho?
- Poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in Lesotho was 0.023 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0846 kg per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0168 kg per person in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per?
- Lesotho ranks 117th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — manure left on pasture 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 Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture 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.
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture 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
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture 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.