Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises in Lesotho
Lesotho: Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises was 0.0154 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content) in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.0154 kg per person for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) 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 volatilises (n content) in Lesotho peaked at 0.0564 kg per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.0112 kg per person, in 2019.
Lesotho ranks 117th of 168 countries on this measure, 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 volatilises in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0562 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0564 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0563 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0564 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0564 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0563 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0559 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0557 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0555 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0553 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0531 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0518 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0508 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0486 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0464 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0452 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0431 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0427 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0413 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0361 kg per person | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0386 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 0.047 kg per person | +21.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0406 kg per person | -13.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0317 kg per person | -22.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0347 kg per person | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0365 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0393 kg per person | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0384 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0377 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.035 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0329 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0275 kg per person | -16.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0333 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0399 kg per person | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0487 kg per person | +21.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0455 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0424 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 0.039 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0362 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0335 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0319 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0337 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0306 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0283 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0316 kg per person | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0315 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0315 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0228 kg per person | -27.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0275 kg per person | +20.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0196 kg per person | -28.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0189 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0192 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0153 kg per person | -20.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0295 kg per person | +92.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0175 kg per person | -40.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0119 kg per person | -32.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0155 kg per person | +30.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0147 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0112 kg per person | -23.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0158 kg per person | +41.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0229 kg per person | +44.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0175 kg per person | -23.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0154 kg per person | -12.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0154 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0912 kg per person, 17% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0154 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.082 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 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% | 0.0153 kg per person | 0.0295 kg per person |
| 2021 | +44.6% | 0.0158 kg per person | 0.0229 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0561 kg per person | 0.0555 kg per person | 0.0564 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0478 kg per person | 0.0413 kg per person | 0.0553 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0381 kg per person | 0.0317 kg per person | 0.047 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0381 kg per person | 0.0275 kg per person | 0.0487 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0303 kg per person | 0.0228 kg per person | 0.0337 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0173 kg per person | 0.0112 kg per person | 0.0295 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0179 kg per person | 0.0154 kg per person | 0.0229 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 volatilises (n content) in Lesotho?
- Poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in Lesotho was 0.0154 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0564 kg per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0112 kg per person in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content)?
- Lesotho ranks 117th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) 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 volatilises (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 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.
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture 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
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture 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.