Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 11.63 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 11.63 kg per person for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 37.9% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho peaked at 36.32 kg per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 7.57 kg per person, in 2020.
Lesotho ranks 25th of 165 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31.84 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 36.32 kg per person | +14.1% |
| 1963 | 36 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 33.25 kg per person | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 35.46 kg per person | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 33.53 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1967 | 34.59 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 27.96 kg per person | -19.2% |
| 1969 | 30.5 kg per person | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 32.62 kg per person | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 32.31 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 31.13 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 28.92 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 1974 | 28.47 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 26.5 kg per person | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 24.49 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 1977 | 17.64 kg per person | -28.0% |
| 1978 | 15.08 kg per person | -14.5% |
| 1979 | 15.31 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 17.24 kg per person | +12.6% |
| 1981 | 17.59 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 20.09 kg per person | +14.2% |
| 1983 | 18.5 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 17.84 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 19.89 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 1986 | 18.79 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 21.87 kg per person | +16.4% |
| 1988 | 21.03 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 19.16 kg per person | -8.9% |
| 1990 | 16.1 kg per person | -15.9% |
| 1991 | 15.46 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 14.02 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 1993 | 13.8 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 14.73 kg per person | +6.8% |
| 1995 | 12.69 kg per person | -13.9% |
| 1996 | 11.33 kg per person | -10.7% |
| 1997 | 11.76 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 8.27 kg per person | -29.7% |
| 1999 | 13.64 kg per person | +65.0% |
| 2000 | 12.88 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 12.67 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 12.12 kg per person | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 11.5 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 11.01 kg per person | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 12.68 kg per person | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 12.34 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 12.29 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 14.75 kg per person | +20.0% |
| 2009 | 14.72 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 13.94 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 13.51 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 13.33 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 14.32 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 13.69 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 13.51 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 12.97 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 18.08 kg per person | +39.4% |
| 2018 | 15.08 kg per person | -16.6% |
| 2019 | 13.42 kg per person | -11.0% |
| 2020 | 7.57 kg per person | -43.6% |
| 2021 | 9.25 kg per person | +22.2% |
| 2022 | 18.72 kg per person | +102.5% |
| 2023 | 11.63 kg per person | -37.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +102.5% | 9.25 kg per person | 18.72 kg per person |
| 1999 | +65.0% | 8.27 kg per person | 13.64 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.27 kg per person | 27.96 kg per person | 36.32 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 25.25 kg per person | 15.08 kg per person | 32.62 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 19.2 kg per person | 17.24 kg per person | 21.87 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.18 kg per person | 8.27 kg per person | 16.1 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.7 kg per person | 11.01 kg per person | 14.75 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.18 kg per person | 12.97 kg per person | 18.08 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.79 kg per person | 7.57 kg per person | 18.72 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 22 Burkina Faso 13 kg per person compare
- 23 Albania 12.3 kg per person compare
- 24 Djibouti 11.64 kg per person compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 11.23 kg per person compare
- 27 Senegal 10.81 kg per person compare
- 28 Kyrgyzstan 10.75 kg per person compare
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 sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho?
- Sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Lesotho was 11.63 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 36.32 kg per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.57 kg per person in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Lesotho ranks 25th out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. 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 Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Sheep and Goats — 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.
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Sheep and Goats — 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.