Swine — Losses from manure treated (N content), per capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Swine — Losses from manure treated (N content), per capita was 0.0142 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Swine — Losses from manure treated (N content), per capita in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.0142 kg per person for swine — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.3% on the previous year and down 52.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita in Lesotho peaked at 0.102 kg per person in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.0114 kg per person, in 2021.
Lesotho ranks 126th of 149 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Swine — Losses from manure treated (N content), per capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0659 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0662 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0662 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0661 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0655 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0647 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0644 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0631 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0617 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0596 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0601 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0614 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0614 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.062 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0591 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0554 kg per person | -6.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0572 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0539 kg per person | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0545 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0538 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0391 kg per person | -27.3% |
| 1982 | 0.039 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0328 kg per person | -15.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0309 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0305 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0389 kg per person | +27.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0378 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 0.037 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0363 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0338 kg per person | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0248 kg per person | -26.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0216 kg per person | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0289 kg per person | +33.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0218 kg per person | -24.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0311 kg per person | +42.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0297 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0365 kg per person | +23.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0364 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0476 kg per person | +30.7% |
| 2000 | 0.059 kg per person | +24.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0535 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0474 kg per person | -11.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0324 kg per person | -31.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0521 kg per person | +60.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0637 kg per person | +22.2% |
| 2006 | 0.102 kg per person | +60.2% |
| 2007 | 0.1016 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0446 kg per person | -56.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0428 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0387 kg per person | -9.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0365 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0362 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0298 kg per person | -17.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0279 kg per person | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0395 kg per person | +41.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0359 kg per person | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0165 kg per person | -54.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0208 kg per person | +25.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0223 kg per person | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 0.015 kg per person | -32.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0114 kg per person | -23.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0172 kg per person | +50.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0142 kg per person | -17.3% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0142 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0383 kg per person, 37% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0142 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0321 kg per person, 44% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Swine — Losses from manure treated (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +60.9% | 0.0324 kg per person | 0.0521 kg per person |
| 2006 | +60.2% | 0.0637 kg per person | 0.102 kg per person |
| 2008 | -56.1% | 0.1016 kg per person | 0.0446 kg per person |
| 2022 | +50.9% | 0.0114 kg per person | 0.0172 kg per person |
| 2017 | -54.1% | 0.0359 kg per person | 0.0165 kg per person |
| 1995 | +42.3% | 0.0218 kg per person | 0.0311 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0649 kg per person | 0.0617 kg per person | 0.0662 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0584 kg per person | 0.0539 kg per person | 0.062 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0376 kg per person | 0.0305 kg per person | 0.0538 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0312 kg per person | 0.0216 kg per person | 0.0476 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0599 kg per person | 0.0324 kg per person | 0.102 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0304 kg per person | 0.0165 kg per person | 0.0395 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0144 kg per person | 0.0114 kg per person | 0.0172 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 swine — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita in Lesotho?
- Swine — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita in Lesotho was 0.0142 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest swine — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.102 kg per person in 2006.
- What is the lowest swine — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0114 kg per person in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for swine — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita?
- Lesotho ranks 126th out of 149 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.3%. 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 Swine — Losses from manure treated (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Swine — Losses from manure treated (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.
Swine — Losses from manure treated (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Swine — Losses from manure treated 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.
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Swine — Losses from manure treated (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.