Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Wood fuel — Production, per capita was 0.923 m3 per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Lesotho, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in m3 per person.
Analysis
In 2024, wood fuel — production, per capita in Lesotho stood at 0.923 m3 per person.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood fuel — production, per capita in Lesotho peaked at 1.94 m3 per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.6974 m3 per person, in 1990.
Lesotho ranks 16th of 170 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | m3 per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.94 m3 per person | — |
| 1962 | 1.9 m3 per person | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 1.86 m3 per person | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 1.81 m3 per person | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 1.77 m3 per person | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 1.73 m3 per person | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 1.68 m3 per person | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 1.63 m3 per person | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 1.58 m3 per person | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 1.54 m3 per person | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 1.5 m3 per person | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 1.45 m3 per person | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 1.35 m3 per person | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 1.31 m3 per person | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 1.33 m3 per person | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 1.29 m3 per person | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 1.24 m3 per person | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 1.2 m3 per person | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 1.19 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 1.19 m3 per person | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 1.19 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 1.14 m3 per person | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 1.16 m3 per person | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 1.14 m3 per person | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 1.12 m3 per person | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 1.12 m3 per person | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 1.1 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 1.08 m3 per person | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 1.05 m3 per person | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.6974 m3 per person | -33.8% |
| 1991 | 0.7214 m3 per person | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 0.7292 m3 per person | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.7372 m3 per person | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.747 m3 per person | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.7574 m3 per person | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.7691 m3 per person | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7826 m3 per person | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.7978 m3 per person | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 1 m3 per person | +25.4% |
| 2000 | 1.01 m3 per person | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 1.01 m3 per person | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.02 m3 per person | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 1.03 m3 per person | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.04 m3 per person | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 1.05 m3 per person | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 1.06 m3 per person | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 1.06 m3 per person | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.06 m3 per person | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.05 m3 per person | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 1.05 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.04 m3 per person | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 1.04 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.03 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.02 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 1.01 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 1 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9907 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.98 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9698 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9596 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.95 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9411 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.932 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.923 m3 per person | -1.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.923 m3 per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3778 m3 per person, 2.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.923 m3 per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4386 m3 per person, 2.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood fuel — Production, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -33.8% | 1.05 m3 per person | 0.6974 m3 per person |
| 1999 | +25.4% | 0.7978 m3 per person | 1 m3 per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.77 m3 per person | 1.58 m3 per person | 1.94 m3 per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.34 m3 per person | 1.19 m3 per person | 1.54 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.13 m3 per person | 1.05 m3 per person | 1.19 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7739 m3 per person | 0.6974 m3 per person | 1 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 m3 per person | 1.01 m3 per person | 1.06 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 m3 per person | 0.9698 m3 per person | 1.05 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9411 m3 per person | 0.923 m3 per person | 0.9596 m3 per person | 5 |
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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.966 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood fuel — production, per capita in Lesotho?
- Wood fuel — production, per capita in Lesotho was 0.923 m3 per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1.94 m3 per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6974 m3 per person in 1990.
- How does Lesotho rank for wood fuel — production, per capita?
- Lesotho ranks 16th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wood fuel — production, per capita rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. 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 Wood fuel — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wood fuel — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wood fuel — Production 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
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.