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Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) in Lesotho

Lesotho: Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) was 0.3322 kt in 2050. ▼ Falling

Latest (2050)
0.3322 kt
World rank
136th
of 215 countries
All-time high
0.5118 kt
in 1968
All-time low
0.0889 kt
in 2019
Years of data
65
1961–2050

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions in Lesotho, 1961–2050

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

The most recent figure for burning - crop residues — emissions in Lesotho is 0.3322 kt, measured in 2050.

Over the whole period, burning - crop residues — emissions in Lesotho peaked at 0.5118 kt in 1968 and was at its lowest, 0.0889 kt, in 2019.

Lesotho ranks 136th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.

Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) in Lesotho, year by year

Year kt Change
1961 0.4364 kt —
1962 0.4401 kt +0.8%
1963 0.4401 kt +0.0%
1964 0.4401 kt +0.0%
1965 0.4939 kt +12.2%
1966 0.4549 kt -7.9%
1967 0.4789 kt +5.3%
1968 0.5118 kt +6.9%
1969 0.4863 kt -5.0%
1970 0.4437 kt -8.8%
1971 0.4671 kt +5.3%
1972 0.4119 kt -11.8%
1973 0.3915 kt -5.0%
1974 0.4329 kt +10.6%
1975 0.3507 kt -19.0%
1976 0.2894 kt -17.5%
1977 0.2619 kt -9.5%
1978 0.3206 kt +22.4%
1979 0.3412 kt +6.4%
1980 0.3292 kt -3.5%
1981 0.3585 kt +8.9%
1982 0.3344 kt -6.7%
1983 0.3109 kt -7.0%
1984 0.3471 kt +11.6%
1985 0.3579 kt +3.1%
1986 0.35 kt -2.2%
1987 0.4144 kt +18.4%
1988 0.5 kt +20.7%
1989 0.4008 kt -19.8%
1990 0.4653 kt +16.1%
1991 0.282 kt -39.4%
1992 0.2996 kt +6.2%
1993 0.2913 kt -2.8%
1994 0.4972 kt +70.7%
1995 0.2263 kt -54.5%
1996 0.4314 kt +90.6%
1997 0.4115 kt -4.6%
1998 0.2647 kt -35.7%
1999 0.3799 kt +43.5%
2000 0.4514 kt +18.8%
2001 0.5059 kt +12.1%
2002 0.4105 kt -18.9%
2003 0.3842 kt -6.4%
2004 0.3719 kt -3.2%
2005 0.3238 kt -12.9%
2006 0.3533 kt +9.1%
2007 0.3509 kt -0.7%
2008 0.3925 kt +11.9%
2009 0.3995 kt +1.8%
2010 0.3964 kt -0.8%
2011 0.3341 kt -15.7%
2012 0.3556 kt +6.4%
2013 0.2951 kt -17.0%
2014 0.3733 kt +26.5%
2015 0.2787 kt -25.3%
2016 0.1192 kt -57.2%
2017 0.4553 kt +282.0%
2018 0.3497 kt -23.2%
2019 0.0889 kt -74.6%
2020 0.1318 kt +48.3%
2021 0.2388 kt +81.2%
2022 0.2495 kt +4.5%
2023 0.4145 kt +66.1%
2030 0.3519 kt -15.1%
2050 0.3322 kt -5.6%

Lesotho compared with similar countries

  • Lesotho's 0.3322 kt is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.29 kt, 26% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
  • Lesotho's 0.3322 kt is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9906 kt, 34% of the median. (43 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4) 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.

YearChange FromTo
2017 +282.0% 0.1192 kt 0.4553 kt

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.4647 kt 0.4364 kt 0.5118 kt 9
1970s 0.3711 kt 0.2619 kt 0.4671 kt 10
1980s 0.3703 kt 0.3109 kt 0.5 kt 10
1990s 0.3549 kt 0.2263 kt 0.4972 kt 10
2000s 0.3944 kt 0.3238 kt 0.5059 kt 10
2010s 0.3046 kt 0.0889 kt 0.4553 kt 10
2020s 0.2586 kt 0.1318 kt 0.4145 kt 4
2030s 0.3519 kt 0.3519 kt 0.3519 kt 1
2050s 0.3322 kt 0.3322 kt 0.3322 kt 1

Countries ranked near Lesotho

  1. 133 Timor-Leste 0.3692 kt compare
  2. 133 East Timor 0.3692 kt compare
  3. 135 Belgium 0.3575 kt compare
  4. 137 Niger 0.3035 kt compare
  5. 138 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.2943 kt compare
  6. 139 Guyana 0.2885 kt compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is burning - crop residues — emissions in Lesotho?
Burning - crop residues — emissions in Lesotho was 0.3322 kt in 2050, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest burning - crop residues — emissions recorded in Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 0.5118 kt in 1968.
What is the lowest burning - crop residues — emissions recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0889 kt in 2019.
How does Lesotho rank for burning - crop residues — emissions?
Lesotho ranks 136th out of 215 countries with data for 2050.
Where does this Lesotho data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Burning - Crop residues — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
248 places, 14,483 data points, 1961–2050
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf