Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought in Lesotho
Lesotho: Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought was 1 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 55 countries
All-time high
1
in 1983
All-time low
1
in 1983
Years of data
9
1983–2023
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought in Lesotho, 1983–2023
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Lesotho is 1, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Lesotho peaked at 1 in 1983 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1983.
Lesotho ranks 1st of 55 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | — |
| 1992 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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More climate change data for Lesotho
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,116 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 715.74 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,401 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 2.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 50.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 61.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 51.99 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9.3 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.1962 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.3322 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Lesotho?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Lesotho was 1 in 2023, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1983.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1983.
- How does Lesotho rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought?
- Lesotho ranks 1st out of 55 countries with data for 2023.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought, Number (Not Applicable). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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