Forest fires — Emissions (CH4), per unit of GDP (fires unit GDP) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Forest fires — Emissions (CH4), per unit of GDP (fires unit GDP) was 0 kt per US$ of GDP in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4), per unit of GDP in Lesotho, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, forest fires — emissions (ch4), per unit of gdp in Lesotho stood at 0 kt per US$ of GDP. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, forest fires — emissions (ch4), per unit of gdp in Lesotho peaked at 0 kt per US$ of GDP in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 kt per US$ of GDP, in 2002.
Lesotho ranks 104th of 196 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4), per unit of GDP (fires unit GDP) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kt per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1991 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | -15.3% |
| 1992 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | -15.2% |
| 1993 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | -12.3% |
| 1996 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | -84.3% |
| 1997 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | +995.4% |
| 1998 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | +479.0% |
| 1999 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | -80.8% |
| 2000 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | -90.8% |
| 2001 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | -91.3% |
| 2002 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | -100.0% |
| 2003 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2004 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2005 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2006 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2007 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2009 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2010 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2011 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2012 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2013 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2014 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2015 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2016 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2017 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2018 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2019 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2020 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2021 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2022 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2023 | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | -100.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0 kt per US$ of GDP is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0 kt per US$ of GDP. (44 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0 kt per US$ of GDP is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0 kt per US$ of GDP. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest fires — Emissions (CH4), per unit of GDP (fires unit GDP) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +995.4% | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 0 kt per US$ of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 0 kt per US$ of GDP | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 101 Hungary 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 102 Romania 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 103 United Kingdom 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Aruba 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Afghanistan 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Andorra 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 American Samoa 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Austria 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Azerbaijan 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Belgium 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Burkina Faso 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Bahrain 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Bermuda 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Barbados 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Botswana 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Switzerland 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Comoros 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Cayman Islands 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Cyprus 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Czechia 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Germany 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Djibouti 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Dominica 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Denmark 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Egypt 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Eritrea 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Estonia 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Finland 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Faroe Islands 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Gambia 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Grenada 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Greenland 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Guam 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Isle of Man 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Ireland 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Iraq 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Iceland 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Israel 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Jamaica 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Jordan 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Kiribati 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Kuwait 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Lebanon 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Libya 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Saint Lucia 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Liechtenstein 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Lithuania 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Luxembourg 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Maldives 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Marshall Islands 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Mali 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Malta 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Montenegro 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Mauritania 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Mauritius 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Niger 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Norway 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Nauru 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Oman 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Pakistan 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Palau 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Poland 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Puerto Rico 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Palestine 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 French Polynesia 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Qatar 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Singapore 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Solomon Islands 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Somalia 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Serbia 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Slovakia 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Slovenia 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Sweden 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Seychelles 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Syria 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Tajikistan 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Turkmenistan 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Tonga 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Tuvalu 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Uzbekistan 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Vanuatu 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Samoa 0 kt per US$ of GDP compare
- 104 Yemen 0 kt per US$ of GDP
- 104 Channel Islands 0 kt per US$ of GDP
More climate change data for Lesotho
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 6.55 million kg (2050)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest fires — emissions (ch4), per unit of gdp in Lesotho?
- Forest fires — emissions (ch4), per unit of gdp in Lesotho was 0 kt per US$ of GDP in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest forest fires — emissions (ch4), per unit of gdp recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0 kt per US$ of GDP in 1998.
- What is the lowest forest fires — emissions (ch4), per unit of gdp recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kt per US$ of GDP in 2002.
- How does Lesotho rank for forest fires — emissions (ch4), per unit of gdp?
- Lesotho ranks 104th out of 196 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Forest fires — Emissions (CH4), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Forest fires — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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
Forest fires — Emissions (CH4) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.