Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) was 0.0646 t per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.0646 t per person for maize (corn) — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 64.8% on the previous year and up 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Lesotho peaked at 0.1815 t per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.0145 t per person, in 2019.
That places Lesotho 17th out of 150 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1779 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1727 t per person | -2.9% |
| 1963 | 0.1676 t per person | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 0.1628 t per person | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 0.1815 t per person | +11.5% |
| 1966 | 0.1588 t per person | -12.5% |
| 1967 | 0.1619 t per person | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.165 t per person | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 0.1445 t per person | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 0.1268 t per person | -12.2% |
| 1971 | 0.1278 t per person | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.1005 t per person | -21.3% |
| 1973 | 0.1015 t per person | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.1106 t per person | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0889 t per person | -19.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0677 t per person | -23.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0623 t per person | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0766 t per person | +23.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0822 t per person | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0785 t per person | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0862 t per person | +9.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0767 t per person | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0675 t per person | -12.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0739 t per person | +9.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0727 t per person | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0732 t per person | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0836 t per person | +14.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0996 t per person | +19.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0738 t per person | -25.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0862 t per person | +16.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0491 t per person | -43.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0563 t per person | +14.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0544 t per person | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0896 t per person | +64.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0394 t per person | -56.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0765 t per person | +94.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0725 t per person | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0451 t per person | -37.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0661 t per person | +46.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0787 t per person | +19.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0887 t per person | +12.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0689 t per person | -22.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0642 t per person | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0647 t per person | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0575 t per person | -11.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0635 t per person | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0633 t per person | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0697 t per person | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0693 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0708 t per person | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0574 t per person | -18.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0624 t per person | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 0.051 t per person | -18.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0638 t per person | +25.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0475 t per person | -25.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0192 t per person | -59.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0769 t per person | +299.8% |
| 2018 | 0.058 t per person | -24.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0145 t per person | -75.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0213 t per person | +47.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0382 t per person | +79.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0392 t per person | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0646 t per person | +64.8% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0646 t per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0152 t per person, 4.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0646 t per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0226 t per person, 2.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +299.8% | 0.0192 t per person | 0.0769 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1658 t per person | 0.1445 t per person | 0.1815 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0945 t per person | 0.0623 t per person | 0.1278 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0786 t per person | 0.0675 t per person | 0.0996 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0635 t per person | 0.0394 t per person | 0.0896 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0689 t per person | 0.0575 t per person | 0.0887 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0521 t per person | 0.0145 t per person | 0.0769 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0408 t per person | 0.0213 t per person | 0.0646 t per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
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 maize (corn) — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Lesotho?
- Maize (corn) — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) in Lesotho was 0.0646 t per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest maize (corn) — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1815 t per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0145 t per person in 2019.
- How does Lesotho rank for maize (corn) — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter)?
- Lesotho ranks 17th out of 150 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize (corn) — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter) rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. 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 Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues 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
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.