How does Lesotho rank for manure management — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre?

Lesotho ranks 147th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.

Is manure management — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre rising or falling in Lesotho?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Lesotho

Name: Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Lesotho
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Lesotho: Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre was 0 kt per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

0 kt per square kilometre

Change on year

down 24.3%

World rank

147th

of 170 countries

All-time high

0 kt per square kilometre

in 2022

All-time low

0 kt per square kilometre

in 1968

Years of data

1961–2023

Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Lesotho, 1961–2023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per square kilometre.

Analysis

In 2023, manure management — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in Lesotho stood at 0 kt per square kilometre.

The figure is down 24.3% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, manure management — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in Lesotho peaked at 0 kt per square kilometre in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 kt per square kilometre, in 1968.

Lesotho ranks 147th of 170 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Lesotho, year by year

Annual values for Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Lesotho, 1961 to 2023.
Year	kt per square kilometre	Change
1961	0 kt per square kilometre	—
1962	0 kt per square kilometre	+11.8%
1963	0 kt per square kilometre	-4.4%
1964	0 kt per square kilometre	-5.7%
1965	0 kt per square kilometre	+6.3%
1966	0 kt per square kilometre	-4.1%
1967	0 kt per square kilometre	+15.7%
1968	0 kt per square kilometre	-17.9%
1969	0 kt per square kilometre	+14.7%
1970	0 kt per square kilometre	+19.8%
1971	0 kt per square kilometre	+2.0%
1972	0 kt per square kilometre	+0.8%
1973	0 kt per square kilometre	-0.2%
1974	0 kt per square kilometre	+2.0%
1975	0 kt per square kilometre	-5.6%
1976	0 kt per square kilometre	-1.6%
1977	0 kt per square kilometre	-13.1%
1978	0 kt per square kilometre	-5.3%
1979	0 kt per square kilometre	+1.7%
1980	0 kt per square kilometre	+9.4%
1981	0 kt per square kilometre	+2.6%
1982	0 kt per square kilometre	+10.8%
1983	0 kt per square kilometre	-1.7%
1984	0 kt per square kilometre	-2.0%
1985	0 kt per square kilometre	+9.6%
1986	0 kt per square kilometre	+5.2%
1987	0 kt per square kilometre	+10.5%
1988	0 kt per square kilometre	-4.8%
1989	0 kt per square kilometre	-3.6%
1990	0 kt per square kilometre	-6.7%
1991	0 kt per square kilometre	-1.8%
1992	0 kt per square kilometre	-4.6%
1993	0 kt per square kilometre	+2.7%
1994	0 kt per square kilometre	+6.1%
1995	0 kt per square kilometre	-6.5%
1996	0 kt per square kilometre	-5.2%
1997	0 kt per square kilometre	-0.2%
1998	0 kt per square kilometre	-11.3%
1999	0 kt per square kilometre	+35.6%
2000	0 kt per square kilometre	-3.3%
2001	0 kt per square kilometre	-2.7%
2002	0 kt per square kilometre	-8.7%
2003	0 kt per square kilometre	-3.4%
2004	0 kt per square kilometre	-8.4%
2005	0 kt per square kilometre	+18.2%
2006	0 kt per square kilometre	-7.8%
2007	0 kt per square kilometre	+5.9%
2008	0 kt per square kilometre	+6.1%
2009	0 kt per square kilometre	-0.4%
2010	0 kt per square kilometre	-5.4%
2011	0 kt per square kilometre	+1.8%
2012	0 kt per square kilometre	-0.4%
2013	0 kt per square kilometre	-1.6%
2014	0 kt per square kilometre	-1.1%
2015	0 kt per square kilometre	-0.1%
2016	0 kt per square kilometre	-2.4%
2017	0 kt per square kilometre	+20.5%
2018	0 kt per square kilometre	-10.1%
2019	0 kt per square kilometre	-6.8%
2020	0 kt per square kilometre	-25.9%
2021	0 kt per square kilometre	+24.5%
2022	0 kt per square kilometre	+45.6%
2023	0 kt per square kilometre	-24.3%

Lesotho compared with similar countries

Lesotho's 0 kt per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0001 kt per square kilometre, 30% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Lesotho's 0 kt per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0 kt per square kilometre, 43% of the median. (44 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre 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
2022	+45.6%	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	9
1970s	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	10
1980s	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	10
1990s	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	10
2000s	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	10
2010s	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	10
2020s	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	0 kt per square kilometre	4

Countries ranked near Lesotho

144 South Africa 0 kt per square kilometre compare
145 Mongolia 0 kt per square kilometre compare
146 Yemen 0 kt per square kilometre compare
148 Iceland 0 kt per square kilometre compare
149 Egypt 0 kt per square kilometre compare
150 Central African Republic 0 kt per square kilometre compare

See the full ranking of 171 places →

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)

All data for Lesotho →

Frequently asked questions

What is manure management — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in Lesotho?: Manure management — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in Lesotho was 0 kt per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest manure management — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre recorded in Lesotho?: The highest recorded value was 0 kt per square kilometre in 2022.
What is the lowest manure management — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre recorded in Lesotho?: The lowest recorded value was 0 kt per square kilometre in 1968.
How does Lesotho rank for manure management — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre?: Lesotho ranks 147th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
Is manure management — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre rising or falling in Lesotho?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Lesotho data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Lesotho. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 21 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/manure-management-emissions-ch4-per-square-kilometre/lesotho/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/manure-management-emissions-ch4-per-square-kilometre/lesotho/">Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in Lesotho</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Manure Management — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Manure Management — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

Manure Management — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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

Indicator: Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre
Unit: kt per square kilometre
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 171 places, 9,815 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 02 September 2026

Manure Management — Emissions (CH4) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.