Solid Food Waste — Emissions in Lesotho

Lesotho: Solid Food Waste — Emissions was 0.7687 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.7687 kt
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
169th
of 180 countries
All-time high
0.769 kt
in 2022
All-time low
0.6191 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Solid Food Waste — Emissions in Lesotho, 1990–2023

00.20.40.60.81990200620231990: 0.619 kt1991: 0.638 kt1992: 0.654 kt1993: 0.668 kt1994: 0.679 kt1995: 0.69 kt1996: 0.698 kt1997: 0.705 kt1998: 0.711 kt1999: 0.715 kt2000: 0.719 kt2001: 0.721 kt2002: 0.723 kt2003: 0.727 kt2004: 0.732 kt2005: 0.737 kt2006: 0.741 kt2007: 0.744 kt2008: 0.747 kt2009: 0.749 kt2010: 0.753 kt2011: 0.756 kt2012: 0.759 kt2013: 0.761 kt2014: 0.763 kt2015: 0.765 kt2016: 0.765 kt2017: 0.766 kt2018: 0.767 kt2019: 0.768 kt2020: 0.768 kt2021: 0.769 kt2022: 0.769 kt2023: 0.769 kt

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

Analysis

Lesotho recorded 0.7687 kt for solid food waste — emissions in 2023.

The figure is up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, solid food waste — emissions in Lesotho peaked at 0.769 kt in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6191 kt, in 1990.

Lesotho ranks 169th of 180 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Solid Food Waste — Emissions in Lesotho, year by year

Annual values for Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) in Lesotho, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.6191 kt —
1991 0.6376 kt +3.0%
1992 0.654 kt +2.6%
1993 0.6675 kt +2.1%
1994 0.6791 kt +1.7%
1995 0.6896 kt +1.5%
1996 0.6978 kt +1.2%
1997 0.7051 kt +1.0%
1998 0.7106 kt +0.8%
1999 0.7151 kt +0.6%
2000 0.7187 kt +0.5%
2001 0.7212 kt +0.4%
2002 0.7229 kt +0.2%
2003 0.727 kt +0.6%
2004 0.7319 kt +0.7%
2005 0.7366 kt +0.6%
2006 0.7408 kt +0.6%
2007 0.7439 kt +0.4%
2008 0.7468 kt +0.4%
2009 0.7491 kt +0.3%
2010 0.7526 kt +0.5%
2011 0.7564 kt +0.5%
2012 0.7592 kt +0.4%
2013 0.7612 kt +0.3%
2014 0.7632 kt +0.3%
2015 0.7645 kt +0.2%
2016 0.765 kt +0.1%
2017 0.7659 kt +0.1%
2018 0.7674 kt +0.2%
2019 0.7681 kt +0.1%
2020 0.7677 kt -0.0%
2021 0.7685 kt +0.1%
2022 0.769 kt +0.1%
2023 0.7687 kt -0.0%

Lesotho compared with similar countries

  • Lesotho's 0.7687 kt is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 47.44 kt, 2% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
  • Lesotho's 0.7687 kt is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 21.4 kt, 4% of the median. (41 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6775 kt 0.6191 kt 0.7151 kt 10
2000s 0.7339 kt 0.7187 kt 0.7491 kt 10
2010s 0.7623 kt 0.7526 kt 0.7681 kt 10
2020s 0.7685 kt 0.7677 kt 0.769 kt 4

Countries ranked near Lesotho

  1. 166 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9352 kt compare
  2. 167 Grenada 0.9007 kt compare
  3. 168 Sweden 0.7801 kt compare
  4. 170 Curaçao 0.7355 kt compare
  5. 171 Dominica 0.4009 kt compare
  6. 172 Andorra 0.3632 kt compare

See the full ranking of 226 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is solid food waste — emissions in Lesotho?
Solid food waste — emissions in Lesotho was 0.7687 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest solid food waste — emissions recorded in Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 0.769 kt in 2022.
What is the lowest solid food waste — emissions recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6191 kt in 1990.
How does Lesotho rank for solid food waste — emissions?
Lesotho ranks 169th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
Is solid food waste — emissions rising or falling in Lesotho?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Lesotho data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 7,416 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food 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). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.