How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Namibia?

61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2050.

Where does this data come from?

FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Namibia: Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues

Lesotho

0.0448

in 2050

Namibia

0.0696

in 2050

Lesotho rank

139th

Namibia rank

136th

Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues over time

Lesotho
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 0.0696 against 0.0448 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0248.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.6 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 139th and Namibia ranks 136th of 185 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 6 and Namibia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0551	0.0112	0.044	Lesotho
1970s	0.0502	0.0163	0.0339	Lesotho
1980s	0.0425	0.021	0.0216	Lesotho
1990s	0.0395	0.025	0.0145	Lesotho
2000s	0.0366	0.0277	0.0089	Lesotho
2010s	0.0327	0.0269	0.0058	Lesotho
2030s	0.0393	0.0497	0.0104	Namibia
2050s	0.0448	0.0696	0.0248	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher emission totals - direct emissions (n2o) - crop residues, Lesotho or Namibia?: Namibia, at 0.0696 against 0.0448 in Lesotho as of 2050.
What is the difference in emission totals - direct emissions (n2o) - crop residues between Lesotho and Namibia?: 0.0248, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Namibia?: 61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2050.
How do Lesotho and Namibia rank globally for emission totals - direct emissions (n2o) - crop residues?: Lesotho ranks 139th and Namibia ranks 136th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 186 places, 10,084 data points, 1961–2050
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from agriculture and forest land. They consist of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from crop and livestock activities, forest management and include land use and land use change processes. Data are computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Estimates are available by country, with global coverage for the period 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990–2019 for others. The database is updated annually. The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O and CO2 emissions/removals and their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 106 kg). The latter are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014).