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

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 - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iceland vs Lesotho: Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils

Iceland

0.0964

in 2050

Lesotho

0.111

in 2050

Iceland rank

153rd

Lesotho rank

150th

Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils over time

Iceland
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.111 against 0.0964 in Iceland, a difference of 0.0146.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 153rd and Lesotho ranks 150th of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0954	0.0441	0.0513	Iceland
1970s	0.1004	0.0539	0.0465	Iceland
1980s	0.1017	0.0547	0.047	Iceland
1990s	0.0972	0.0548	0.0424	Iceland
2000s	0.0893	0.0781	0.0112	Iceland
2010s	0.0923	0.0584	0.0339	Iceland
2030s	0.0935	0.0954	0.0019	Lesotho
2050s	0.0964	0.111	0.0146	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher emission totals - emissions (n2o) - manure applied to soils, Iceland or Lesotho?: Lesotho, at 0.111 against 0.0964 in Iceland as of 2050.
What is the difference in emission totals - emissions (n2o) - manure applied to soils between Iceland and Lesotho?: 0.0146, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Lesotho?: 61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2050.
How do Iceland and Lesotho rank globally for emission totals - emissions (n2o) - manure applied to soils?: Iceland ranks 153rd and Lesotho ranks 150th of 193 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 - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils. 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 - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils
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: 194 places, 10,721 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).