Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues in Lesotho

Lesotho: Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues was 0.0448 in 2050. ▼ Falling

Latest (2050)
0.0448
World rank
139th
of 186 countries
All-time high
0.0642
in 1974
All-time low
0.0124
in 2016
Years of data
61
1961–2050

Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues in Lesotho, 1961–2050

0.020.040.06196120052050

Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.

Analysis

In 2050, emission totals - direct emissions (n2o) - crop residues in Lesotho stood at 0.0448.

Over the whole period, emission totals - direct emissions (n2o) - crop residues in Lesotho peaked at 0.0642 in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.0124, in 2016.

That places Lesotho 139th out of 186 countries with data for 2050, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 61 years of available data.

Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues in Lesotho, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues in Lesotho, 1961 to 2050.
Year Value Change
1961 0.0549 —
1962 0.0546 -0.5%
1963 0.0545 -0.2%
1964 0.0546 +0.2%
1965 0.0536 -1.8%
1966 0.0552 +3.0%
1967 0.055 -0.4%
1968 0.0566 +2.9%
1969 0.0573 +1.2%
1970 0.0546 -4.7%
1971 0.0576 +5.5%
1972 0.0388 -32.6%
1973 0.0446 +14.9%
1974 0.0642 +43.9%
1975 0.045 -29.9%
1976 0.0376 -16.4%
1977 0.0518 +37.8%
1978 0.0588 +13.5%
1979 0.0491 -16.5%
1980 0.0452 -7.9%
1981 0.0421 -6.9%
1982 0.0352 -16.4%
1983 0.0331 -6.0%
1984 0.0369 +11.5%
1985 0.0449 +21.7%
1986 0.0373 -16.9%
1987 0.044 +18.0%
1988 0.0589 +33.9%
1989 0.0477 -19.0%
1990 0.0518 +8.6%
1991 0.0225 -56.6%
1992 0.0276 +22.7%
1993 0.0355 +28.6%
1994 0.0548 +54.4%
1995 0.0214 -60.9%
1996 0.0548 +156.1%
1997 0.0485 -11.5%
1998 0.0363 -25.2%
1999 0.0414 +14.0%
2000 0.0402 -2.9%
2001 0.0601 +49.5%
2002 0.0397 -33.9%
2003 0.0349 -12.1%
2004 0.0333 -4.6%
2005 0.032 -3.9%
2006 0.0391 +22.2%
2007 0.0294 -24.8%
2008 0.0299 +1.7%
2009 0.0274 -8.4%
2010 0.0447 +63.1%
2011 0.0323 -27.7%
2012 0.0306 -5.3%
2013 0.0319 +4.2%
2014 0.0338 +6.0%
2015 0.0268 -20.7%
2016 0.0124 -53.7%
2017 0.052 +319.4%
2018 0.0476 -8.5%
2019 0.0152 -68.1%
2030 0.0393 +158.6%
2050 0.0448 +14.0%

Lesotho compared with similar countries

  • Lesotho's 0.0448 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6398, 7% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
  • Lesotho's 0.0448 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.619, 7% of the median. (44 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 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.

YearChange FromTo
2017 +319.4% 0.0124 0.052
2030 +158.6% 0.0152 0.0393
1996 +156.1% 0.0214 0.0548

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.0551 0.0536 0.0573 9
1970s 0.0502 0.0376 0.0642 10
1980s 0.0425 0.0331 0.0589 10
1990s 0.0395 0.0214 0.0548 10
2000s 0.0366 0.0274 0.0601 10
2010s 0.0327 0.0124 0.052 10
2030s 0.0393 0.0393 0.0393 1
2050s 0.0448 0.0448 0.0448 1

Countries ranked near Lesotho

  1. 136 Namibia 0.0696 compare
  2. 137 East Timor 0.0532 compare
  3. 138 Suriname 0.0485 compare
  4. 140 Botswana 0.0346 compare
  5. 141 Mongolia 0.0308 compare
  6. 142 Luxembourg 0.0288 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - direct emissions (n2o) - crop residues in Lesotho?
Emission totals - direct emissions (n2o) - crop residues in Lesotho was 0.0448 in 2050, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
What is the highest emission totals - direct emissions (n2o) - crop residues recorded in Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 0.0642 in 1974.
What is the lowest emission totals - direct emissions (n2o) - crop residues recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0124 in 2016.
How does Lesotho rank for emission totals - direct emissions (n2o) - crop residues?
Lesotho ranks 139th out of 186 countries with data for 2050.
Where does this Lesotho data come from?
The figures come from FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as part of Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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).