All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 18.64 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Tuvalu, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Tuvalu stood at 18.64 kg per person. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Tuvalu peaked at 18.64 kg per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.37 kg per person, in 1981.
Tuvalu ranks 69th of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11.31 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 11.21 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 11.1 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 11.1 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 11.17 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 11.23 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 11.3 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 11.35 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 11.34 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 11.28 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 11.23 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 11.22 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 11.24 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 10.97 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 10.44 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 9.97 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 9.79 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 9.55 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 9.81 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 10.13 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 9.37 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 11.16 kg per person | +19.1% |
| 1983 | 10.26 kg per person | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 11.97 kg per person | +16.8% |
| 1985 | 13.51 kg per person | +12.8% |
| 1986 | 13.21 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 11.46 kg per person | -13.3% |
| 1988 | 11.55 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 15.42 kg per person | +33.5% |
| 1990 | 15.17 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 16.97 kg per person | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 16.97 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 16.19 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 16.43 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 16.33 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 16.42 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 16.55 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 16.46 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 16.84 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 16.72 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 16.64 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 17.16 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 17.03 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 16.82 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 16.56 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 16.37 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 16.27 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 16.23 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 16.32 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 16.02 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 15.87 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 15.71 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 15.7 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 15.86 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 16.03 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 16.16 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 16.27 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 16.55 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 16.93 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 17.31 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 17.7 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 18.2 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 18.64 kg per person | +2.4% |
Tuvalu compared with similar countries
- Tuvalu's 18.64 kg per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.3 kg per person, 1.2× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Tuvalu's 18.64 kg per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9.93 kg per person, 1.9× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Tuvalu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +33.5% | 11.55 kg per person | 15.42 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.24 kg per person | 11.1 kg per person | 11.35 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.55 kg per person | 9.55 kg per person | 11.28 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.8 kg per person | 9.37 kg per person | 15.42 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.43 kg per person | 15.17 kg per person | 16.97 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.61 kg per person | 16.23 kg per person | 17.16 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.11 kg per person | 15.7 kg per person | 16.93 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.96 kg per person | 17.31 kg per person | 18.64 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
More environment data for Tuvalu
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.202 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.836 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Tuvalu?
- All animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Tuvalu was 18.64 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 18.64 kg per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.37 kg per person in 1981.
- How does Tuvalu rank for all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Tuvalu ranks 69th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tuvalu data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- All Animals — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.