All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square was 2,676 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Costa Rica, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Costa Rica is 2,676 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 17.2% on the previous year and up 39.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Costa Rica peaked at 2,676 kg per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 965.16 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Costa Rica 39th out of 170 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 965.16 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 1,009 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 1,072 kg per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 1,134 kg per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 1,193 kg per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 1,265 kg per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 1,305 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 1,340 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 1,411 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 1,478 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 1,551 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 1,630 kg per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1973 | 1,707 kg per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 1,697 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 1,741 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 1,791 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 1,865 kg per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 1,937 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 2,017 kg per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 2,094 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 2,170 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 2,150 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 2,244 kg per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 2,288 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 2,199 kg per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 2,186 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 2,180 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 2,142 kg per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 2,131 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 2,171 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 2,187 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 2,166 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 2,189 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 2,021 kg per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 1,845 kg per square kilometre | -8.7% |
| 1996 | 1,795 kg per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 1,775 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 1,819 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 1,741 kg per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 1,695 kg per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 1,655 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 1,627 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 1,591 kg per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 1,546 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 1,606 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 1,613 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,759 kg per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 1,819 kg per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 1,836 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 1,804 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 1,904 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 1,873 kg per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 1,918 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 1,880 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 1,947 kg per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 2,021 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 2,082 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 2,152 kg per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 2,216 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 2,045 kg per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 2,603 kg per square kilometre | +27.3% |
| 2022 | 2,284 kg per square kilometre | -12.3% |
| 2023 | 2,676 kg per square kilometre | +17.2% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 2,676 kg per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,632 kg per square kilometre, 1.6× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 2,676 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,578 kg per square kilometre, 1.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Costa Rica 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +27.3% | 2,045 kg per square kilometre | 2,603 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,188 kg per square kilometre | 965.16 kg per square kilometre | 1,411 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,741 kg per square kilometre | 1,478 kg per square kilometre | 2,017 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,178 kg per square kilometre | 2,094 kg per square kilometre | 2,288 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,971 kg per square kilometre | 1,741 kg per square kilometre | 2,189 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,675 kg per square kilometre | 1,546 kg per square kilometre | 1,836 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,980 kg per square kilometre | 1,804 kg per square kilometre | 2,216 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,402 kg per square kilometre | 2,045 kg per square kilometre | 2,676 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More environment data for Costa Rica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.09 % 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 -0.3048 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Costa Rica?
- All animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Costa Rica was 2,676 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,676 kg per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 965.16 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- Costa Rica ranks 39th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), 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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- All Animals — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.