All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Kenya
Kenya: All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square was 3,394 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Kenya, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Kenya stood at 3,394 kg per square kilometre.
The figure is up 9.2% on the previous year and up 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Kenya peaked at 3,817 kg per square kilometre in 2020 and was at its lowest, 778 kg per square kilometre, in 1963.
That places Kenya 25th 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 801.91 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 812.19 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 778 kg per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 834 kg per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 1965 | 845.75 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 865.55 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 864.15 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 863.74 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 852.79 kg per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 902.37 kg per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 928.49 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 950.12 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 953.63 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 957.61 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 975.94 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 964.19 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 1,017 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 1,134 kg per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1979 | 1,245 kg per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 1980 | 1,141 kg per square kilometre | -8.4% |
| 1981 | 1,121 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 1,235 kg per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1983 | 1,380 kg per square kilometre | +11.7% |
| 1984 | 1,399 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 1,397 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 1,425 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 1,407 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 1,558 kg per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 1,637 kg per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 1,668 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 1,602 kg per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 1,595 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 1,584 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 1,583 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 1,576 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 1,479 kg per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 1,487 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 1,462 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,607 kg per square kilometre | +9.9% |
| 2000 | 1,474 kg per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 1,473 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,556 kg per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 1,645 kg per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 1,784 kg per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 1,735 kg per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 1,630 kg per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 2,809 kg per square kilometre | +72.3% |
| 2008 | 2,856 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 2,756 kg per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 2,768 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 2,837 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 2,687 kg per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 2,700 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 2,787 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 2,762 kg per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 3,005 kg per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 2,786 kg per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 2,893 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 3,424 kg per square kilometre | +18.4% |
| 2020 | 3,817 kg per square kilometre | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 3,432 kg per square kilometre | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 3,108 kg per square kilometre | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 3,394 kg per square kilometre | +9.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 3,394 kg per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,500 kg per square kilometre, 2.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 3,394 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,446 kg per square kilometre, 2.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Kenya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +72.3% | 1,630 kg per square kilometre | 2,809 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 835.34 kg per square kilometre | 778 kg per square kilometre | 865.55 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,003 kg per square kilometre | 902.37 kg per square kilometre | 1,245 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,370 kg per square kilometre | 1,121 kg per square kilometre | 1,637 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,564 kg per square kilometre | 1,462 kg per square kilometre | 1,668 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,972 kg per square kilometre | 1,473 kg per square kilometre | 2,856 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,865 kg per square kilometre | 2,687 kg per square kilometre | 3,424 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,438 kg per square kilometre | 3,108 kg per square kilometre | 3,817 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
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- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.25 % 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Kenya?
- All animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Kenya was 3,394 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 3,817 kg per square kilometre in 2020.
- What is the lowest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 778 kg per square kilometre in 1963.
- How does Kenya rank for all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- Kenya ranks 25th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.
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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.