All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Samoa
Samoa: All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square was 1,367 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Samoa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 1,367 kg per square kilometre for all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Samoa peaked at 1,986 kg per square kilometre in 2015 and was at its lowest, 565.83 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Samoa ranks 90th 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) … square in Samoa, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 565.83 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 567.26 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 634.13 kg per square kilometre | +11.8% |
| 1964 | 638.58 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 636.4 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 635.48 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 669.91 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 698.8 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 706.7 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 722.69 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 725.07 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 730.73 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 743.33 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 791.19 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 852.1 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 876.38 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 873.86 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 899.71 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 935.88 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 957.41 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 984.81 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 1,018 kg per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 1,024 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 1,049 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 1,123 kg per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 1,260 kg per square kilometre | +12.2% |
| 1987 | 1,375 kg per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 1,375 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,356 kg per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 1,339 kg per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 1,341 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 1,301 kg per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 1,335 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 1,359 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 1,325 kg per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 1,326 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,326 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,349 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,356 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 1,370 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 1,493 kg per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 1,498 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,520 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 1,543 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 1,545 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,536 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,468 kg per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 1,442 kg per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,520 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 1,668 kg per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 1,752 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 1,802 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 1,837 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 1,842 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,986 kg per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 1,773 kg per square kilometre | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 1,693 kg per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 1,517 kg per square kilometre | -10.4% |
| 2019 | 1,282 kg per square kilometre | -15.5% |
| 2020 | 1,132 kg per square kilometre | -11.7% |
| 2021 | 1,471 kg per square kilometre | +29.9% |
| 2022 | 1,399 kg per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 1,367 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 1,367 kg per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,228 kg per square kilometre, 1.1× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 1,367 kg per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 964.61 kg per square kilometre, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Samoa 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 | +29.9% | 1,132 kg per square kilometre | 1,471 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 639.23 kg per square kilometre | 565.83 kg per square kilometre | 706.7 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 815.09 kg per square kilometre | 722.69 kg per square kilometre | 935.88 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,152 kg per square kilometre | 957.41 kg per square kilometre | 1,375 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,336 kg per square kilometre | 1,301 kg per square kilometre | 1,359 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,493 kg per square kilometre | 1,370 kg per square kilometre | 1,545 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,715 kg per square kilometre | 1,282 kg per square kilometre | 1,986 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,342 kg per square kilometre | 1,132 kg per square kilometre | 1,471 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 87 Morocco 1,404 kg per square kilometre compare
- 88 Serbia 1,389 kg per square kilometre compare
- 89 United Arab Emirates 1,368 kg per square kilometre compare
- 91 Czechia 1,351 kg per square kilometre compare
- 92 Tunisia 1,332 kg per square kilometre compare
- 93 Hungary 1,276 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % 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 -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Samoa?
- All animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Samoa was 1,367 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,986 kg per square kilometre in 2015.
- What is the lowest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 565.83 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Samoa rank for all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- Samoa ranks 90th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.