All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches was 0.3525 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per in Puerto Rico, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Puerto Rico stood at 0.3525 kg per person.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Puerto Rico peaked at 1.26 kg per person in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.3486 kg per person, in 2022.
That places Puerto Rico 136th out of 170 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.15 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 1.14 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 1.16 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 1.12 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 1.06 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 1.08 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 1.06 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 1.1 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 1.11 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 1.11 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 1.13 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 1.14 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 1.15 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 1.08 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 1.12 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 1.19 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 1.26 kg per person | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 1.21 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 1.11 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 1980 | 1.02 kg per person | -8.1% |
| 1981 | 1.02 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 1.01 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 1.03 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 1.03 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.7362 kg per person | -28.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7198 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 0.7157 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7413 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 0.7372 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7509 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.752 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.7283 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 0.7235 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7193 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.7226 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.6869 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 0.6605 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 0.6405 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.6261 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.606 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.5833 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 0.5655 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5017 kg per person | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4792 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 0.5183 kg per person | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 0.503 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4974 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.4852 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4741 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.4585 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.4556 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.464 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.4463 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 0.4418 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.445 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.451 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4516 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.4536 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.4281 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 0.4186 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3892 kg per person | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3486 kg per person | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 0.3525 kg per person | +1.1% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 0.3525 kg per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.8 kg per person, 20% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 0.3525 kg per person is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.23 kg per person, 29% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | -28.5% | 1.03 kg per person | 0.7362 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.11 kg per person | 1.06 kg per person | 1.16 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.15 kg per person | 1.08 kg per person | 1.26 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8762 kg per person | 0.7157 kg per person | 1.03 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7011 kg per person | 0.6261 kg per person | 0.752 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5214 kg per person | 0.4741 kg per person | 0.606 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4495 kg per person | 0.4281 kg per person | 0.464 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3772 kg per person | 0.3486 kg per person | 0.4186 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More environment data for Puerto Rico
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.4091 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5906 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.79 % 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 -0.8621 % 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 — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Puerto Rico?
- All animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Puerto Rico was 0.3525 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 1.26 kg per person in 1977.
- What is the lowest all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3486 kg per person in 2022.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per?
- Puerto Rico ranks 136th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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.