All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches was 0.2555 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per in Sierra Leone, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 0.2555 kg per person for all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in 2023.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and up 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.279 kg per person in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0577 kg per person, in 2001.
That places Sierra Leone 148th out of 170 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0935 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1007 kg per person | +7.6% |
| 1963 | 0.1098 kg per person | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 0.118 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 0.1269 kg per person | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 0.1303 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 0.1316 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 0.1343 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 0.1285 kg per person | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 0.1198 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 0.1141 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 0.1158 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.1197 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 0.1219 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1258 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 0.1284 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 0.1311 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1352 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 0.1379 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1394 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.1429 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 0.1465 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.1422 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 0.1332 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1985 | 0.1364 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1389 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.1426 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 0.1386 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 0.1366 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.1475 kg per person | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1454 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.1516 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 0.1541 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.1579 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 0.1575 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.1501 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 0.1433 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 0.1431 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.137 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 0.1226 kg per person | -10.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0577 kg per person | -52.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0584 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0624 kg per person | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0696 kg per person | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0806 kg per person | +15.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0973 kg per person | +20.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1041 kg per person | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1201 kg per person | +15.3% |
| 2009 | 0.1431 kg per person | +19.1% |
| 2010 | 0.1521 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1614 kg per person | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 0.1678 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 0.1723 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.1861 kg per person | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2044 kg per person | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1737 kg per person | -15.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2637 kg per person | +51.8% |
| 2018 | 0.2715 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.279 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.2712 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.2776 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.2669 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.2555 kg per person | -4.3% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 0.2555 kg per person is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.5159 kg per person, 50% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 0.2555 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4136 kg per person, 62% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches in Sierra Leone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -52.9% | 0.1226 kg per person | 0.0577 kg per person |
| 2017 | +51.8% | 0.1737 kg per person | 0.2637 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1193 kg per person | 0.0935 kg per person | 0.1343 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.125 kg per person | 0.1141 kg per person | 0.1379 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1397 kg per person | 0.1332 kg per person | 0.1465 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1488 kg per person | 0.137 kg per person | 0.1579 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0916 kg per person | 0.0577 kg per person | 0.1431 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2032 kg per person | 0.1521 kg per person | 0.279 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2678 kg per person | 0.2555 kg per person | 0.2776 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More environment data for Sierra Leone
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.232 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.72 % 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 1.11 % 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 Sierra Leone?
- All animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Sierra Leone was 0.2555 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.279 kg per person in 2019.
- What is the lowest all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0577 kg per person in 2001.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per?
- Sierra Leone ranks 148th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.