All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches was 0.1733 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Sri Lanka is 0.1733 kg per person, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 7.0% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.523 kg per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.1512 kg per person, in 2003.
Sri Lanka ranks 155th of 170 countries on this measure, 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4334 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.4077 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1963 | 0.461 kg per person | +13.1% |
| 1964 | 0.5161 kg per person | +12.0% |
| 1965 | 0.523 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 0.445 kg per person | -14.9% |
| 1967 | 0.4114 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 1968 | 0.4074 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.384 kg per person | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 0.3672 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 0.364 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.3597 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.3506 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 0.3439 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 0.3475 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.3516 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.3306 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 1978 | 0.3089 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 0.3208 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 0.321 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.3322 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 0.3219 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.3263 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 0.3363 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 0.3423 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 0.3415 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.3495 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 0.3384 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 0.3368 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.3343 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.29 kg per person | -13.3% |
| 1992 | 0.3049 kg per person | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2967 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2936 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.2848 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2724 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 0.258 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.1686 kg per person | -34.7% |
| 1999 | 0.168 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.1625 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 0.1584 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 0.1549 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 0.1512 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.1598 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 0.1634 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.1699 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 0.1729 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.1735 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1719 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1808 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 0.1796 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.1835 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.1911 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1787 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 0.1732 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 0.1722 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.1771 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 0.1833 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 0.1768 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.1906 kg per person | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 0.1921 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.1862 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.1733 kg per person | -7.0% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.1733 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.16 kg per person, 15% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.1733 kg per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.5042 kg per person, 34% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals: Manure applied to soils that leaches … capita leaches in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | -34.7% | 0.258 kg per person | 0.1686 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4432 kg per person | 0.384 kg per person | 0.523 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3445 kg per person | 0.3089 kg per person | 0.3672 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3346 kg per person | 0.321 kg per person | 0.3495 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2671 kg per person | 0.168 kg per person | 0.3343 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1638 kg per person | 0.1512 kg per person | 0.1735 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1796 kg per person | 0.1722 kg per person | 0.1911 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1856 kg per person | 0.1733 kg per person | 0.1921 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 5.63 % 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 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Sri Lanka?
- All animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Sri Lanka was 0.1733 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.523 kg per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1512 kg per person in 2003.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per?
- Sri Lanka ranks 155th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.