All Animals: Manure applied … applied square kilometre leaches in Botswana
Botswana: All Animals: Manure applied … applied square kilometre leaches was 0.6892 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per in Botswana, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Botswana stood at 0.6892 kg per square kilometre.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Botswana peaked at 2.31 kg per square kilometre in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.6452 kg per square kilometre, in 2019.
Botswana ranks 170th 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 … applied square kilometre leaches in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.05 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 1.08 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 1.09 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 1.11 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 1.02 kg per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 1966 | 0.9712 kg per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 1967 | 1.07 kg per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 1.14 kg per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 1.28 kg per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1970 | 1.32 kg per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 1.4 kg per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 1.51 kg per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 1.5 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 1.57 kg per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 1.65 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 1.77 kg per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 1.87 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 1.8 kg per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 1.79 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 1.85 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 1.87 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 1.9 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 1.89 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 1.85 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 1.85 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 1.87 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 1.89 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 2.03 kg per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 2.17 kg per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 2.31 kg per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 1.4 kg per square kilometre | -39.3% |
| 1992 | 1.25 kg per square kilometre | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 1.09 kg per square kilometre | -12.6% |
| 1994 | 1.22 kg per square kilometre | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 1.55 kg per square kilometre | +26.9% |
| 1996 | 1.34 kg per square kilometre | -13.8% |
| 1997 | 1.4 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 1.39 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 1.43 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 1.43 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1.38 kg per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 1.18 kg per square kilometre | -14.4% |
| 2003 | 1.13 kg per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 1.19 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 1.29 kg per square kilometre | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 1.32 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 1.31 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 1.36 kg per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 1.43 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 1.45 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 1.4 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 1.23 kg per square kilometre | -12.3% |
| 2013 | 1.16 kg per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9805 kg per square kilometre | -15.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9483 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8928 kg per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 0.6857 kg per square kilometre | -23.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6934 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.6452 kg per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 0.6788 kg per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 0.6709 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.7188 kg per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 0.6892 kg per square kilometre | -4.1% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 0.6892 kg per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 92.26 kg per square kilometre, 1% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 0.6892 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.49 kg per square kilometre, 3% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals: Manure applied … applied square kilometre leaches in Botswana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -39.3% | 2.31 kg per square kilometre | 1.4 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.09 kg per square kilometre | 0.9712 kg per square kilometre | 1.28 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.62 kg per square kilometre | 1.32 kg per square kilometre | 1.87 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.92 kg per square kilometre | 1.85 kg per square kilometre | 2.17 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.44 kg per square kilometre | 1.09 kg per square kilometre | 2.31 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.3 kg per square kilometre | 1.13 kg per square kilometre | 1.43 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 kg per square kilometre | 0.6452 kg per square kilometre | 1.45 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6894 kg per square kilometre | 0.6709 kg per square kilometre | 0.7188 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -4.05 % 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 0.3323 % 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 Botswana?
- All animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per in Botswana was 0.6892 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 2.31 kg per square kilometre in 1990.
- What is the lowest all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6452 kg per square kilometre in 2019.
- How does Botswana rank for all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per?
- Botswana ranks 170th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per square kilometre. 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 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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches 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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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.