All Animals: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: All Animals: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises was 0.249 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
All Animals — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content) in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.249 kg per person for all animals — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.8417 kg per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.2241 kg per person, in 2016.
That places Sri Lanka 160th 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 left on pasture … left capita volatilises in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.7221 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.6689 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 0.7452 kg per person | +11.4% |
| 1964 | 0.8202 kg per person | +10.1% |
| 1965 | 0.8417 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 0.7253 kg per person | -13.8% |
| 1967 | 0.6768 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 0.6656 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 0.6245 kg per person | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 0.5953 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 0.5866 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.5807 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.5673 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.5639 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 0.571 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.5783 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.5435 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 1978 | 0.4945 kg per person | -9.0% |
| 1979 | 0.5079 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 0.5083 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.5241 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 0.5104 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 0.5161 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.5308 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.5378 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.5411 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.5323 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.5198 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 0.515 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.5193 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.4528 kg per person | -12.8% |
| 1992 | 0.4761 kg per person | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 0.477 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.4725 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.4608 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.4341 kg per person | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4109 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 0.2824 kg per person | -31.3% |
| 1999 | 0.2792 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.2657 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 0.2595 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2323 kg per person | -10.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2398 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 0.2454 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.2471 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.2495 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.2537 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.2521 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2513 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.2618 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2601 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.2683 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2686 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2463 kg per person | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2445 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.2241 kg per person | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 0.2328 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 0.2488 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 0.2419 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.2558 kg per person | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 0.2618 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.2577 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.249 kg per person | -3.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.249 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.98 kg per person, 13% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.249 kg per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 1.03 kg per person, 24% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises 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 | -31.3% | 0.4109 kg per person | 0.2824 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7211 kg per person | 0.6245 kg per person | 0.8417 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5589 kg per person | 0.4945 kg per person | 0.5953 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5236 kg per person | 0.5083 kg per person | 0.5411 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4265 kg per person | 0.2792 kg per person | 0.5193 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2496 kg per person | 0.2323 kg per person | 0.2657 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2497 kg per person | 0.2241 kg per person | 0.2686 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2561 kg per person | 0.249 kg per person | 0.2618 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 left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in Sri Lanka?
- All animals — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in Sri Lanka was 0.249 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest all animals — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8417 kg per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest all animals — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2241 kg per person in 2016.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for all animals — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content)?
- Sri Lanka ranks 160th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. 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 left on pasture that volatilises (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
All Animals — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (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 left on pasture that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- All Animals — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 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 left on pasture that volatilises (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.