All Animals: Manure management (manure treated, N content) … capita in Japan

Japan: All Animals: Manure management (manure treated, N content) … capita was 1.68 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1.68 kg per person
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
119th
of 170 countries
All-time high
2.07 kg per person
in 1986
All-time low
1.19 kg per person
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

All Animals — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per in Japan, 1961–2023

00.511.52196119922023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.

Analysis

Japan recorded 1.68 kg per person for all animals — manure management (manure treated, n content), per in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, all animals — manure management (manure treated, n content), per in Japan peaked at 2.07 kg per person in 1986 and was at its lowest, 1.19 kg per person, in 1961.

That places Japan 119th out of 170 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

All Animals: Manure management (manure treated, N content) … capita in Japan, year by year

Annual values for All Animals — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per capita in Japan, 1961 to 2023.
Year kg per person Change
1961 1.19 kg per person —
1962 1.32 kg per person +11.7%
1963 1.34 kg per person +1.4%
1964 1.39 kg per person +3.7%
1965 1.39 kg per person -0.1%
1966 1.38 kg per person -1.0%
1967 1.46 kg per person +5.9%
1968 1.52 kg per person +4.3%
1969 1.64 kg per person +8.0%
1970 1.77 kg per person +7.4%
1971 1.79 kg per person +1.3%
1972 1.75 kg per person -2.4%
1973 1.75 kg per person +0.0%
1974 1.76 kg per person +0.9%
1975 1.71 kg per person -2.8%
1976 1.71 kg per person -0.4%
1977 1.78 kg per person +4.2%
1978 1.85 kg per person +4.1%
1979 1.92 kg per person +3.5%
1980 1.93 kg per person +0.8%
1981 1.95 kg per person +1.1%
1982 1.98 kg per person +1.3%
1983 2.01 kg per person +1.3%
1984 2.04 kg per person +1.5%
1985 2.05 kg per person +0.6%
1986 2.07 kg per person +1.1%
1987 2.07 kg per person -0.1%
1988 2.07 kg per person +0.0%
1989 2.07 kg per person -0.1%
1990 2.06 kg per person -0.4%
1991 2.05 kg per person -0.5%
1992 2.06 kg per person +0.3%
1993 2.05 kg per person -0.3%
1994 2.01 kg per person -1.9%
1995 1.96 kg per person -2.6%
1996 1.92 kg per person -2.0%
1997 1.9 kg per person -1.2%
1998 1.88 kg per person -1.1%
1999 1.85 kg per person -1.5%
2000 1.82 kg per person -1.3%
2001 1.8 kg per person -1.4%
2002 1.78 kg per person -0.8%
2003 1.77 kg per person -0.8%
2004 1.75 kg per person -1.2%
2005 1.7 kg per person -2.6%
2006 1.72 kg per person +1.2%
2007 1.74 kg per person +0.7%
2008 1.73 kg per person -0.4%
2009 1.73 kg per person +0.0%
2010 1.71 kg per person -0.8%
2011 1.52 kg per person -11.3%
2012 1.5 kg per person -1.4%
2013 1.68 kg per person +12.0%
2014 1.66 kg per person -1.0%
2015 1.64 kg per person -1.2%
2016 1.63 kg per person -0.5%
2017 1.64 kg per person +0.3%
2018 1.65 kg per person +1.0%
2019 1.65 kg per person +0.0%
2020 1.67 kg per person +1.2%
2021 1.69 kg per person +1.0%
2022 1.69 kg per person -0.1%
2023 1.68 kg per person -0.4%

Japan compared with similar countries

  • Japan's 1.68 kg per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 7.33 kg per person, 23% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
  • Japan's 1.68 kg per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4.53 kg per person, 37% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.4 kg per person 1.19 kg per person 1.64 kg per person 9
1970s 1.78 kg per person 1.71 kg per person 1.92 kg per person 10
1980s 2.02 kg per person 1.93 kg per person 2.07 kg per person 10
1990s 1.97 kg per person 1.85 kg per person 2.06 kg per person 10
2000s 1.75 kg per person 1.7 kg per person 1.82 kg per person 10
2010s 1.63 kg per person 1.5 kg per person 1.71 kg per person 10
2020s 1.68 kg per person 1.67 kg per person 1.69 kg per person 4

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 116 Georgia 1.73 kg per person compare
  2. 117 Madagascar 1.73 kg per person compare
  3. 118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.72 kg per person compare
  4. 120 Benin 1.67 kg per person compare
  5. 121 Eswatini 1.65 kg per person compare
  6. 122 Armenia 1.64 kg per person compare

See the full ranking of 172 places →

More environment data for Japan

All data for Japan →

Frequently asked questions

What is all animals — manure management (manure treated, n content), per in Japan?
All animals — manure management (manure treated, n content), per in Japan was 1.68 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest all animals — manure management (manure treated, n content), per recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 2.07 kg per person in 1986.
What is the lowest all animals — manure management (manure treated, n content), per recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 1.19 kg per person in 1961.
How does Japan rank for all animals — manure management (manure treated, n content), per?
Japan ranks 119th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
Is all animals — manure management (manure treated, n content), per rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of All Animals — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

All Animals — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per in Japan. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 10 October 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/all-animals-manure-management-manure-treated-n-content-per-capita/japan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/all-animals-manure-management-manure-treated-n-content-per-capita/japan/">All Animals — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per in Japan</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

All Animals — Manure management (manure treated, 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 management (manure treated, N content) ÷ Population, total

Computed from

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

Indicator
All Animals — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per capita
Unit
kg per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
172 places, 9,878 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

All Animals — Manure management (manure treated, 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.