Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 19.01 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Burkina Faso, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Burkina Faso is 19.01 kg per person, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Burkina Faso peaked at 23.79 kg per person in 2003 and was at its lowest, 15.67 kg per person, in 2020.
That places Burkina Faso 23rd out of 167 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16.03 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 16.15 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 15.92 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 17.04 kg per person | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 19.28 kg per person | +13.2% |
| 1966 | 19.29 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 19.46 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 19.33 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 19.59 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 19.63 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 19.68 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 17.85 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 1973 | 16.8 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1974 | 17.46 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 17.56 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 17.54 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 17.47 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 17.39 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 17.29 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 17.17 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 17.03 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 16.89 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 16.75 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 16.59 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 19.02 kg per person | +14.6% |
| 1986 | 18.84 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 18.83 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 18.74 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 18.66 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 17.94 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 18.19 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 18.11 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 18.02 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 17.92 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 17.81 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 17.71 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 17.6 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 17.47 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 17.3 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 17.13 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 16.95 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 16.76 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 23.79 kg per person | +42.0% |
| 2004 | 23.52 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 23.24 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 22.98 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 22.74 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 22.52 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 22.31 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 22.1 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 21.89 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 21.66 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 21.44 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 21.3 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 21.17 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 21.15 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 20.97 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 20.8 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 20.71 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 15.67 kg per person | -24.3% |
| 2021 | 19.17 kg per person | +22.3% |
| 2022 | 19.09 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 19.01 kg per person | -0.4% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 19.01 kg per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 12.6 kg per person, 1.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 19.01 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8.85 kg per person, 2.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Burkina Faso 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +42.0% | 16.76 kg per person | 23.79 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.01 kg per person | 15.92 kg per person | 19.59 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.87 kg per person | 16.8 kg per person | 19.68 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.85 kg per person | 16.59 kg per person | 19.02 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.81 kg per person | 17.3 kg per person | 18.19 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.19 kg per person | 16.76 kg per person | 23.79 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.32 kg per person | 20.71 kg per person | 22.1 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.23 kg per person | 15.67 kg per person | 19.17 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 20 Colombia 24.39 kg per person compare
- 21 Ethiopia 23.41 kg per person compare
- 22 Costa Rica 22 kg per person compare
- 24 Uzbekistan 18.97 kg per person compare
- 25 Eswatini 18.56 kg per person compare
- 26 Luxembourg 18.45 kg per person compare
More environment data for Burkina Faso
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9413 % 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 -0.3634 % 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 cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Burkina Faso?
- Cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Burkina Faso was 19.01 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 23.79 kg per person in 2003.
- What is the lowest cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.67 kg per person in 2020.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 23rd out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (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.
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cattle — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (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.