Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Eswatini
Eswatini: Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 18.56 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Eswatini, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 18.56 kg per person for cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Eswatini peaked at 67.81 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 18.56 kg per person, in 2023.
That places Eswatini 25th out of 167 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 67.81 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 67.17 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 64.1 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 63.99 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 58.31 kg per person | -8.9% |
| 1966 | 54.62 kg per person | -6.3% |
| 1967 | 54.56 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 54.24 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 55.28 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 56.81 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 55.61 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 55.81 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 55.36 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 54.32 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 53.95 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 53.49 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 51.9 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 51.01 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 50.55 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 48.78 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 47.13 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 44.39 kg per person | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 43.38 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 40.3 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 40.86 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 39.57 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 37.45 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 1988 | 35.74 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 36.01 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 36.28 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 35.91 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 35.17 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 27.62 kg per person | -21.5% |
| 1994 | 28.43 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 29.12 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 28.91 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 28.56 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 27.03 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 25.95 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 25.02 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 21.37 kg per person | -14.6% |
| 2002 | 22.22 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 25.07 kg per person | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 25.15 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 25.23 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 23.73 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 23.87 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 23.82 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 23.74 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 24.68 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 24.74 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 24.94 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 24.54 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 24.14 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 22.99 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 20.76 kg per person | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 19.9 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 19.39 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 19.87 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 20.46 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 20.39 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 19.03 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 18.56 kg per person | -2.4% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 18.56 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.16 kg per person, 3.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 18.56 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)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60.01 kg per person | 54.24 kg per person | 67.81 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 53.88 kg per person | 50.55 kg per person | 56.81 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 41.36 kg per person | 35.74 kg per person | 48.78 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.3 kg per person | 25.95 kg per person | 36.28 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.92 kg per person | 21.37 kg per person | 25.23 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.59 kg per person | 19.39 kg per person | 24.94 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.61 kg per person | 18.56 kg per person | 20.46 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 22 Costa Rica 22 kg per person compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 19.01 kg per person compare
- 24 Uzbekistan 18.97 kg per person compare
- 26 Luxembourg 18.45 kg per person compare
- 27 Vanuatu 17.87 kg per person compare
- 28 Kenya 17.58 kg per person compare
More environment data for Eswatini
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.321 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2772 % 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 -2.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Eswatini?
- Cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Eswatini was 18.56 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 67.81 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.56 kg per person in 2023.
- How does Eswatini rank for cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Eswatini ranks 25th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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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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
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- 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.