Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre was 2,200 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Costa Rica, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Costa Rica stood at 2,200 kg per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.6% on the previous year and up 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Costa Rica peaked at 2,200 kg per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 824.43 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 15th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 824.43 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 864.13 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 923.63 kg per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 982.61 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 1,038 kg per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 1,106 kg per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 1,141 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 1,172 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 1,233 kg per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 1,295 kg per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1971 | 1,361 kg per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 1,431 kg per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1973 | 1,522 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 1,505 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 1,551 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 1,603 kg per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 1,676 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 1,747 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 1,821 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 1,886 kg per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 1,959 kg per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 1,937 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 2,021 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 2,067 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 1,978 kg per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 1,981 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 1,977 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 1,901 kg per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 1,884 kg per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 1,923 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 1,910 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 1,881 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 1,889 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 1,715 kg per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 1995 | 1,526 kg per square kilometre | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 1,485 kg per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 1,465 kg per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 1,486 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 1,422 kg per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 1,375 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 1,327 kg per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 1,284 kg per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 1,238 kg per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 1,185 kg per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 1,236 kg per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 1,216 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 1,324 kg per square kilometre | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 1,388 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 1,414 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 1,371 kg per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 1,479 kg per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 1,435 kg per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 1,483 kg per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 1,485 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,496 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1,579 kg per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 1,653 kg per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 1,735 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 1,776 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 1,613 kg per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 2,148 kg per square kilometre | +33.2% |
| 2022 | 1,839 kg per square kilometre | -14.4% |
| 2023 | 2,200 kg per square kilometre | +19.6% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 2,200 kg per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 491.12 kg per square kilometre, 4.5× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 2,200 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 867.71 kg per square kilometre, 2.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Costa Rica 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +33.2% | 1,613 kg per square kilometre | 2,148 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,032 kg per square kilometre | 824.43 kg per square kilometre | 1,233 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,551 kg per square kilometre | 1,295 kg per square kilometre | 1,821 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,959 kg per square kilometre | 1,884 kg per square kilometre | 2,067 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,670 kg per square kilometre | 1,422 kg per square kilometre | 1,923 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,299 kg per square kilometre | 1,185 kg per square kilometre | 1,414 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,549 kg per square kilometre | 1,371 kg per square kilometre | 1,776 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,950 kg per square kilometre | 1,613 kg per square kilometre | 2,200 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 12 Denmark 2,560 kg per square kilometre compare
- 13 New Zealand 2,534 kg per square kilometre compare
- 14 Haiti 2,479 kg per square kilometre compare
- 16 Germany 2,148 kg per square kilometre compare
- 17 Nicaragua 2,102 kg per square kilometre compare
- 18 El Salvador 1,959 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Costa Rica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.09 % 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 -0.3048 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Costa Rica?
- Cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Costa Rica was 2,200 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,200 kg per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 824.43 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 15th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Cattle — Amount excreted in manure 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
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (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.