Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre was 1,959 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
1,959 kg per square kilometre
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
18th
of 167 countries
All-time high
3,171 kg per square kilometre
in 2008
All-time low
1,808 kg per square kilometre
in 2019
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in El Salvador, 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 El Salvador stood at 1,959 kg per square kilometre.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in El Salvador peaked at 3,171 kg per square kilometre in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1,808 kg per square kilometre, in 2019.
That places El Salvador 18th 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 square kilometre in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,471 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 2,493 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 2,531 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 2,533 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 2,557 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 2,611 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 2,629 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 2,629 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,666 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 2,692 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 2,431 kg per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 1972 | 2,539 kg per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 2,275 kg per square kilometre | -10.4% |
| 1974 | 2,350 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 2,347 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 2,520 kg per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1977 | 2,849 kg per square kilometre | +13.1% |
| 1978 | 2,993 kg per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 3,080 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 2,780 kg per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 1981 | 2,515 kg per square kilometre | -9.5% |
| 1982 | 2,179 kg per square kilometre | -13.4% |
| 1983 | 2,058 kg per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 1984 | 2,115 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 2,246 kg per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 2,369 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 2,452 kg per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 2,570 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 2,626 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 2,758 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 2,823 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 2,852 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 2,728 kg per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 2,861 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 2,524 kg per square kilometre | -11.8% |
| 1996 | 2,917 kg per square kilometre | +15.6% |
| 1997 | 2,690 kg per square kilometre | -7.8% |
| 1998 | 2,484 kg per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 2,605 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 2,428 kg per square kilometre | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 2,795 kg per square kilometre | +15.1% |
| 2002 | 3,003 kg per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 2,839 kg per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 2,832 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,848 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 2,965 kg per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 3,110 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 3,171 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 2,993 kg per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 2,747 kg per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 2,386 kg per square kilometre | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 2,571 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 2,045 kg per square kilometre | -20.4% |
| 2014 | 2,386 kg per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 2015 | 2,307 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 2,085 kg per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 2017 | 2,023 kg per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 1,917 kg per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 1,808 kg per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 1,976 kg per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 2,060 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 1,967 kg per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 1,959 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 1,959 kg per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 460.48 kg per square kilometre, 4.3× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 1,959 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 867.71 kg per square kilometre, 2.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,569 kg per square kilometre | 2,471 kg per square kilometre | 2,666 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,607 kg per square kilometre | 2,275 kg per square kilometre | 3,080 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,391 kg per square kilometre | 2,058 kg per square kilometre | 2,780 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,724 kg per square kilometre | 2,484 kg per square kilometre | 2,917 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,898 kg per square kilometre | 2,428 kg per square kilometre | 3,171 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,227 kg per square kilometre | 1,808 kg per square kilometre | 2,747 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,991 kg per square kilometre | 1,959 kg per square kilometre | 2,060 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 15 Costa Rica 2,200 kg per square kilometre compare
- 16 Germany 2,148 kg per square kilometre compare
- 17 Nicaragua 2,102 kg per square kilometre compare
- 19 Burundi 1,925 kg per square kilometre compare
- 20 France 1,898 kg per square kilometre compare
- 21 Azerbaijan 1,766 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for El Salvador
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.58 % 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 0.0446 % 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 square kilometre in El Salvador?
- Cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in El Salvador was 1,959 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 3,171 kg per square kilometre in 2008.
- What is the lowest cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,808 kg per square kilometre in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank for cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre?
- El Salvador ranks 18th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.
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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.