Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content), per square kilometre in Namibia
Namibia: Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content), per square kilometre was 0.9587 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content), per square kilometre in Namibia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per square kilometre in Namibia is 0.9587 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.4% on the previous year and up 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per square kilometre in Namibia peaked at 0.9587 kg per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5022 kg per square kilometre, in 1975.
Namibia ranks 147th of 167 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content), per square kilometre in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.6171 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.6087 kg per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 0.6133 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 0.6053 kg per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 0.6073 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 0.6311 kg per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 0.635 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 0.6266 kg per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 0.6363 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 0.6369 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 0.6465 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.6517 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6568 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.7206 kg per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 0.5022 kg per square kilometre | -30.3% |
| 1976 | 0.5233 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 0.578 kg per square kilometre | +10.4% |
| 1978 | 0.5841 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.6119 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 0.6287 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 0.5517 kg per square kilometre | -12.2% |
| 1982 | 0.5198 kg per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 0.5093 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5129 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.5124 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.5355 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 0.5066 kg per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 1988 | 0.539 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 0.552 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 0.5732 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 0.6083 kg per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 0.6047 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.5698 kg per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 0.5589 kg per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.5602 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.5464 kg per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 0.5645 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 0.6018 kg per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 0.6296 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 0.683 kg per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 0.6928 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.6401 kg per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 0.6432 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.6362 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8182 kg per square kilometre | +28.6% |
| 2006 | 0.6551 kg per square kilometre | -19.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6474 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.6884 kg per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 0.6765 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.6628 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.6531 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.7621 kg per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 2013 | 0.7108 kg per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7783 kg per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7502 kg per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8518 kg per square kilometre | +13.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7958 kg per square kilometre | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 0.766 kg per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7595 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.6864 kg per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 0.7052 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.8377 kg per square kilometre | +18.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9587 kg per square kilometre | +14.4% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.9587 kg per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5.76 kg per square kilometre, 17% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.9587 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3.79 kg per square kilometre, 25% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content), per square kilometre in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | -30.3% | 0.7206 kg per square kilometre | 0.5022 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6201 kg per square kilometre | 0.6053 kg per square kilometre | 0.6363 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6112 kg per square kilometre | 0.5022 kg per square kilometre | 0.7206 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5368 kg per square kilometre | 0.5066 kg per square kilometre | 0.6287 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5817 kg per square kilometre | 0.5464 kg per square kilometre | 0.6296 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6781 kg per square kilometre | 0.6362 kg per square kilometre | 0.8182 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.749 kg per square kilometre | 0.6531 kg per square kilometre | 0.8518 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.797 kg per square kilometre | 0.6864 kg per square kilometre | 0.9587 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 144 Mauritius 1.4 kg per square kilometre compare
- 145 Zambia 1.37 kg per square kilometre compare
- 146 Qatar 1.2 kg per square kilometre compare
- 148 Angola 0.9278 kg per square kilometre compare
- 149 Kuwait 0.9141 kg per square kilometre compare
- 150 United Arab Emirates 0.9063 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Namibia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % 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 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per square kilometre in Namibia?
- Cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per square kilometre in Namibia was 0.9587 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9587 kg per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5022 kg per square kilometre in 1975.
- How does Namibia rank for cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per square kilometre?
- Namibia ranks 147th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per square kilometre rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cattle — Losses from manure treated (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 — Losses from manure treated (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Cattle — Losses from manure treated 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 — Losses from manure treated (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.