Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Benin
Benin: Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita was 0.2985 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Benin, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Benin stood at 0.2985 kg per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Benin peaked at 0.381 kg per person in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.1515 kg per person, in 1961.
That places Benin 112th out of 167 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1515 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1602 kg per person | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 0.1682 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 0.1753 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 0.1964 kg per person | +12.1% |
| 1966 | 0.2171 kg per person | +10.5% |
| 1967 | 0.2215 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.2156 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 0.2274 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 0.2228 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 0.2261 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.2432 kg per person | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 0.2511 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 0.2357 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2523 kg per person | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 0.2429 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.2414 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.2399 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.2379 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.2546 kg per person | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 0.2537 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.2528 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.2518 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.2506 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.2508 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2329 kg per person | -7.2% |
| 1987 | 0.2261 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 0.2249 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.2074 kg per person | -7.8% |
| 1990 | 0.2336 kg per person | +12.6% |
| 1991 | 0.3668 kg per person | +57.0% |
| 1992 | 0.3712 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.355 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 0.381 kg per person | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 0.3211 kg per person | -15.7% |
| 1996 | 0.367 kg per person | +14.3% |
| 1997 | 0.3674 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.3624 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.3669 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.3694 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3717 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3698 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.3667 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.3645 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3585 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3605 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3591 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.3574 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3558 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.3543 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.353 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.3515 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.3502 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3488 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.3475 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3462 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.3451 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3442 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3436 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.2567 kg per person | -25.3% |
| 2021 | 0.2733 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 0.2911 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 0.2985 kg per person | +2.5% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.2985 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4337 kg per person, 69% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.2985 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2816 kg per person, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Benin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +57.0% | 0.2336 kg per person | 0.3668 kg per person |
| 2020 | -25.3% | 0.3436 kg per person | 0.2567 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1926 kg per person | 0.1515 kg per person | 0.2274 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2393 kg per person | 0.2228 kg per person | 0.2523 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2406 kg per person | 0.2074 kg per person | 0.2546 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3492 kg per person | 0.2336 kg per person | 0.381 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3633 kg per person | 0.3558 kg per person | 0.3717 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3484 kg per person | 0.3436 kg per person | 0.3543 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2799 kg per person | 0.2567 kg per person | 0.2985 kg per person | 4 |
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- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Benin?
- Cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Benin was 0.2985 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.381 kg per person in 1994.
- What is the lowest cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1515 kg per person in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita?
- Benin ranks 112th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cattle — Manure applied to soils (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 — Manure applied to soils (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cattle — Manure applied to soils Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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 — Manure applied to soils (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.