Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Samoa
Samoa: Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita was 0.641 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Samoa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 0.641 kg per person for cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Samoa peaked at 0.962 kg per person in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.4221 kg per person, in 1984.
Samoa ranks 93rd of 167 countries on this measure, 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 Samoa, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4656 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.4607 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 0.4959 kg per person | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 0.4964 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 0.4859 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 0.455 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 0.476 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 0.4836 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 0.4773 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 0.4765 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 0.4762 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.4764 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.4841 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.5148 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 0.5517 kg per person | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 0.5583 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.5398 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 0.5492 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 0.5842 kg per person | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 0.5518 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 0.5135 kg per person | -6.9% |
| 1982 | 0.4797 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1983 | 0.4497 kg per person | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 0.4221 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 0.4241 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.4594 kg per person | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 0.5077 kg per person | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 0.5056 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.5043 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.4986 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.5184 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 0.4948 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 0.5111 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 0.5273 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 0.5211 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.5167 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.5124 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.53 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 0.5448 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.5441 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5339 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.5301 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5457 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5616 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.5594 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.5572 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.5542 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.5502 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.7045 kg per person | +28.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7405 kg per person | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 0.795 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8224 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 0.837 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.8466 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.962 kg per person | +13.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8218 kg per person | -14.6% |
| 2017 | 0.7845 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 0.7126 kg per person | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 0.6145 kg per person | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 0.5637 kg per person | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 0.6695 kg per person | +18.8% |
| 2022 | 0.6461 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 0.641 kg per person | -0.8% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.641 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8112 kg per person, 79% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.641 kg per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.7488 kg per person, 86% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +28.0% | 0.5502 kg per person | 0.7045 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4774 kg per person | 0.455 kg per person | 0.4964 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5211 kg per person | 0.4762 kg per person | 0.5842 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4818 kg per person | 0.4221 kg per person | 0.5518 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5175 kg per person | 0.4948 kg per person | 0.5448 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5641 kg per person | 0.5301 kg per person | 0.7045 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7937 kg per person | 0.6145 kg per person | 0.962 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6301 kg per person | 0.5637 kg per person | 0.6695 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 90 Puerto Rico 0.669 kg per person compare
- 91 Kenya 0.6643 kg per person compare
- 92 India 0.6457 kg per person compare
- 94 Mauritania 0.6354 kg per person compare
- 95 Haiti 0.6306 kg per person compare
- 96 Burkina Faso 0.6104 kg per person compare
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % 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 -2.51 % 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 — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Samoa?
- Cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Samoa was 0.641 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.962 kg per person in 2015.
- What is the lowest cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4221 kg per person in 1984.
- How does Samoa rank for cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita?
- Samoa ranks 93rd out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.