Cattle: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Benin
Benin: Cattle: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises was 0.0597 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per in Benin, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.0597 kg per person for cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in 2023.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Benin peaked at 0.0762 kg per person in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.0303 kg per person, in 1961.
Benin ranks 112th 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 … capita volatilises in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0303 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.032 kg per person | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0336 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0351 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0393 kg per person | +12.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0434 kg per person | +10.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0443 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0431 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0455 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0446 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0452 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0486 kg per person | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0502 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0471 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0505 kg per person | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0486 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0483 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.048 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0476 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0509 kg per person | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0507 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0506 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0504 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0501 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0502 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0466 kg per person | -7.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0452 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 0.045 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0415 kg per person | -7.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0467 kg per person | +12.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0734 kg per person | +57.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0742 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.071 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0762 kg per person | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0642 kg per person | -15.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0734 kg per person | +14.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0735 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0725 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0734 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0739 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0743 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.074 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0733 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0729 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0717 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0721 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0718 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0715 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0712 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0709 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0706 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0703 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.07 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0698 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0695 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0692 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.069 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0688 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0687 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0513 kg per person | -25.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0547 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0582 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0597 kg per person | +2.5% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.0597 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0867 kg per person, 69% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.0597 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0563 kg per person, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises 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% | 0.0467 kg per person | 0.0734 kg per person |
| 2020 | -25.3% | 0.0687 kg per person | 0.0513 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0385 kg per person | 0.0303 kg per person | 0.0455 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0479 kg per person | 0.0446 kg per person | 0.0505 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0481 kg per person | 0.0415 kg per person | 0.0509 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0698 kg per person | 0.0467 kg per person | 0.0762 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0727 kg per person | 0.0712 kg per person | 0.0743 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0697 kg per person | 0.0687 kg per person | 0.0709 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.056 kg per person | 0.0513 kg per person | 0.0597 kg per person | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Benin?
- Cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Benin was 0.0597 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0762 kg per person in 1994.
- What is the lowest cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0303 kg per person in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per?
- Benin ranks 112th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per 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 that volatilises (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 that volatilises (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 that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 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 that volatilises (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.