Cattle — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Cattle — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita was 0.7577 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita in Puerto Rico, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 0.7577 kg per person for cattle — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita in 2023.
The figure is up 13.6% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita in Puerto Rico peaked at 2.01 kg per person in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.667 kg per person, in 2022.
Puerto Rico ranks 97th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.96 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 2 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 2 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2.01 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 1.94 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 1.96 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 1.93 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 1.93 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 1.96 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 1.98 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 2 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 1.98 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 2 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 1.93 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 1.9 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 1.91 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 1.93 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 1.85 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 1.7 kg per person | -8.1% |
| 1980 | 1.54 kg per person | -9.6% |
| 1981 | 1.56 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 1.71 kg per person | +9.2% |
| 1983 | 1.81 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 1.85 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 1.95 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 1.97 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 1.68 kg per person | -14.7% |
| 1988 | 1.8 kg per person | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 1.87 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 1.9 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 1.89 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 1.32 kg per person | -30.4% |
| 1993 | 1.31 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 1.29 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 1.08 kg per person | -16.3% |
| 1996 | 1.08 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 1.12 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 1.1 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 1.09 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 1.12 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 1.13 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 1.14 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 1.21 kg per person | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 1.1 kg per person | -8.6% |
| 2005 | 1.07 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 1.02 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9773 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9407 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.901 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8617 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 0.821 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7508 kg per person | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 0.7684 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.7632 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.7567 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.7499 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.7491 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.7617 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7294 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 0.7755 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 0.7821 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.667 kg per person | -14.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7577 kg per person | +13.6% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 0.7577 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.714 kg per person, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 0.7577 kg per person is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.98 kg per person, 38% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -30.4% | 1.89 kg per person | 1.32 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.97 kg per person | 1.93 kg per person | 2.01 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.92 kg per person | 1.7 kg per person | 2 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.77 kg per person | 1.54 kg per person | 1.97 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.32 kg per person | 1.08 kg per person | 1.9 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.06 kg per person | 0.901 kg per person | 1.21 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7712 kg per person | 0.7294 kg per person | 0.8617 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7456 kg per person | 0.667 kg per person | 0.7821 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More environment data for Puerto Rico
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.4091 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5906 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.79 % 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 -0.8621 % 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 left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita in Puerto Rico?
- Cattle — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita in Puerto Rico was 0.7577 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 2.01 kg per person in 1964.
- What is the lowest cattle — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.667 kg per person in 2022.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for cattle — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita?
- Puerto Rico ranks 97th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cattle — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cattle — Manure left on pasture that leaches (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 left on pasture that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cattle — Manure left on pasture that leaches 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 left on pasture that leaches (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.