Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.3429 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.3429 kg per person for chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023.
That represents a change of down 19.3% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.4595 kg per person in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1465 kg per person, in 1978.
Sri Lanka ranks 143rd of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1635 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1551 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 1963 | 0.2472 kg per person | +59.4% |
| 1964 | 0.2479 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 0.2341 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 0.2441 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 0.2306 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1968 | 0.2448 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 0.233 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 0.2359 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.2555 kg per person | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 0.245 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 0.2428 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.2074 kg per person | -14.6% |
| 1975 | 0.1773 kg per person | -14.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1745 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.1762 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1465 kg per person | -16.9% |
| 1979 | 0.1734 kg per person | +18.4% |
| 1980 | 0.1857 kg per person | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 0.1808 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 0.1784 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.1832 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1874 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2002 kg per person | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 0.2134 kg per person | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 0.2378 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 1988 | 0.2351 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.239 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.2356 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.2199 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 0.228 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.2359 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 0.2364 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.2328 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.2205 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 0.2177 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.2209 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.2259 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.2383 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 0.2349 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.2495 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.2229 kg per person | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 0.2525 kg per person | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2639 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2997 kg per person | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3079 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3188 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2987 kg per person | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.3058 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3088 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3055 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.3696 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3645 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.3481 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.438 kg per person | +25.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4373 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4178 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.4006 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.4595 kg per person | +14.7% |
| 2021 | 0.4529 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.4251 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 0.3429 kg per person | -19.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.3429 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.3 kg per person, 26% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.3429 kg per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.5234 kg per person, 66% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +59.4% | 0.1551 kg per person | 0.2472 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2223 kg per person | 0.1551 kg per person | 0.2479 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2035 kg per person | 0.1465 kg per person | 0.2555 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2041 kg per person | 0.1784 kg per person | 0.239 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2274 kg per person | 0.2177 kg per person | 0.2364 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2687 kg per person | 0.2229 kg per person | 0.3188 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3696 kg per person | 0.3055 kg per person | 0.438 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4201 kg per person | 0.3429 kg per person | 0.4595 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 5.63 % 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 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Sri Lanka?
- Chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Sri Lanka was 0.3429 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4595 kg per person in 2020.
- What is the lowest chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1465 kg per person in 1978.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Sri Lanka ranks 143rd out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (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.
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens — Amount excreted in manure 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.
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Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (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.