Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches was 0.0327 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N) in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Sri Lanka stood at 0.0327 kg per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.8% on the previous year and up 49.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0458 kg per person in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0127 kg per person, in 1978.
That places Sri Lanka 111th out of 168 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.
Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0151 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0149 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0234 kg per person | +57.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0231 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 0.022 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0229 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0211 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0215 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0205 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0214 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0233 kg per person | +8.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0195 kg per person | -16.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0224 kg per person | +14.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0188 kg per person | -16.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0162 kg per person | -13.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0159 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0157 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0127 kg per person | -19.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0146 kg per person | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0147 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0145 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0139 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0142 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0144 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0152 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 0.016 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0175 kg per person | +9.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0181 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0178 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.018 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0166 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0177 kg per person | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0189 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0195 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0195 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.018 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0183 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0186 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0186 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0193 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0192 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0216 kg per person | +12.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0136 kg per person | -36.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0145 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0153 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0175 kg per person | +14.0% |
| 2007 | 0.018 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0184 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0181 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0185 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0183 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0172 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0219 kg per person | +27.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0221 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0272 kg per person | +23.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0321 kg per person | +18.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0321 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0307 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0344 kg per person | +12.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0455 kg per person | +32.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0458 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0424 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0327 kg per person | -22.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches 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 | +57.1% | 0.0149 kg per person | 0.0234 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0205 kg per person | 0.0149 kg per person | 0.0234 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0181 kg per person | 0.0127 kg per person | 0.0233 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0156 kg per person | 0.0139 kg per person | 0.0181 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0184 kg per person | 0.0166 kg per person | 0.0195 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0175 kg per person | 0.0136 kg per person | 0.0216 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0255 kg per person | 0.0172 kg per person | 0.0344 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0416 kg per person | 0.0327 kg per person | 0.0458 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 108 Grenada 0.0371 kg per person compare
- 109 French Polynesia 0.0355 kg per person compare
- 110 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0336 kg per person compare
- 112 Bahrain 0.0317 kg per person compare
- 113 Papua New Guinea 0.0306 kg per person compare
- 114 Zambia 0.0299 kg per person compare
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, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Sri Lanka?
- Chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Sri Lanka was 0.0327 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0458 kg per person in 2021.
- What is the lowest chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0127 kg per person in 1978.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n)?
- Sri Lanka ranks 111th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.6%. 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, broilers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils 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.
Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils 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
Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils 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.