Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in South Africa
South Africa: Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.3087 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in South Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 0.3087 kg per person for chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.6% on the previous year and down 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in South Africa peaked at 0.4575 kg per person in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.2037 kg per person, in 1964.
South Africa ranks 90th of 168 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.
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2071 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.2165 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 0.21 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1964 | 0.2037 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 0.2822 kg per person | +38.5% |
| 1966 | 0.2736 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 0.2917 kg per person | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 0.3085 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 0.324 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 0.266 kg per person | -17.9% |
| 1971 | 0.2583 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 0.251 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 0.2661 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 1974 | 0.3018 kg per person | +13.4% |
| 1975 | 0.2936 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 0.2857 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.2781 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 0.2706 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 0.2822 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 0.292 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 0.2999 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.2897 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 0.2797 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 0.2861 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2767 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 0.268 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 0.2598 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 0.252 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.2447 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.2182 kg per person | -10.8% |
| 1991 | 0.2985 kg per person | +36.8% |
| 1992 | 0.2348 kg per person | -21.3% |
| 1993 | 0.2364 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2387 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.2516 kg per person | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 0.2865 kg per person | +13.9% |
| 1997 | 0.2772 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 0.303 kg per person | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 0.317 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 0.3027 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 0.3115 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3792 kg per person | +21.8% |
| 2003 | 0.3617 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 0.3704 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.3668 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4041 kg per person | +10.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4212 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4532 kg per person | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 0.427 kg per person | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 0.4426 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.4575 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.4558 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4532 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4555 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3426 kg per person | -24.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3421 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3552 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3423 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.341 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4281 kg per person | +25.6% |
| 2021 | 0.3196 kg per person | -25.3% |
| 2022 | 0.389 kg per person | +21.7% |
| 2023 | 0.3087 kg per person | -20.6% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 0.3087 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5909 kg per person, 52% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 0.3087 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1438 kg per person, 2.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in South Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +38.5% | 0.2037 kg per person | 0.2822 kg per person |
| 1991 | +36.8% | 0.2182 kg per person | 0.2985 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2575 kg per person | 0.2037 kg per person | 0.324 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2754 kg per person | 0.251 kg per person | 0.3018 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2749 kg per person | 0.2447 kg per person | 0.2999 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2662 kg per person | 0.2182 kg per person | 0.317 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3798 kg per person | 0.3027 kg per person | 0.4532 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3988 kg per person | 0.341 kg per person | 0.4575 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3614 kg per person | 0.3087 kg per person | 0.4281 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.59 % 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in South Africa?
- Chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in South Africa was 0.3087 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4575 kg per person in 2011.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2037 kg per person in 1964.
- How does South Africa rank for chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- South Africa ranks 90th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Chickens, layers — 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, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Chickens, layers — 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.