Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.1892 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 0.1892 kg per person for chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023.
The figure is down 5.1% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 0.2574 kg per person in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.1836 kg per person, in 2015.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2302 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.233 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.2327 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 0.2342 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 0.243 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 0.2421 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 0.2456 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 0.2482 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 0.2533 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 0.2492 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 0.2527 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 0.2501 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.2515 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.2534 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.2558 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.2564 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.2574 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.2558 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.2551 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.253 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.2513 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.2542 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.2551 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.2451 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 0.2533 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 0.2421 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 0.2337 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 0.2234 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 0.2164 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 0.2339 kg per person | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 0.2489 kg per person | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 0.2446 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.22 kg per person | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 0.2215 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.2156 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 0.2016 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 0.186 kg per person | -7.8% |
| 1998 | 0.212 kg per person | +14.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2114 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.2002 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 0.2105 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 0.214 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2147 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.2147 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2137 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.217 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.219 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.2193 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.2204 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.2194 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.2186 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.2169 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.2099 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2089 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.1836 kg per person | -12.1% |
| 2016 | 0.1926 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 0.1882 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2002 kg per person | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 0.2032 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.1992 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1923 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 0.1994 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.1892 kg per person | -5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2403 kg per person | 0.2302 kg per person | 0.2533 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2537 kg per person | 0.2492 kg per person | 0.2574 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2428 kg per person | 0.2164 kg per person | 0.2551 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2196 kg per person | 0.186 kg per person | 0.2489 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2143 kg per person | 0.2002 kg per person | 0.2204 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2041 kg per person | 0.1836 kg per person | 0.2194 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.195 kg per person | 0.1892 kg per person | 0.1994 kg per person | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation 0.223 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa was 0.1892 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2574 kg per person in 1977.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1836 kg per person in 2015.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan 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
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- 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.