Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Namibia
Namibia: Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches was 0.0086 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Namibia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Namibia stood at 0.0086 kg per person.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 41.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Namibia peaked at 0.0153 kg per person in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0016 kg per person, in 1961.
Namibia ranks 141st 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, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0016 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0025 kg per person | +58.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0031 kg per person | +23.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0036 kg per person | +16.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0045 kg per person | +26.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0053 kg per person | +17.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0056 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0061 kg per person | +7.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0064 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0066 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0069 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0072 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0074 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0077 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0077 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0079 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0082 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0084 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0086 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0088 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0091 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0093 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.0093 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0094 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0096 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0096 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0097 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0095 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0092 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0101 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0098 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0096 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0094 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0092 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.009 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0089 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0087 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0086 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0085 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0084 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0116 kg per person | +38.2% |
| 2002 | 0.013 kg per person | +12.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0131 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0142 kg per person | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0148 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 0.015 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0152 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0153 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0152 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0153 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.015 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.015 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0147 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0146 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0102 kg per person | -30.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0125 kg per person | +21.8% |
| 2017 | 0.012 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0098 kg per person | -18.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0095 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0095 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0091 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0089 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0086 kg per person | -2.6% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.0086 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0226 kg per person, 38% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.0086 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0082 kg per person, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +58.0% | 0.0016 kg per person | 0.0025 kg per person |
| 2001 | +38.2% | 0.0084 kg per person | 0.0116 kg per person |
| 2015 | -30.0% | 0.0146 kg per person | 0.0102 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0043 kg per person | 0.0016 kg per person | 0.0064 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0077 kg per person | 0.0066 kg per person | 0.0086 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0094 kg per person | 0.0088 kg per person | 0.0097 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0092 kg per person | 0.0085 kg per person | 0.0101 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0136 kg per person | 0.0084 kg per person | 0.0153 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0129 kg per person | 0.0095 kg per person | 0.0153 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.009 kg per person | 0.0086 kg per person | 0.0095 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More environment data for Namibia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % 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 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Namibia?
- Chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Namibia was 0.0086 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0153 kg per person in 2008.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0016 kg per person in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Namibia ranks 141st out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens, layers — 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, layers — 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, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — 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, layers — 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.