Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Nigeria
Nigeria: Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches was 0.0171 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Nigeria, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Nigeria is 0.0171 kg per person, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Nigeria peaked at 0.0279 kg per person in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.0147 kg per person, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 125th 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: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0147 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.015 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0154 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0157 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0159 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 0.0162 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0164 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0167 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0169 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 0.017 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0177 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0178 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0179 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0184 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0189 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0188 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0192 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0195 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0198 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.02 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0198 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0204 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0206 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0208 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0217 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0222 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0226 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0207 kg per person | -8.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0195 kg per person | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0253 kg per person | +29.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0262 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0264 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0272 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0279 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0258 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0211 kg per person | -18.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0158 kg per person | -25.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0231 kg per person | +46.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0237 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0211 kg per person | -10.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0227 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0225 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0226 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0226 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0233 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0237 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0242 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0247 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0256 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0251 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0249 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0244 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0229 kg per person | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0227 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0173 kg per person | -23.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0191 kg per person | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0176 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0205 kg per person | +16.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0211 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.018 kg per person | -14.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0178 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0174 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0171 kg per person | -1.6% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 0.0171 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0226 kg per person, 75% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 0.0171 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0082 kg per person, 2.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Nigeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +46.1% | 0.0158 kg per person | 0.0231 kg per person |
| 1990 | +29.8% | 0.0195 kg per person | 0.0253 kg per person |
| 1997 | -25.1% | 0.0211 kg per person | 0.0158 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0159 kg per person | 0.0147 kg per person | 0.0169 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0185 kg per person | 0.017 kg per person | 0.0198 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0208 kg per person | 0.0195 kg per person | 0.0226 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0242 kg per person | 0.0158 kg per person | 0.0279 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0233 kg per person | 0.0211 kg per person | 0.0256 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0216 kg per person | 0.0173 kg per person | 0.0251 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0176 kg per person | 0.0171 kg per person | 0.018 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.78 % 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 — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Nigeria?
- Chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Nigeria was 0.0171 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0279 kg per person in 1994.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0147 kg per person in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Nigeria ranks 125th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.