Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches was 0.0183 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Sierra Leone, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sierra Leone stood at 0.0183 kg per person.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.025 kg per person in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0062 kg per person, in 2003.
Sierra Leone ranks 121st 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 Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0127 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0131 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0139 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0129 kg per person | -7.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0152 kg per person | +18.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0126 kg per person | -17.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0165 kg per person | +31.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0174 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0171 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0169 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0167 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0166 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0166 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0166 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0167 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.017 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0174 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 0.018 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0186 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 0.019 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0195 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0203 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0192 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0186 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 0.019 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0202 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0221 kg per person | +9.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0215 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0217 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.022 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0202 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0221 kg per person | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0222 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0221 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.022 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0219 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0217 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0214 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0201 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0139 kg per person | -30.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0089 kg per person | -35.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0074 kg per person | -17.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0062 kg per person | -16.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0075 kg per person | +19.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0089 kg per person | +19.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0115 kg per person | +28.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0139 kg per person | +21.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0167 kg per person | +20.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0218 kg per person | +30.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0232 kg per person | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 0.025 kg per person | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0244 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0213 kg per person | -12.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0237 kg per person | +10.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0208 kg per person | -12.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0202 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0221 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0201 kg per person | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0198 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0197 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.019 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0186 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0183 kg per person | -2.0% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 0.0183 kg per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0048 kg per person, 3.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 0.0183 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0082 kg per person, 2.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Sierra Leone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -35.7% | 0.0139 kg per person | 0.0089 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0146 kg per person | 0.0126 kg per person | 0.0174 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0171 kg per person | 0.0166 kg per person | 0.0186 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0201 kg per person | 0.0186 kg per person | 0.0221 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0216 kg per person | 0.0201 kg per person | 0.0222 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0117 kg per person | 0.0062 kg per person | 0.0218 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0221 kg per person | 0.0198 kg per person | 0.025 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0189 kg per person | 0.0183 kg per person | 0.0197 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 118 United Arab Emirates 0.0211 kg per person compare
- 119 Burkina Faso 0.02 kg per person compare
- 120 Palestine 0.0199 kg per person compare
- 122 South Africa 0.0176 kg per person compare
- 123 Senegal 0.0174 kg per person compare
- 124 Ghana 0.0174 kg per person compare
More environment data for Sierra Leone
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.232 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.72 % 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 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sierra Leone?
- Chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sierra Leone was 0.0183 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.025 kg per person in 2011.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0062 kg per person in 2003.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Sierra Leone ranks 121st out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.