Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches was 0.0231 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.0231 kg per person for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in 2023.
That represents a change of down 13.9% on the previous year and down 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0392 kg per person in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0104 kg per person, in 1962.
Sri Lanka ranks 116th 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0115 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0104 kg per person | -9.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0169 kg per person | +62.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0173 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0161 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0168 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0164 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0183 kg per person | +11.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0174 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0169 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0182 kg per person | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0203 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0171 kg per person | -16.1% |
| 1974 | 0.015 kg per person | -12.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0127 kg per person | -15.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0125 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0129 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0111 kg per person | -14.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0137 kg per person | +23.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0155 kg per person | +13.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0149 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0151 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0156 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0161 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0174 kg per person | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0187 kg per person | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0212 kg per person | +13.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0202 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 0.021 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0204 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0192 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0194 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0194 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.019 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0184 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0179 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0171 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0173 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0181 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0195 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 0.019 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.019 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0227 kg per person | +19.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0266 kg per person | +17.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0276 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0313 kg per person | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0321 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0335 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0305 kg per person | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0312 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0319 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0326 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0383 kg per person | +17.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0372 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0294 kg per person | -20.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0392 kg per person | +33.1% |
| 2017 | 0.039 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0373 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0308 kg per person | -17.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0293 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0278 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0268 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0231 kg per person | -13.9% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.0231 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1009 kg per person, 23% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.0231 kg per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.0408 kg per person, 56% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +62.6% | 0.0104 kg per person | 0.0169 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0157 kg per person | 0.0104 kg per person | 0.0183 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.015 kg per person | 0.0111 kg per person | 0.0203 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0176 kg per person | 0.0149 kg per person | 0.0212 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0186 kg per person | 0.0171 kg per person | 0.0204 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0262 kg per person | 0.019 kg per person | 0.0335 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0347 kg per person | 0.0294 kg per person | 0.0392 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0267 kg per person | 0.0231 kg per person | 0.0293 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 113 Solomon Islands 0.0259 kg per person compare
- 114 Papua New Guinea 0.0259 kg per person compare
- 115 Cambodia 0.0254 kg per person compare
- 117 Afghanistan 0.0217 kg per person compare
- 118 United Arab Emirates 0.0211 kg per person compare
- 119 Burkina Faso 0.02 kg per person compare
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 5.63 % 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 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sri Lanka?
- Chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sri Lanka was 0.0231 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0392 kg per person in 2016.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0104 kg per person in 1962.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Sri Lanka ranks 116th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.