Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches was 0.0441 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in Costa Rica, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.0441 kg per person for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0907 kg per person in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.0231 kg per person, in 1986.
That places Costa Rica 67th out of 168 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0522 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0529 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0535 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0548 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0563 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0507 kg per person | -9.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0492 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0497 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0499 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0664 kg per person | +33.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0776 kg per person | +16.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0907 kg per person | +16.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0853 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0849 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0843 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0838 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0831 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0809 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0779 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 0.0781 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0732 kg per person | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0753 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0739 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0636 kg per person | -14.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0619 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0231 kg per person | -62.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0291 kg per person | +25.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0317 kg per person | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0342 kg per person | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0392 kg per person | +14.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0436 kg per person | +11.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0444 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0469 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0461 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0542 kg per person | +17.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0457 kg per person | -15.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0456 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0403 kg per person | -11.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0386 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0392 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0436 kg per person | +11.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0433 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0427 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0447 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0425 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0408 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0356 kg per person | -12.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0443 kg per person | +24.4% |
| 2009 | 0.043 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0395 kg per person | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0426 kg per person | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0427 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0468 kg per person | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 0.047 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0435 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0435 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0439 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0438 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0437 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0439 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0439 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.044 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0441 kg per person | +0.2% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.0441 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.004 kg per person, 11.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.0441 kg per person is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0684 kg per person, 64% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in Costa Rica 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | -62.7% | 0.0619 kg per person | 0.0231 kg per person |
| 1970 | +33.0% | 0.0499 kg per person | 0.0664 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0521 kg per person | 0.0492 kg per person | 0.0563 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0815 kg per person | 0.0664 kg per person | 0.0907 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0544 kg per person | 0.0231 kg per person | 0.0781 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0445 kg per person | 0.0386 kg per person | 0.0542 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.042 kg per person | 0.0356 kg per person | 0.0447 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0437 kg per person | 0.0395 kg per person | 0.047 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.044 kg per person | 0.0439 kg per person | 0.0441 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More environment data for Costa Rica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.09 % 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 -0.3048 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Costa Rica?
- Chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Costa Rica was 0.0441 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0907 kg per person in 1972.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0231 kg per person in 1986.
- How does Costa Rica rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- Costa Rica ranks 67th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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 left on pasture that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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.