Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in Ghana
Ghana: Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches was 0.0742 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Ghana is 0.0742 kg per person, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Ghana peaked at 0.0851 kg per person in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0244 kg per person, in 1986.
Ghana ranks 39th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0438 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0429 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0429 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0478 kg per person | +11.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0527 kg per person | +10.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0554 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0574 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0587 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0603 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0635 kg per person | +5.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0618 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0626 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0618 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0571 kg per person | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 0.056 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0515 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0651 kg per person | +26.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0617 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0559 kg per person | -9.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0504 kg per person | -9.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0448 kg per person | -11.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0373 kg per person | -16.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0322 kg per person | -13.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0294 kg per person | -8.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0268 kg per person | -8.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0244 kg per person | -9.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0302 kg per person | +24.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0291 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 0.031 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0332 kg per person | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0352 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0364 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0387 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0385 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0384 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0386 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0459 kg per person | +19.0% |
| 1998 | 0.049 kg per person | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0513 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0547 kg per person | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0545 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0556 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0566 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0569 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0542 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0597 kg per person | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0653 kg per person | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0686 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0729 kg per person | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0712 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0753 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0735 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0717 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0724 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0793 kg per person | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 0.079 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0777 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0827 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0851 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0788 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0772 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0755 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0742 kg per person | -1.7% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.0742 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0472 kg per person, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.0742 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.035 kg per person, 2.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0513 kg per person | 0.0429 kg per person | 0.0603 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0597 kg per person | 0.0515 kg per person | 0.0651 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0335 kg per person | 0.0244 kg per person | 0.0504 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0405 kg per person | 0.0332 kg per person | 0.0513 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0599 kg per person | 0.0542 kg per person | 0.0729 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0768 kg per person | 0.0712 kg per person | 0.0851 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0764 kg per person | 0.0742 kg per person | 0.0788 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More environment data for Ghana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -13.57 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.26 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -27.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.72 % 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 0.8796 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Ghana?
- Chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Ghana was 0.0742 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0851 kg per person in 2019.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0244 kg per person in 1986.
- How does Ghana rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- Ghana ranks 39th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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)
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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.