Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in South Africa
South Africa: Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches was 0.075 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in South Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 0.075 kg per person for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in 2023.
The figure is down 20.6% on the previous year and down 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in South Africa peaked at 0.1112 kg per person in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0495 kg per person, in 1964.
South Africa ranks 36th 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 South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0503 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0526 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 0.051 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0495 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0686 kg per person | +38.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0665 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0709 kg per person | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 0.075 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0787 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0646 kg per person | -17.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0628 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 0.061 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0647 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0733 kg per person | +13.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0713 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0694 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0676 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0658 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0686 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 0.071 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0729 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0704 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 0.068 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0695 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0672 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0651 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0631 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0612 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0595 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.053 kg per person | -10.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0725 kg per person | +36.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0571 kg per person | -21.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0574 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.058 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0611 kg per person | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0696 kg per person | +13.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0674 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0736 kg per person | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 0.077 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0736 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0757 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0922 kg per person | +21.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0879 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 0.09 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0891 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0982 kg per person | +10.2% |
| 2007 | 0.1023 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 0.1101 kg per person | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 0.1038 kg per person | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 0.1075 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.1112 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.1108 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.1101 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.1107 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0832 kg per person | -24.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0831 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0863 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0832 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0829 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.104 kg per person | +25.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0777 kg per person | -25.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0945 kg per person | +21.7% |
| 2023 | 0.075 kg per person | -20.6% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 0.075 kg per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0662 kg per person, 1.1× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 0.075 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)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in South Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +38.5% | 0.0495 kg per person | 0.0686 kg per person |
| 1991 | +36.8% | 0.053 kg per person | 0.0725 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0626 kg per person | 0.0495 kg per person | 0.0787 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0669 kg per person | 0.061 kg per person | 0.0733 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0668 kg per person | 0.0595 kg per person | 0.0729 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0647 kg per person | 0.053 kg per person | 0.077 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0923 kg per person | 0.0736 kg per person | 0.1101 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0969 kg per person | 0.0829 kg per person | 0.1112 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0878 kg per person | 0.075 kg per person | 0.104 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More environment data for South Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 8.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.59 % 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 0.2953 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in South Africa?
- Chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in South Africa was 0.075 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1112 kg per person in 2011.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0495 kg per person in 1964.
- How does South Africa rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- South Africa ranks 36th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.