Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Botswana
Botswana: Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 0.1589 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in Botswana, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Botswana is 0.1589 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Botswana peaked at 0.2148 kg per square kilometre in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0247 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Botswana ranks 146th of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0247 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0282 kg per square kilometre | +14.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0319 kg per square kilometre | +13.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0353 kg per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 1965 | 0.039 kg per square kilometre | +10.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0427 kg per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0462 kg per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 0.049 kg per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0397 kg per square kilometre | -18.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0497 kg per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0275 kg per square kilometre | -44.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0568 kg per square kilometre | +106.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0554 kg per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0601 kg per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0693 kg per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0751 kg per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0808 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0901 kg per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0855 kg per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 1980 | 0.097 kg per square kilometre | +13.5% |
| 1981 | 0.1201 kg per square kilometre | +23.8% |
| 1982 | 0.1317 kg per square kilometre | +9.6% |
| 1983 | 0.1109 kg per square kilometre | -15.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0843 kg per square kilometre | -24.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0589 kg per square kilometre | -30.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0681 kg per square kilometre | +15.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0739 kg per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 0.1039 kg per square kilometre | +40.6% |
| 1989 | 0.1155 kg per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 0.1247 kg per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 0.127 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0901 kg per square kilometre | -29.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0647 kg per square kilometre | -28.2% |
| 1994 | 0.1178 kg per square kilometre | +82.1% |
| 1995 | 0.1871 kg per square kilometre | +58.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0808 kg per square kilometre | -56.8% |
| 1997 | 0.1155 kg per square kilometre | +42.9% |
| 1998 | 0.1501 kg per square kilometre | +30.0% |
| 1999 | 0.1732 kg per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 0.1386 kg per square kilometre | -20.0% |
| 2001 | 0.1501 kg per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 0.1617 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1732 kg per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 0.1802 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1848 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2079 kg per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2148 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.1963 kg per square kilometre | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 0.1848 kg per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1848 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1963 kg per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 0.1987 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.1987 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1963 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1386 kg per square kilometre | -29.4% |
| 2016 | 0.1732 kg per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1294 kg per square kilometre | -25.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1663 kg per square kilometre | +28.6% |
| 2019 | 0.1663 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1541 kg per square kilometre | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 0.1622 kg per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 0.1608 kg per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.1589 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 0.1589 kg per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.11 kg per square kilometre, 8% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 0.1589 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.25 kg per square kilometre, 7% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Botswana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +106.7% | 0.0275 kg per square kilometre | 0.0568 kg per square kilometre |
| 1994 | +82.1% | 0.0647 kg per square kilometre | 0.1178 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0374 kg per square kilometre | 0.0247 kg per square kilometre | 0.049 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.065 kg per square kilometre | 0.0275 kg per square kilometre | 0.0901 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0964 kg per square kilometre | 0.0589 kg per square kilometre | 0.1317 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1231 kg per square kilometre | 0.0647 kg per square kilometre | 0.1871 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1793 kg per square kilometre | 0.1386 kg per square kilometre | 0.2148 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1749 kg per square kilometre | 0.1294 kg per square kilometre | 0.1987 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.159 kg per square kilometre | 0.1541 kg per square kilometre | 0.1622 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 143 Hungary 0.1878 kg per square kilometre compare
- 144 Croatia 0.1864 kg per square kilometre compare
- 145 Somalia 0.1738 kg per square kilometre compare
- 147 Belarus 0.1493 kg per square kilometre compare
- 148 Namibia 0.1326 kg per square kilometre compare
- 149 Samoa 0.1291 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -4.05 % 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 0.3323 % 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 left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Botswana?
- Chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Botswana was 0.1589 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2148 kg per square kilometre in 2007.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0247 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Botswana rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- Botswana ranks 146th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.