Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises was 0.0126 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N) in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n) in Sri Lanka is 0.0126 kg per person, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 13.9% on the previous year and down 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n) in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0214 kg per person in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0057 kg per person, in 1962.
Sri Lanka ranks 103rd 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 left on pasture … left capita volatilises in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0063 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0057 kg per person | -9.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0092 kg per person | +62.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0095 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0088 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0092 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 0.009 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.01 kg per person | +11.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0095 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0093 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 0.01 kg per person | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0111 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0093 kg per person | -16.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0082 kg per person | -12.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0069 kg per person | -15.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0068 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0071 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0061 kg per person | -14.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0075 kg per person | +23.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0085 kg per person | +13.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0081 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0083 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0085 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0088 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0095 kg per person | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0103 kg per person | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0116 kg per person | +13.0% |
| 1988 | 0.011 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0115 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0111 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0105 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0106 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0106 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0104 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0101 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0098 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0094 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0095 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0099 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0106 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0104 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0104 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0124 kg per person | +19.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0146 kg per person | +17.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0151 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0171 kg per person | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0175 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0183 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0167 kg per person | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0171 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0175 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0178 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0209 kg per person | +17.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0204 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0161 kg per person | -20.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0214 kg per person | +33.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0213 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0204 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0168 kg per person | -17.3% |
| 2020 | 0.016 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0152 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0147 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0126 kg per person | -13.9% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.0126 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0441 kg per person, 29% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.0126 kg per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.0223 kg per person, 56% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises 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% | 0.0057 kg per person | 0.0092 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0086 kg per person | 0.0057 kg per person | 0.01 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0082 kg per person | 0.0061 kg per person | 0.0111 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0096 kg per person | 0.0081 kg per person | 0.0116 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0102 kg per person | 0.0094 kg per person | 0.0111 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0143 kg per person | 0.0104 kg per person | 0.0183 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.019 kg per person | 0.0161 kg per person | 0.0214 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0146 kg per person | 0.0126 kg per person | 0.016 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 100 Bahamas 0.0133 kg per person compare
- 101 Niger 0.0129 kg per person compare
- 102 Guinea-Bissau 0.0126 kg per person compare
- 104 Bahrain 0.0121 kg per person compare
- 105 Afghanistan 0.0119 kg per person compare
- 106 Madagascar 0.0109 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 left on pasture that volatilises (n) in Sri Lanka?
- Chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n) in Sri Lanka was 0.0126 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0214 kg per person in 2016.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0057 kg per person in 1962.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n)?
- Sri Lanka ranks 103rd out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n) 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 left on pasture that volatilises (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 volatilises (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 volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 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 volatilises (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.