Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Cameroon
Cameroon: Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises was 0.0262 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per in Cameroon, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.0262 kg per person for chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in 2023.
The figure is down 9.1% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Cameroon peaked at 0.0361 kg per person in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0085 kg per person, in 1961.
That places Cameroon 132nd out of 168 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0085 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0087 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0099 kg per person | +14.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0133 kg per person | +34.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0135 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0158 kg per person | +17.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0181 kg per person | +13.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0189 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0209 kg per person | +10.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0203 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0198 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0193 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0188 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0184 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 0.018 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0182 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0183 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0185 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0187 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.015 kg per person | -19.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0127 kg per person | -15.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0126 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0147 kg per person | +16.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0193 kg per person | +32.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0183 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0203 kg per person | +11.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0207 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0229 kg per person | +10.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0227 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0236 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0243 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0243 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0248 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0253 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0257 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0281 kg per person | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0308 kg per person | +9.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0331 kg per person | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0312 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0225 kg per person | -27.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0305 kg per person | +35.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0297 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0289 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0282 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0308 kg per person | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0341 kg per person | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0352 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0361 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0349 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0341 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0339 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0337 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0338 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0337 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0333 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0333 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0319 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0287 kg per person | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0272 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0139 kg per person | -48.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0288 kg per person | +106.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0288 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0262 kg per person | -9.1% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.0262 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0365 kg per person, 72% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.0262 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0181 kg per person, 1.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Cameroon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +106.2% | 0.0139 kg per person | 0.0288 kg per person |
| 2020 | -48.7% | 0.0272 kg per person | 0.0139 kg per person |
| 2001 | +35.6% | 0.0225 kg per person | 0.0305 kg per person |
| 1964 | +34.4% | 0.0099 kg per person | 0.0133 kg per person |
| 1984 | +32.1% | 0.0147 kg per person | 0.0193 kg per person |
| 2000 | -27.8% | 0.0312 kg per person | 0.0225 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0142 kg per person | 0.0085 kg per person | 0.0209 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0188 kg per person | 0.018 kg per person | 0.0203 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0179 kg per person | 0.0126 kg per person | 0.0229 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0271 kg per person | 0.0236 kg per person | 0.0331 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0311 kg per person | 0.0225 kg per person | 0.0361 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0324 kg per person | 0.0272 kg per person | 0.0341 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0244 kg per person | 0.0139 kg per person | 0.0288 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More environment data for Cameroon
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6539 % 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 0.4385 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Cameroon?
- Chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Cameroon was 0.0262 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0361 kg per person in 2008.
- What is the lowest chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0085 kg per person in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per?
- Cameroon ranks 132nd out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens — Manure applied to soils 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens — Manure applied to soils 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 — Manure applied to soils 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.