Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises was 0.0372 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Sri Lanka is 0.0372 kg per person, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.3% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0498 kg per person in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0159 kg per person, in 1978.
Sri Lanka ranks 121st 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: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0177 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0168 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0268 kg per person | +59.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0269 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0254 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0265 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 0.025 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0266 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0253 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0256 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0277 kg per person | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0266 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0263 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0225 kg per person | -14.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0192 kg per person | -14.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0189 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0191 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0159 kg per person | -16.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0188 kg per person | +18.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0201 kg per person | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0196 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0193 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0199 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0203 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0217 kg per person | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0231 kg per person | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0258 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0255 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0259 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0256 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0239 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0247 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0256 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0256 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0252 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0239 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0236 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.024 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0245 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0258 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0255 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0271 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0242 kg per person | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0274 kg per person | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0286 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0325 kg per person | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0334 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0346 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0324 kg per person | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0332 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0335 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0331 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0401 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0395 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0378 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0475 kg per person | +25.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0474 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0453 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0435 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0498 kg per person | +14.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0491 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0461 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0372 kg per person | -19.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.0372 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1554 kg per person, 24% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.0372 kg per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.0568 kg per person, 66% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens: Manure applied to soils … 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 | +59.4% | 0.0168 kg per person | 0.0268 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0241 kg per person | 0.0168 kg per person | 0.0269 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0221 kg per person | 0.0159 kg per person | 0.0277 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0221 kg per person | 0.0193 kg per person | 0.0259 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0247 kg per person | 0.0236 kg per person | 0.0256 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0291 kg per person | 0.0242 kg per person | 0.0346 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0401 kg per person | 0.0331 kg per person | 0.0475 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0456 kg per person | 0.0372 kg per person | 0.0498 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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 — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Sri Lanka?
- Chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Sri Lanka was 0.0372 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0498 kg per person in 2020.
- What is the lowest chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0159 kg per person in 1978.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per?
- Sri Lanka ranks 121st out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. 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 — 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.