Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Benin
Benin: Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 3.96 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Benin, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Benin stood at 3.96 kg per person.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 64.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Benin peaked at 4.17 kg per person in 1985 and was at its lowest, 2.32 kg per person, in 2019.
Benin ranks 38th of 162 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.47 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 2.55 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 2.86 kg per person | +12.4% |
| 1964 | 3.01 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 2.96 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 2.83 kg per person | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 2.99 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 2.82 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 1969 | 2.94 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 2.91 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 2.91 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2.98 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 3.55 kg per person | +19.1% |
| 1974 | 3.46 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 3.38 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 3.5 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 3.51 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 3.53 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 3.54 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 3.56 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 3.6 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 3.63 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 4.09 kg per person | +12.6% |
| 1984 | 4.13 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 4.17 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 2.9 kg per person | -30.4% |
| 1987 | 2.89 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 2.93 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 2.86 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 2.48 kg per person | -13.5% |
| 1991 | 2.52 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 2.34 kg per person | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 2.39 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 2.54 kg per person | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 2.44 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 2.53 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 2.48 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 2.46 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 2.52 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 2.58 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 2.55 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 2.58 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 2.48 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 2.47 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 2.47 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 2.46 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 2.44 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 2.41 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 2.48 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 2.46 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 2.44 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 2.42 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 2.4 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 2.39 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 2.37 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 2.35 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 2.34 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 2.33 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 2.32 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 3.31 kg per person | +42.8% |
| 2021 | 3.93 kg per person | +18.8% |
| 2022 | 3.95 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 3.96 kg per person | +0.4% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 3.96 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.37 kg per person, 1.7× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Benin's 3.96 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5.03 kg per person, 79% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Benin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +42.8% | 2.32 kg per person | 3.31 kg per person |
| 1986 | -30.4% | 4.17 kg per person | 2.9 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.83 kg per person | 2.47 kg per person | 3.01 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.33 kg per person | 2.91 kg per person | 3.55 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.48 kg per person | 2.86 kg per person | 4.17 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.47 kg per person | 2.34 kg per person | 2.54 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.49 kg per person | 2.41 kg per person | 2.58 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.38 kg per person | 2.32 kg per person | 2.46 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.79 kg per person | 3.31 kg per person | 3.96 kg per person | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.38 % 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Benin?
- Goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Benin was 3.96 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 4.17 kg per person in 1985.
- What is the lowest goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.32 kg per person in 2019.
- How does Benin rank for goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Benin ranks 38th out of 162 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Goats — Amount excreted in manure (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.
Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Goats — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Goats — Amount excreted in manure (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.