Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Canada
Canada: Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.4121 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Canada, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Canada stood at 0.4121 kg per person. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Canada peaked at 1.25 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.4121 kg per person, in 2023.
Canada ranks 40th of 143 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.25 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 1.1 kg per person | -12.3% |
| 1963 | 1 kg per person | -8.8% |
| 1964 | 0.9395 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1965 | 0.8788 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 0.8224 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 0.7562 kg per person | -8.1% |
| 1968 | 0.7154 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 1969 | 0.6981 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 0.7161 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 0.6803 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 0.6679 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6295 kg per person | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6244 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.6154 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6161 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.609 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.6029 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.597 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 0.623 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 0.6154 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.6081 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.6184 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.6126 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.6278 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.6168 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.7102 kg per person | +15.1% |
| 1988 | 0.8475 kg per person | +19.3% |
| 1989 | 0.6281 kg per person | -25.9% |
| 1990 | 0.6187 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.6169 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.5093 kg per person | -17.5% |
| 1993 | 0.5325 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 0.4982 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 0.5353 kg per person | +7.5% |
| 1996 | 0.5242 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.5522 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.5202 kg per person | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 0.516 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.5179 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.6255 kg per person | +20.8% |
| 2002 | 0.5068 kg per person | -19.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5023 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4976 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4929 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.488 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4832 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4842 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.4787 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4856 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.4869 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.484 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.4789 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4753 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4625 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4558 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4511 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4451 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.439 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4342 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.4308 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.4233 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.4121 kg per person | -2.7% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.4121 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.21 kg per person, 2.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Canada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | -25.9% | 0.8475 kg per person | 0.6281 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9075 kg per person | 0.6981 kg per person | 1.25 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6359 kg per person | 0.597 kg per person | 0.7161 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6508 kg per person | 0.6081 kg per person | 0.8475 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5423 kg per person | 0.4982 kg per person | 0.6187 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5077 kg per person | 0.4787 kg per person | 0.6255 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4664 kg per person | 0.439 kg per person | 0.4869 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4251 kg per person | 0.4121 kg per person | 0.4342 kg per person | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Canada?
- Horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Canada was 0.4121 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4121 kg per person in 2023.
- How does Canada rank for horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Canada ranks 40th out of 143 countries with data for 2023.
- Is horses — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Horses — 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.
Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Horses — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Horses — 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.