Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita was 0.0092 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Costa Rica, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.0092 kg per person for horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0281 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0056 kg per person, in 2014.
Costa Rica ranks 45th 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 — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0281 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0277 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 0.027 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0263 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1965 | 0.0254 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0251 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0248 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0246 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0238 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0236 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0234 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0232 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0204 kg per person | -12.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0216 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 0.02 kg per person | -7.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0199 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0198 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0196 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0192 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0188 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0184 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0179 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0174 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0169 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0165 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0162 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0157 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0153 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 0.015 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0146 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0142 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0139 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0136 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0132 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0129 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0126 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0124 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0121 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0118 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0116 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0114 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0112 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0111 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0109 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0108 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0106 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0109 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.011 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0109 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0109 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0108 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0108 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0107 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0056 kg per person | -47.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0105 kg per person | +86.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0103 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0097 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0095 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0093 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0093 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0093 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0092 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0092 kg per person | -0.4% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.0092 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0065 kg per person, 1.4× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.0092 kg per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0062 kg per person, 1.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Costa Rica 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +86.3% | 0.0056 kg per person | 0.0105 kg per person |
| 2014 | -47.4% | 0.0107 kg per person | 0.0056 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0259 kg per person | 0.0238 kg per person | 0.0281 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0211 kg per person | 0.0192 kg per person | 0.0236 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0168 kg per person | 0.015 kg per person | 0.0188 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0131 kg per person | 0.0118 kg per person | 0.0146 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0111 kg per person | 0.0106 kg per person | 0.0116 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0098 kg per person | 0.0056 kg per person | 0.0109 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0093 kg per person | 0.0092 kg per person | 0.0093 kg per person | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
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- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.09 % 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 horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Costa Rica?
- Horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Costa Rica was 0.0092 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0281 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0056 kg per person in 2014.
- How does Costa Rica rank for horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 45th out of 143 countries with data for 2023.
- Is horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Horses — Manure applied to soils (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 — Manure applied to soils (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Horses — Manure applied to soils 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
Horses — Manure applied to soils (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.