Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per square kilometre was 0.2153 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa is 0.2153 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 0.2153 kg per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1084 kg per square kilometre, in 1963.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1085 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1086 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 0.1084 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.1104 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 0.116 kg per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 0.1164 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 0.1175 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 0.1166 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 0.1178 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 0.1185 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 0.119 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.1166 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 0.1148 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.1164 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.117 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1192 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.1214 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.1222 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.1222 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1222 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.1323 kg per square kilometre | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 0.1394 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1508 kg per square kilometre | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 0.146 kg per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 0.1529 kg per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 0.157 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 0.1596 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.1631 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.1652 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.1802 kg per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 0.1831 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 0.1851 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.1172 kg per square kilometre | -36.6% |
| 1994 | 0.1204 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1219 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.1232 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.1251 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.1279 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.1287 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.1278 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.1364 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 0.1452 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 0.1475 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.1495 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.1522 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.1547 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1654 kg per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 0.1676 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1772 kg per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 0.1819 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 0.1799 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.1601 kg per square kilometre | -11.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1618 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1653 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1888 kg per square kilometre | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 0.1938 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.1912 kg per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1911 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1994 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2025 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.2049 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2096 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 0.2153 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -36.6% | 0.1851 kg per square kilometre | 0.1172 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1133 kg per square kilometre | 0.1084 kg per square kilometre | 0.1178 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1187 kg per square kilometre | 0.1148 kg per square kilometre | 0.1222 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1489 kg per square kilometre | 0.1222 kg per square kilometre | 0.1652 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1413 kg per square kilometre | 0.1172 kg per square kilometre | 0.1851 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1524 kg per square kilometre | 0.1278 kg per square kilometre | 0.1772 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1813 kg per square kilometre | 0.1601 kg per square kilometre | 0.1994 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2081 kg per square kilometre | 0.2025 kg per square kilometre | 0.2153 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1 Haiti 7.26 kg per square kilometre compare
- 2 Mongolia 6.19 kg per square kilometre compare
- 3 Kyrgyzstan 5.65 kg per square kilometre compare
- 4 Romania 5.37 kg per square kilometre compare
- 5 Sierra Leone 4.92 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.223 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 305.43 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Aquaculture production 904,662 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 2.29 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 2.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 72.81 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa was 0.2153 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2153 kg per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1084 kg per square kilometre in 1963.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per square kilometre?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2023.
- Is horses — manure applied to soils (n content), per square kilometre rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Horses — Manure applied to soils Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.