Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in South Africa
South Africa: Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 1.06 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in South Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 1.06 kg per person for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in South Africa peaked at 1.54 kg per person in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.4668 kg per person, in 1983.
That places South Africa 88th out of 168 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4932 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.4948 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.4907 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 0.4862 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 0.5093 kg per person | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 0.5086 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 0.5061 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 0.5082 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.5014 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 0.4792 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 0.5209 kg per person | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 0.5525 kg per person | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 0.6117 kg per person | +10.7% |
| 1974 | 0.4805 kg per person | -21.4% |
| 1975 | 0.4731 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.4743 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.475 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.4753 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.4817 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.4859 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.4877 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.4772 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 0.4668 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.4778 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 0.4832 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.488 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.4926 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.4968 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.5009 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.862 kg per person | +72.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8795 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8446 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 0.8634 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8767 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.9125 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 0.9941 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 1.02 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 1 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 1.04 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 1.08 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 1.17 kg per person | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 1.26 kg per person | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 1.21 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 1.22 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1.03 kg per person | -15.4% |
| 2006 | 1.07 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 1.17 kg per person | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 1.38 kg per person | +17.4% |
| 2009 | 1.46 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 1.53 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 1.54 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1.52 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 1.24 kg per person | -18.2% |
| 2014 | 1.22 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.17 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 1.17 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.19 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.19 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.19 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.17 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 1.1 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 1.1 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.06 kg per person | -4.2% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 1.06 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.4 kg per person, 76% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 1.06 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.506 kg per person, 2.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in South 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +72.1% | 0.5009 kg per person | 0.862 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4998 kg per person | 0.4862 kg per person | 0.5093 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5024 kg per person | 0.4731 kg per person | 0.6117 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4857 kg per person | 0.4668 kg per person | 0.5009 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.93 kg per person | 0.8446 kg per person | 1.04 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.2 kg per person | 1.03 kg per person | 1.46 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3 kg per person | 1.17 kg per person | 1.54 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.11 kg per person | 1.06 kg per person | 1.17 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More environment data for South Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 8.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.59 % 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 0.2953 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in South Africa?
- Poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in South Africa was 1.06 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.54 kg per person in 2011.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4668 kg per person in 1983.
- How does South Africa rank for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- South Africa ranks 88th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Poultry Birds — 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
Poultry Birds — 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.
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure 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.
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Poultry Birds — 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.