Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.3435 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.3435 kg per person for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023.
The figure is down 19.3% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.46 kg per person in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1472 kg per person, in 1978.
Sri Lanka ranks 143rd of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1656 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1569 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 0.2503 kg per person | +59.6% |
| 1964 | 0.2512 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 0.2373 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 0.2473 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 0.2343 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 0.2476 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 0.2346 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 1970 | 0.2376 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.257 kg per person | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 0.2466 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 0.2444 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.2088 kg per person | -14.5% |
| 1975 | 0.1782 kg per person | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 0.1754 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.1769 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.1472 kg per person | -16.8% |
| 1979 | 0.1743 kg per person | +18.4% |
| 1980 | 0.1869 kg per person | +7.2% |
| 1981 | 0.1821 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 0.1796 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1844 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1888 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2017 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 0.2149 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 0.2394 kg per person | +11.4% |
| 1988 | 0.2367 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.2408 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.2375 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.222 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 0.2302 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.2383 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 0.239 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.2357 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.2237 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 0.2212 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.2215 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.2264 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2387 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 0.2354 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.25 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.2235 kg per person | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 0.2532 kg per person | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2645 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.3003 kg per person | +13.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3085 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3195 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2993 kg per person | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.3063 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3093 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.306 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.3701 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3649 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.3486 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.4384 kg per person | +25.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4377 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4182 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.4011 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.46 kg per person | +14.7% |
| 2021 | 0.4536 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.4256 kg per person | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 0.3435 kg per person | -19.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.3435 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.4 kg per person, 25% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.3435 kg per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.5234 kg per person, 66% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +59.6% | 0.1569 kg per person | 0.2503 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.225 kg per person | 0.1569 kg per person | 0.2512 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2046 kg per person | 0.1472 kg per person | 0.257 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2055 kg per person | 0.1796 kg per person | 0.2408 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2296 kg per person | 0.2212 kg per person | 0.239 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2693 kg per person | 0.2235 kg per person | 0.3195 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3701 kg per person | 0.306 kg per person | 0.4384 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4207 kg per person | 0.3435 kg per person | 0.46 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
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- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 5.63 % 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 poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Sri Lanka?
- Poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Sri Lanka was 0.3435 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.46 kg per person in 2020.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1472 kg per person in 1978.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Sri Lanka ranks 143rd out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.
About this data
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.