Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) was 0.0373 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.0373 kg per person for poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in 2023.
That represents a change of down 19.3% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0499 kg per person in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.016 kg per person, in 1978.
That places Sri Lanka 121st 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.018 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.017 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0272 kg per person | +59.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0272 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0257 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0268 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0254 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0269 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0254 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0258 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0279 kg per person | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0267 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0265 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0226 kg per person | -14.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0193 kg per person | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 0.019 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0192 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.016 kg per person | -16.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0189 kg per person | +18.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0203 kg per person | +7.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0198 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0195 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.02 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0205 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0219 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0233 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 0.026 kg per person | +11.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0257 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0261 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0258 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0241 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 0.025 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0258 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0259 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0256 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0243 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 0.024 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.024 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0246 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0259 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0255 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0271 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0242 kg per person | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0275 kg per person | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0287 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0326 kg per person | +13.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0335 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0347 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0325 kg per person | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0332 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0335 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0332 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0401 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0396 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0378 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0476 kg per person | +25.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0475 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0454 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0435 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0499 kg per person | +14.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0492 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0462 kg per person | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0373 kg per person | -19.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) 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% | 0.017 kg per person | 0.0272 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0244 kg per person | 0.017 kg per person | 0.0272 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0222 kg per person | 0.016 kg per person | 0.0279 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0223 kg per person | 0.0195 kg per person | 0.0261 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0249 kg per person | 0.024 kg per person | 0.0259 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0292 kg per person | 0.0242 kg per person | 0.0347 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0401 kg per person | 0.0332 kg per person | 0.0476 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0456 kg per person | 0.0373 kg per person | 0.0499 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Sri Lanka?
- Poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Sri Lanka was 0.0373 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0499 kg per person in 2020.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.016 kg per person in 1978.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content)?
- Sri Lanka ranks 121st out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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.