Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in Gambia
Gambia: Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches was 0.036 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per in Gambia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 0.036 kg per person for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in Gambia peaked at 0.0667 kg per person in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.036 kg per person, in 2023.
Gambia ranks 109th of 168 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.
Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in Gambia, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0498 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0458 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0415 kg per person | -9.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0444 kg per person | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 0.048 kg per person | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0514 kg per person | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0543 kg per person | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 0.053 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0519 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0512 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0503 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0492 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0474 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0472 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 0.049 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0514 kg per person | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 0.043 kg per person | -16.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0397 kg per person | -7.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0403 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0408 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0409 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.042 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0435 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0456 kg per person | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0433 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0458 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0484 kg per person | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 0.051 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0527 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0545 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0558 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0591 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0616 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0647 kg per person | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0561 kg per person | -13.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0401 kg per person | -28.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0477 kg per person | +18.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0383 kg per person | -19.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0413 kg per person | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0434 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0395 kg per person | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0388 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0383 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0417 kg per person | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 0.039 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 0.038 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0405 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0395 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0423 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0435 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.049 kg per person | +12.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0596 kg per person | +21.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0609 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0632 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0667 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0491 kg per person | -26.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0441 kg per person | -10.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0424 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0408 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0382 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0377 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0372 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.036 kg per person | -3.3% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 0.036 kg per person is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.0934 kg per person, 39% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 0.036 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.123 kg per person, 29% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0489 kg per person | 0.0415 kg per person | 0.0543 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0469 kg per person | 0.0397 kg per person | 0.0514 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0454 kg per person | 0.0408 kg per person | 0.0527 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0519 kg per person | 0.0383 kg per person | 0.0647 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0401 kg per person | 0.038 kg per person | 0.0434 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0519 kg per person | 0.0408 kg per person | 0.0667 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0373 kg per person | 0.036 kg per person | 0.0382 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More environment data for Gambia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.366 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9281 % 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 -1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in Gambia?
- Poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in Gambia was 0.036 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0667 kg per person in 2015.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.036 kg per person in 2023.
- How does Gambia rank for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per?
- Gambia ranks 109th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that leaches (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 left on pasture that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that leaches 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 left on pasture that leaches (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.