Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises in Botswana
Botswana: Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises was 0.0273 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content) in Botswana, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in Botswana is 0.0273 kg per person, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in Botswana peaked at 0.1388 kg per person in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.0254 kg per person, in 2017.
Botswana ranks 107th 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 volatilises in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0294 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0329 kg per person | +11.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0364 kg per person | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0395 kg per person | +8.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0429 kg per person | +8.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0466 kg per person | +8.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0503 kg per person | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0529 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0428 kg per person | -19.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0531 kg per person | +24.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0289 kg per person | -45.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0576 kg per person | +99.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0531 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0553 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0607 kg per person | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0625 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0638 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 0.067 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0598 kg per person | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 0.0649 kg per person | +8.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0785 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0827 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 0.067 kg per person | -19.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0482 kg per person | -27.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0598 kg per person | +23.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0668 kg per person | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0703 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0962 kg per person | +36.9% |
| 1989 | 0.1041 kg per person | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 0.1072 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1034 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0717 kg per person | -30.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0501 kg per person | -30.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0902 kg per person | +80.2% |
| 1995 | 0.1388 kg per person | +53.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0582 kg per person | -58.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0697 kg per person | +19.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0692 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0685 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0635 kg per person | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0621 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0608 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0606 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0603 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0586 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.058 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.057 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0542 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0517 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 0.062 kg per person | +19.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0541 kg per person | -12.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0431 kg per person | -20.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0411 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0387 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 0.028 kg per person | -27.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0361 kg per person | +28.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0254 kg per person | -29.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0305 kg per person | +20.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0302 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0295 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0282 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0284 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0273 kg per person | -3.8% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 0.0273 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1098 kg per person, 25% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 0.0273 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.082 kg per person, 33% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises in Botswana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +99.4% | 0.0289 kg per person | 0.0576 kg per person |
| 1994 | +80.2% | 0.0501 kg per person | 0.0902 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0415 kg per person | 0.0294 kg per person | 0.0529 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0562 kg per person | 0.0289 kg per person | 0.067 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0738 kg per person | 0.0482 kg per person | 0.1041 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0827 kg per person | 0.0501 kg per person | 0.1388 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0587 kg per person | 0.0517 kg per person | 0.0635 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0389 kg per person | 0.0254 kg per person | 0.062 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0284 kg per person | 0.0273 kg per person | 0.0295 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -4.05 % 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 0.3323 % 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 volatilises (n content) in Botswana?
- Poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in Botswana was 0.0273 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1388 kg per person in 1995.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0254 kg per person in 2017.
- How does Botswana rank for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content)?
- Botswana ranks 107th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (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 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 left on pasture that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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.