Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises in South Africa
South Africa: Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises was 0.1711 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content) in South Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 0.1711 kg per person for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in 2023.
The figure is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in South Africa peaked at 0.2492 kg per person in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0756 kg per person, in 1983.
South Africa ranks 38th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0799 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0802 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0795 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0788 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0825 kg per person | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 0.0824 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 0.082 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0823 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0812 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0776 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0844 kg per person | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0895 kg per person | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0991 kg per person | +10.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0778 kg per person | -21.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0766 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0768 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.077 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.077 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.078 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0787 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.079 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0773 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0756 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0774 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0783 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.079 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0798 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0805 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0811 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.1396 kg per person | +72.1% |
| 1991 | 0.1425 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 0.1368 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 0.1399 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.142 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.1478 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 0.161 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 0.1653 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 0.1624 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.1692 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 0.1757 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 0.1896 kg per person | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 0.204 kg per person | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 0.1966 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 0.197 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.1667 kg per person | -15.4% |
| 2006 | 0.1728 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1897 kg per person | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 0.2228 kg per person | +17.4% |
| 2009 | 0.2361 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2478 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2492 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2459 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.201 kg per person | -18.2% |
| 2014 | 0.1973 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.1892 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 0.1895 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.1923 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.1927 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.193 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.1898 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.1781 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 0.1785 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.1711 kg per person | -4.2% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 0.1711 kg per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1098 kg per person, 1.6× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 0.1711 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.082 kg per person, 2.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises 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% | 0.0811 kg per person | 0.1396 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.081 kg per person | 0.0788 kg per person | 0.0825 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0814 kg per person | 0.0766 kg per person | 0.0991 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0787 kg per person | 0.0756 kg per person | 0.0811 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1507 kg per person | 0.1368 kg per person | 0.1692 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1951 kg per person | 0.1667 kg per person | 0.2361 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2098 kg per person | 0.1892 kg per person | 0.2492 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1794 kg per person | 0.1711 kg per person | 0.1898 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 — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in South Africa?
- Poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in South Africa was 0.1711 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2492 kg per person in 2011.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0756 kg per person in 1983.
- How does South Africa rank for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content)?
- South Africa ranks 38th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) 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 — 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.