Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises was 0.0306 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content) in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in Sri Lanka stood at 0.0306 kg per person.
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 left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0409 kg per person in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0131 kg per person, in 1978.
Sri Lanka ranks 104th of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0147 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.014 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0223 kg per person | +59.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0224 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0211 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 0.022 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0209 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 0.022 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0209 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0211 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0229 kg per person | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0219 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0217 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0186 kg per person | -14.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0159 kg per person | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0156 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0157 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0131 kg per person | -16.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0155 kg per person | +18.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0166 kg per person | +7.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0162 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 0.016 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0164 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0168 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.018 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0191 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0213 kg per person | +11.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0211 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0214 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0211 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0198 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0205 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0212 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0213 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.021 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0199 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0197 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0197 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0201 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0212 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 0.021 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0222 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0199 kg per person | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0225 kg per person | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0235 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0267 kg per person | +13.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0275 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0284 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0266 kg per person | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0273 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0275 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0272 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0329 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0325 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.031 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.039 kg per person | +25.8% |
| 2017 | 0.039 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0372 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0357 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0409 kg per person | +14.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0404 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0379 kg per person | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0306 kg per person | -19.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.0306 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1098 kg per person, 28% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.0306 kg per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.0466 kg per person, 66% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture … left capita volatilises 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% | 0.014 kg per person | 0.0223 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.02 kg per person | 0.014 kg per person | 0.0224 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0182 kg per person | 0.0131 kg per person | 0.0229 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0183 kg per person | 0.016 kg per person | 0.0214 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0204 kg per person | 0.0197 kg per person | 0.0213 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.024 kg per person | 0.0199 kg per person | 0.0284 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0329 kg per person | 0.0272 kg per person | 0.039 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0374 kg per person | 0.0306 kg per person | 0.0409 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 left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in Sri Lanka?
- Poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in Sri Lanka was 0.0306 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0409 kg per person in 2020.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0131 kg per person in 1978.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content)?
- Sri Lanka ranks 104th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — manure left on pasture 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 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.