Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Canada
Canada: Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.1572 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Canada, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Canada stood at 0.1572 kg per person.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Canada peaked at 0.308 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1204 kg per person, in 1978.
That places Canada 135th out of 159 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.308 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.286 kg per person | -7.2% |
| 1963 | 0.255 kg per person | -10.8% |
| 1964 | 0.2341 kg per person | -8.2% |
| 1965 | 0.2074 kg per person | -11.4% |
| 1966 | 0.1804 kg per person | -13.1% |
| 1967 | 0.1689 kg per person | -6.3% |
| 1968 | 0.1509 kg per person | -10.7% |
| 1969 | 0.1363 kg per person | -9.6% |
| 1970 | 0.1841 kg per person | +35.0% |
| 1971 | 0.1848 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.1973 kg per person | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 0.1868 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1726 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 1975 | 0.1597 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1453 kg per person | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 0.1223 kg per person | -15.8% |
| 1978 | 0.1204 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.1308 kg per person | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 0.1471 kg per person | +12.5% |
| 1981 | 0.1587 kg per person | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 0.1692 kg per person | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 0.1658 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1598 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 0.1477 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 0.1394 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 0.1363 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.1444 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1528 kg per person | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 0.1598 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 0.1666 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 0.1698 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.1639 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 0.1639 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1566 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 0.1615 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 0.1561 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 0.1632 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 0.1754 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 0.1921 kg per person | +9.6% |
| 2001 | 0.2272 kg per person | +18.2% |
| 2002 | 0.2356 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 0.2292 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.2314 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2254 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.204 kg per person | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2003 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.19 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 0.1865 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.187 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1905 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.1892 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1892 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1806 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 0.1717 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1678 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.1656 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1663 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.1636 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.1585 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1582 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.1569 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.1572 kg per person | +0.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.1572 kg per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.8254 kg per person, 19% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Canada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +35.0% | 0.1363 kg per person | 0.1841 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2141 kg per person | 0.1363 kg per person | 0.308 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1604 kg per person | 0.1204 kg per person | 0.1973 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1521 kg per person | 0.1363 kg per person | 0.1692 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1637 kg per person | 0.1561 kg per person | 0.1754 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2122 kg per person | 0.1865 kg per person | 0.2356 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1772 kg per person | 0.1636 kg per person | 0.1905 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1577 kg per person | 0.1569 kg per person | 0.1585 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Canada?
- Sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Canada was 0.1572 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.308 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1204 kg per person in 1978.
- How does Canada rank for sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Canada ranks 135th out of 159 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (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.
Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep — Amount excreted in manure 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
Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (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.