Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Eritrea
Eritrea: Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 8.53 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Eritrea, 1993–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Eritrea stood at 8.53 kg per person. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Eritrea peaked at 11.68 kg per person in 1998 and was at its lowest, 8.53 kg per person, in 2023.
That places Eritrea 20th out of 159 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 9.73 kg per person | — |
| 1994 | 9.5 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 9.03 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 8.65 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 9.17 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 11.68 kg per person | +27.4% |
| 1999 | 10.81 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 11.44 kg per person | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 11.12 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 9.99 kg per person | -10.1% |
| 2003 | 10.07 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 9.66 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 9.44 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 9.64 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 9.75 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 9.55 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 9.36 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 9.22 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 9.1 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 9 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 8.95 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 8.85 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 8.89 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 8.95 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 9.01 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 9.03 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 9 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 8.99 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 8.83 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 8.72 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 8.53 kg per person | -2.2% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 8.53 kg per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 2.91 kg per person, 2.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 8.53 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.51 kg per person, 5.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +27.4% | 9.17 kg per person | 11.68 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.79 kg per person | 8.65 kg per person | 11.68 kg per person | 7 |
| 2000s | 10 kg per person | 9.36 kg per person | 11.44 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 9 kg per person | 8.85 kg per person | 9.22 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.77 kg per person | 8.53 kg per person | 8.99 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More environment data for Eritrea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6471 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
- 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 0.3665 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Eritrea?
- Sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Eritrea was 8.53 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 11.68 kg per person in 1998.
- What is the lowest sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.53 kg per person in 2023.
- How does Eritrea rank for sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Eritrea ranks 20th out of 159 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.