How does Puerto Rico rank for sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?

Puerto Rico ranks 146th out of 159 countries with data for 2023.

Is sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Puerto Rico?

Over the last ten years it is up 64.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Puerto Rico

Name: Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Puerto Rico
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
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Puerto Rico: Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.0618 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

0.0618 kg per person

Change on year

up 0.2%

World rank

146th

of 159 countries

All-time high

0.0618 kg per person

in 2023

All-time low

0.0168 kg per person

in 2004

Years of data

1961–2023

Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Puerto Rico, 1961–2023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.

Analysis

Puerto Rico recorded 0.0618 kg per person for sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 64.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Puerto Rico peaked at 0.0618 kg per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0168 kg per person, in 2004.

Puerto Rico ranks 146th of 159 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Puerto Rico, year by year

Annual values for Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Puerto Rico, 1961 to 2023.
Year	kg per person	Change
1961	0.0189 kg per person	—
1962	0.0188 kg per person	-0.8%
1963	0.0186 kg per person	-0.9%
1964	0.0185 kg per person	-0.7%
1965	0.0184 kg per person	-0.3%
1966	0.0184 kg per person	+0.1%
1967	0.0185 kg per person	+0.4%
1968	0.0193 kg per person	+4.2%
1969	0.02 kg per person	+3.8%
1970	0.0207 kg per person	+3.1%
1971	0.0216 kg per person	+4.7%
1972	0.0221 kg per person	+2.0%
1973	0.0224 kg per person	+1.6%
1974	0.0224 kg per person	-0.2%
1975	0.022 kg per person	-1.8%
1976	0.022 kg per person	+0.2%
1977	0.0217 kg per person	-1.5%
1978	0.0214 kg per person	-1.3%
1979	0.0211 kg per person	-1.2%
1980	0.0213 kg per person	+0.6%
1981	0.0218 kg per person	+2.3%
1982	0.0215 kg per person	-1.1%
1983	0.022 kg per person	+2.3%
1984	0.0215 kg per person	-2.6%
1985	0.022 kg per person	+2.3%
1986	0.0228 kg per person	+3.8%
1987	0.0236 kg per person	+3.6%
1988	0.0241 kg per person	+2.0%
1989	0.0246 kg per person	+1.9%
1990	0.0243 kg per person	-0.9%
1991	0.0403 kg per person	+65.5%
1992	0.04 kg per person	-0.6%
1993	0.0413 kg per person	+3.3%
1994	0.0442 kg per person	+7.0%
1995	0.0487 kg per person	+10.1%
1996	0.0498 kg per person	+2.2%
1997	0.0509 kg per person	+2.3%
1998	0.0517 kg per person	+1.7%
1999	0.0503 kg per person	-2.7%
2000	0.0502 kg per person	-0.3%
2001	0.0501 kg per person	-0.2%
2002	0.05 kg per person	-0.1%
2003	0.0178 kg per person	-64.4%
2004	0.0168 kg per person	-5.8%
2005	0.0192 kg per person	+14.2%
2006	0.0242 kg per person	+26.5%
2007	0.0259 kg per person	+6.8%
2008	0.0282 kg per person	+9.1%
2009	0.0302 kg per person	+7.2%
2010	0.0323 kg per person	+6.8%
2011	0.0346 kg per person	+7.0%
2012	0.0365 kg per person	+5.7%
2013	0.0376 kg per person	+3.0%
2014	0.0387 kg per person	+2.8%
2015	0.0398 kg per person	+2.9%
2016	0.041 kg per person	+3.0%
2017	0.0425 kg per person	+3.5%
2018	0.0456 kg per person	+7.3%
2019	0.0475 kg per person	+4.2%
2020	0.0516 kg per person	+8.7%
2021	0.0551 kg per person	+6.8%
2022	0.0617 kg per person	+11.8%
2023	0.0618 kg per person	+0.2%

Puerto Rico compared with similar countries

Puerto Rico's 0.0618 kg per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.8254 kg per person, 7% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
Puerto Rico's 0.0618 kg per person is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5652 kg per person, 11% of the median. (31 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Puerto Rico 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
2003	-64.4%	0.05 kg per person	0.0178 kg per person
1991	+65.5%	0.0243 kg per person	0.0403 kg per person
2006	+26.5%	0.0192 kg per person	0.0242 kg per person

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0188 kg per person	0.0184 kg per person	0.02 kg per person	9
1970s	0.0217 kg per person	0.0207 kg per person	0.0224 kg per person	10
1980s	0.0225 kg per person	0.0213 kg per person	0.0246 kg per person	10
1990s	0.0442 kg per person	0.0243 kg per person	0.0517 kg per person	10
2000s	0.0313 kg per person	0.0168 kg per person	0.0502 kg per person	10
2010s	0.0396 kg per person	0.0323 kg per person	0.0475 kg per person	10
2020s	0.0575 kg per person	0.0516 kg per person	0.0618 kg per person	4

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

143 Poland 0.1175 kg per person compare
144 Mozambique 0.0817 kg per person compare
145 New Caledonia 0.0805 kg per person compare
147 Malaysia 0.048 kg per person compare
148 Mauritius 0.0378 kg per person compare
149 Honduras 0.019 kg per person compare

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Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
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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 -0.8621 % change on previous year (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Puerto Rico?: Sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Puerto Rico was 0.0618 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Puerto Rico?: The highest recorded value was 0.0618 kg per person in 2023.
What is the lowest sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Puerto Rico?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0168 kg per person in 2004.
How does Puerto Rico rank for sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?: Puerto Rico ranks 146th out of 159 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Puerto Rico?: Over the last ten years it is up 64.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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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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

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Sheep — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)

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About this data

Indicator: Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita
Unit: kg per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 161 places, 9,179 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 07 October 2026

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.