Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Bhutan
Bhutan: Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 1.3 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Bhutan, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Bhutan is 1.3 kg per person, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Bhutan peaked at 2.2 kg per person in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0.7655 kg per person, in 2006.
Bhutan ranks 109th of 165 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.42 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 1.38 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 1.38 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 1.31 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 1.28 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 1.25 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 1.21 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1968 | 1.18 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 1.14 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 1.11 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 1.08 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 1.05 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 1.01 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 0.9884 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 0.9594 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 0.9343 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 0.9029 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8822 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8629 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 0.847 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 0.8353 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.9466 kg per person | +13.3% |
| 1983 | 1.08 kg per person | +14.5% |
| 1984 | 1.23 kg per person | +13.6% |
| 1985 | 1.41 kg per person | +14.1% |
| 1986 | 1.16 kg per person | -17.3% |
| 1987 | 2.2 kg per person | +89.6% |
| 1988 | 2 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 1989 | 1.85 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 1.83 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 1.38 kg per person | -24.3% |
| 1992 | 1.04 kg per person | -24.7% |
| 1993 | 1.23 kg per person | +18.2% |
| 1994 | 1.41 kg per person | +14.6% |
| 1995 | 1.71 kg per person | +21.4% |
| 1996 | 1.74 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 1.69 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 1.62 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 1.44 kg per person | -11.5% |
| 2000 | 1.25 kg per person | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 0.9986 kg per person | -19.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9632 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9996 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9324 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 0.783 kg per person | -16.0% |
| 2006 | 0.7655 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8443 kg per person | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 1.08 kg per person | +28.3% |
| 2009 | 1.05 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 1.14 kg per person | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 1.13 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9958 kg per person | -12.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9756 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 1.18 kg per person | +20.5% |
| 2015 | 1.03 kg per person | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9729 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 1.01 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 1.04 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 1.12 kg per person | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 1.03 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 1.32 kg per person | +28.3% |
| 2022 | 1.23 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 1.3 kg per person | +6.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +89.6% | 1.16 kg per person | 2.2 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.28 kg per person | 1.14 kg per person | 1.42 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.9782 kg per person | 0.8629 kg per person | 1.11 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.36 kg per person | 0.8353 kg per person | 2.2 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.51 kg per person | 1.04 kg per person | 1.83 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9662 kg per person | 0.7655 kg per person | 1.25 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 kg per person | 0.9729 kg per person | 1.18 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.22 kg per person | 1.03 kg per person | 1.32 kg per person | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Bhutan?
- Sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Bhutan was 1.3 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2 kg per person in 1987.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7655 kg per person in 2006.
- How does Bhutan rank for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Bhutan ranks 109th out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sheep and Goats — 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 and Goats — 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 and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep and Goats — 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.
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Sheep and Goats — 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.