Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Canada
Canada: Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.162 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Canada, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Canada recorded 0.162 kg per person for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Canada peaked at 0.3122 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1259 kg per person, in 1978.
Canada ranks 154th of 165 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Canada, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3122 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.2902 kg per person | -7.0% |
| 1963 | 0.2593 kg per person | -10.6% |
| 1964 | 0.2387 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 1965 | 0.2116 kg per person | -11.3% |
| 1966 | 0.1848 kg per person | -12.7% |
| 1967 | 0.1732 kg per person | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 0.1555 kg per person | -10.3% |
| 1969 | 0.1409 kg per person | -9.4% |
| 1970 | 0.1888 kg per person | +34.1% |
| 1971 | 0.19 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.2024 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 0.1918 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 0.1778 kg per person | -7.3% |
| 1975 | 0.1646 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 0.1507 kg per person | -8.5% |
| 1977 | 0.1277 kg per person | -15.3% |
| 1978 | 0.1259 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.136 kg per person | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1528 kg per person | +12.3% |
| 1981 | 0.1645 kg per person | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 0.175 kg per person | +6.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1717 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 0.166 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 0.1539 kg per person | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 0.1457 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 0.1425 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.1506 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 0.1589 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 0.166 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 0.1728 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 0.1759 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.17 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 0.17 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1627 kg per person | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 0.1675 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1621 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 0.1693 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.1816 kg per person | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 0.1983 kg per person | +9.2% |
| 2001 | 0.2333 kg per person | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 0.2416 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2352 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.2374 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.2313 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2099 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2061 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.1957 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 0.1921 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.1926 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.196 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.1946 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1946 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.186 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.177 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1731 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.1708 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1715 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.1687 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.1635 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1632 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.1618 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.162 kg per person | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — 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 | +34.1% | 0.1409 kg per person | 0.1888 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2185 kg per person | 0.1409 kg per person | 0.3122 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1656 kg per person | 0.1259 kg per person | 0.2024 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1582 kg per person | 0.1425 kg per person | 0.175 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1698 kg per person | 0.1621 kg per person | 0.1816 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2181 kg per person | 0.1921 kg per person | 0.2416 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1825 kg per person | 0.1687 kg per person | 0.196 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1626 kg per person | 0.1618 kg per person | 0.1635 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 Canada?
- Sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Canada was 0.162 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3122 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1259 kg per person in 1978.
- How does Canada rank for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Canada ranks 154th out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. 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 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)
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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.