Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Denmark
Denmark: Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.386 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Denmark, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 0.386 kg per person for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Denmark peaked at 0.55 kg per person in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.1441 kg per person, in 1982.
That places Denmark 137th out of 165 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Denmark, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1539 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1689 kg per person | +9.7% |
| 1963 | 0.1968 kg per person | +16.5% |
| 1964 | 0.227 kg per person | +15.4% |
| 1965 | 0.2939 kg per person | +29.5% |
| 1966 | 0.3517 kg per person | +19.7% |
| 1967 | 0.38 kg per person | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 0.3399 kg per person | -10.5% |
| 1969 | 0.2764 kg per person | -18.7% |
| 1970 | 0.2125 kg per person | -23.1% |
| 1971 | 0.1718 kg per person | -19.1% |
| 1972 | 0.1562 kg per person | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 0.1673 kg per person | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 0.1759 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 0.181 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 0.1765 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.1663 kg per person | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 0.1636 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.1587 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1645 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 0.1621 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.1441 kg per person | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 0.153 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 0.1619 kg per person | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 0.153 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 0.1528 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.2964 kg per person | +94.0% |
| 1988 | 0.3637 kg per person | +22.7% |
| 1989 | 0.4222 kg per person | +16.1% |
| 1990 | 0.4654 kg per person | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 0.55 kg per person | +18.2% |
| 1992 | 0.5296 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.4553 kg per person | -14.0% |
| 1994 | 0.4191 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 1995 | 0.4169 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.486 kg per person | +16.6% |
| 1997 | 0.4043 kg per person | -16.8% |
| 1998 | 0.4425 kg per person | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 0.404 kg per person | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 0.4086 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.4264 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3668 kg per person | -14.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4011 kg per person | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 0.3924 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.4809 kg per person | +22.5% |
| 2006 | 0.4705 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4312 kg per person | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 0.3726 kg per person | -13.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2833 kg per person | -24.0% |
| 2010 | 0.433 kg per person | +52.8% |
| 2011 | 0.3887 kg per person | -10.2% |
| 2012 | 0.4136 kg per person | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4055 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4092 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.3824 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3867 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4023 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3735 kg per person | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 0.4153 kg per person | +11.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3492 kg per person | -15.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3481 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.3935 kg per person | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 0.386 kg per person | -1.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Denmark 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 | +94.0% | 0.1528 kg per person | 0.2964 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2654 kg per person | 0.1539 kg per person | 0.38 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.173 kg per person | 0.1562 kg per person | 0.2125 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2174 kg per person | 0.1441 kg per person | 0.4222 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4573 kg per person | 0.404 kg per person | 0.55 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4034 kg per person | 0.2833 kg per person | 0.4809 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.401 kg per person | 0.3735 kg per person | 0.433 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3692 kg per person | 0.3481 kg per person | 0.3935 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 Denmark?
- Sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Denmark was 0.386 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 Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 0.55 kg per person in 1991.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1441 kg per person in 1982.
- How does Denmark rank for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Denmark ranks 137th out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark 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.