Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Mauritius
Mauritius: Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.3009 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Mauritius, 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 Mauritius is 0.3009 kg per person, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Mauritius peaked at 1.6 kg per person in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.2981 kg per person, in 2022.
That places Mauritius 144th out of 165 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Mauritius, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.42 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 1.36 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 1.34 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 1.54 kg per person | +14.6% |
| 1965 | 1.5 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 1.36 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 1.33 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 1.31 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 1.29 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 1.28 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 1.17 kg per person | -8.2% |
| 1972 | 1.26 kg per person | +7.8% |
| 1973 | 1.26 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 1.26 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 1.24 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 1.23 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 1.23 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 1.23 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 1.22 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 1.24 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 1.18 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 1.15 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 1.15 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 1.21 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 1.3 kg per person | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 1.39 kg per person | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 1.46 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 1.45 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 1.43 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 1.43 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 1.6 kg per person | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 1.44 kg per person | -10.3% |
| 1993 | 1.43 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 1.34 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 1.35 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1.32 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 1.3 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 1.32 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 1.32 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 1.02 kg per person | -22.9% |
| 2001 | 0.9928 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.7991 kg per person | -19.5% |
| 2003 | 0.81 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.5836 kg per person | -28.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4294 kg per person | -26.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3216 kg per person | -25.1% |
| 2007 | 0.3156 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3283 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3322 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3531 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3559 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.3487 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3301 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3417 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3445 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3469 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.3316 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 0.3445 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.3497 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3492 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3098 kg per person | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 0.2981 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 0.3009 kg per person | +0.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Mauritius 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | -28.0% | 0.81 kg per person | 0.5836 kg per person |
| 2005 | -26.4% | 0.5836 kg per person | 0.4294 kg per person |
| 2006 | -25.1% | 0.4294 kg per person | 0.3216 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.38 kg per person | 1.29 kg per person | 1.54 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.24 kg per person | 1.17 kg per person | 1.28 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.3 kg per person | 1.15 kg per person | 1.46 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.39 kg per person | 1.3 kg per person | 1.6 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5934 kg per person | 0.3156 kg per person | 1.02 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3447 kg per person | 0.3301 kg per person | 0.3559 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3145 kg per person | 0.2981 kg per person | 0.3492 kg per person | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.295 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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 -1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Mauritius?
- Sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Mauritius was 0.3009 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6 kg per person in 1991.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2981 kg per person in 2022.
- How does Mauritius rank for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Mauritius ranks 144th out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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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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.