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

Puerto Rico ranks 157th out of 165 countries with data for 2023.

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

Over the last ten years it is up 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

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

Name: Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico: Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.0774 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.0774 kg per person

Change on year

down 0.4%

World rank

157th

of 165 countries

All-time high

0.1501 kg per person

in 1976

All-time low

0.0283 kg per person

in 2004

Years of data

1961–2023

Sheep and Goats — 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 0.0774 kg per person for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 35.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Puerto Rico peaked at 0.1501 kg per person in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.0283 kg per person, in 2004.

Puerto Rico ranks 157th 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 Puerto Rico, year by year

Annual values for Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Puerto Rico, 1961 to 2023.
Year	kg per person	Change
1961	0.119 kg per person	—
1962	0.1167 kg per person	-1.9%
1963	0.1175 kg per person	+0.6%
1964	0.1154 kg per person	-1.7%
1965	0.1168 kg per person	+1.2%
1966	0.1327 kg per person	+13.7%
1967	0.1319 kg per person	-0.6%
1968	0.1365 kg per person	+3.5%
1969	0.1318 kg per person	-3.4%
1970	0.1355 kg per person	+2.8%
1971	0.1357 kg per person	+0.2%
1972	0.1318 kg per person	-2.9%
1973	0.136 kg per person	+3.2%
1974	0.1336 kg per person	-1.8%
1975	0.1402 kg per person	+4.9%
1976	0.1501 kg per person	+7.1%
1977	0.148 kg per person	-1.5%
1978	0.146 kg per person	-1.3%
1979	0.1443 kg per person	-1.2%
1980	0.1382 kg per person	-4.2%
1981	0.1305 kg per person	-5.6%
1982	0.097 kg per person	-25.6%
1983	0.1013 kg per person	+4.4%
1984	0.0977 kg per person	-3.6%
1985	0.0926 kg per person	-5.2%
1986	0.0906 kg per person	-2.2%
1987	0.0864 kg per person	-4.6%
1988	0.0854 kg per person	-1.1%
1989	0.1054 kg per person	+23.4%
1990	0.1134 kg per person	+7.6%
1991	0.1308 kg per person	+15.4%
1992	0.1363 kg per person	+4.2%
1993	0.1289 kg per person	-5.4%
1994	0.1289 kg per person	+0.0%
1995	0.1215 kg per person	-5.8%
1996	0.0836 kg per person	-31.2%
1997	0.1028 kg per person	+22.9%
1998	0.0881 kg per person	-14.3%
1999	0.0859 kg per person	-2.5%
2000	0.0856 kg per person	-0.3%
2001	0.0855 kg per person	-0.2%
2002	0.0853 kg per person	-0.1%
2003	0.0371 kg per person	-56.5%
2004	0.0283 kg per person	-23.8%
2005	0.0315 kg per person	+11.3%
2006	0.0399 kg per person	+26.8%
2007	0.0415 kg per person	+4.1%
2008	0.046 kg per person	+10.9%
2009	0.0487 kg per person	+5.8%
2010	0.0514 kg per person	+5.5%
2011	0.0543 kg per person	+5.7%
2012	0.0597 kg per person	+10.0%
2013	0.0571 kg per person	-4.3%
2014	0.0572 kg per person	+0.2%
2015	0.0574 kg per person	+0.4%
2016	0.0578 kg per person	+0.6%
2017	0.0584 kg per person	+1.1%
2018	0.0622 kg per person	+6.4%
2019	0.0637 kg per person	+2.5%
2020	0.0676 kg per person	+6.2%
2021	0.071 kg per person	+5.0%
2022	0.0777 kg per person	+9.4%
2023	0.0774 kg per person	-0.4%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Sheep and Goats — 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	-56.5%	0.0853 kg per person	0.0371 kg per person

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.1243 kg per person	0.1154 kg per person	0.1365 kg per person	9
1970s	0.1401 kg per person	0.1318 kg per person	0.1501 kg per person	10
1980s	0.1025 kg per person	0.0854 kg per person	0.1382 kg per person	10
1990s	0.112 kg per person	0.0836 kg per person	0.1363 kg per person	10
2000s	0.0529 kg per person	0.0283 kg per person	0.0856 kg per person	10
2010s	0.0579 kg per person	0.0514 kg per person	0.0637 kg per person	10
2020s	0.0734 kg per person	0.0676 kg per person	0.0777 kg per person	4

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

154 Canada 0.162 kg per person compare
155 Poland 0.1473 kg per person compare
156 Thailand 0.1076 kg per person compare
158 Honduras 0.0538 kg per person compare
159 El Salvador 0.0441 kg per person compare
160 Panama 0.0309 kg per person compare

See the full ranking of 167 places →

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Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.79 % 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 -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 and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Puerto Rico?: Sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Puerto Rico was 0.0774 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 Puerto Rico?: The highest recorded value was 0.1501 kg per person in 1976.
What is the lowest sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Puerto Rico?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0283 kg per person in 2004.
How does Puerto Rico rank for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?: Puerto Rico ranks 157th out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Puerto Rico?: Over the last ten years it is up 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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.

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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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Indicator: Sheep and Goats — 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: 167 places, 9,526 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 01 October 2026

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.