Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Uganda
Uganda: Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 6.63 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Uganda, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 6.63 kg per person for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Uganda peaked at 7.37 kg per person in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3.49 kg per person, in 1969.
Uganda ranks 48th of 165 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.26 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 5.93 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 5.3 kg per person | -10.5% |
| 1964 | 4.68 kg per person | -11.8% |
| 1965 | 4.43 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 4.3 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 4.19 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 3.9 kg per person | -6.9% |
| 1969 | 3.49 kg per person | -10.6% |
| 1970 | 3.58 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 4.16 kg per person | +16.2% |
| 1972 | 3.67 kg per person | -11.8% |
| 1973 | 3.82 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 3.5 kg per person | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 3.85 kg per person | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 3.96 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 4 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 4.21 kg per person | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 4.18 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 4.06 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 4.18 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 4.29 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 4.39 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 4.49 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 5.04 kg per person | +12.3% |
| 1986 | 4.83 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 4.15 kg per person | -14.0% |
| 1988 | 4.31 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 4.48 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 4.55 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 4.63 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 4.59 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 4.57 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 4.55 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 4.56 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 4.55 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 4.53 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 4.54 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4.52 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 4.54 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 4.58 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 4.56 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 4.57 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 4.86 kg per person | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 4.87 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 4.87 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4.87 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6.8 kg per person | +39.6% |
| 2009 | 6.8 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 6.82 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 6.83 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 6.83 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 6.92 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 6.86 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 7.34 kg per person | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 7.37 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 7.31 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 7.24 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 7.21 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 7.04 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 7.03 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 6.89 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 6.63 kg per person | -3.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +39.6% | 4.87 kg per person | 6.8 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.72 kg per person | 3.49 kg per person | 6.26 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.89 kg per person | 3.5 kg per person | 4.21 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.42 kg per person | 4.06 kg per person | 5.04 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.56 kg per person | 4.52 kg per person | 4.63 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.13 kg per person | 4.54 kg per person | 6.8 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.07 kg per person | 6.82 kg per person | 7.37 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.9 kg per person | 6.63 kg per person | 7.04 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 45 Tajikistan 7.38 kg per person compare
- 46 Yemen 6.94 kg per person compare
- 47 Pakistan 6.7 kg per person compare
- 49 Eswatini 6.51 kg per person compare
- 50 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.44 kg per person compare
- 51 Afghanistan 6.44 kg per person compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -11.7 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.255 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.23 % 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 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Uganda?
- Sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Uganda was 6.63 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 7.37 kg per person in 2016.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.49 kg per person in 1969.
- How does Uganda rank for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Uganda ranks 48th out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.