Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Canada
Canada: Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square was 0.738 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Canada, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Canada is 0.738 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Canada peaked at 0.8456 kg per square kilometre in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.3304 kg per square kilometre, in 1969.
That places Canada 163rd 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 square in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.6362 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.6026 kg per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 0.5485 kg per square kilometre | -9.0% |
| 1964 | 0.5145 kg per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 0.4644 kg per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 0.4132 kg per square kilometre | -11.0% |
| 1967 | 0.3944 kg per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 0.3597 kg per square kilometre | -8.8% |
| 1969 | 0.3304 kg per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 1970 | 0.4491 kg per square kilometre | +36.0% |
| 1971 | 0.4654 kg per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 0.5016 kg per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 1973 | 0.4812 kg per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 0.4524 kg per square kilometre | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 0.4249 kg per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 0.3942 kg per square kilometre | -7.2% |
| 1977 | 0.3379 kg per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 0.3366 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.3671 kg per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 0.4178 kg per square kilometre | +13.8% |
| 1981 | 0.4553 kg per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 1982 | 0.4902 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 0.4859 kg per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.474 kg per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 0.4435 kg per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 0.4241 kg per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 0.4205 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.4501 kg per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 0.4834 kg per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 0.5127 kg per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1991 | 0.5404 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 0.5567 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 0.544 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.5498 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.5317 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 0.5533 kg per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 0.5407 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.5694 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 0.6158 kg per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 0.6788 kg per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8072 kg per square kilometre | +18.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8451 kg per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 0.83 kg per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8456 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8319 kg per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.7624 kg per square kilometre | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7561 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.7256 kg per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7207 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.7304 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.7509 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 0.7536 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.7616 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7349 kg per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7047 kg per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 0.6971 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6961 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.709 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.7078 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.6936 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.71 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.7172 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.738 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square 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 | +36.0% | 0.3304 kg per square kilometre | 0.4491 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4738 kg per square kilometre | 0.3304 kg per square kilometre | 0.6362 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4211 kg per square kilometre | 0.3366 kg per square kilometre | 0.5016 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4545 kg per square kilometre | 0.4178 kg per square kilometre | 0.4902 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5515 kg per square kilometre | 0.5127 kg per square kilometre | 0.6158 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7803 kg per square kilometre | 0.6788 kg per square kilometre | 0.8456 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7246 kg per square kilometre | 0.6961 kg per square kilometre | 0.7616 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7147 kg per square kilometre | 0.6936 kg per square kilometre | 0.738 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Canada?
- Sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Canada was 0.738 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8456 kg per square kilometre in 2004.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3304 kg per square kilometre in 1969.
- How does Canada rank for sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- Canada ranks 163rd out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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.
About this data
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.