Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Benin
Benin: Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) was 0.0364 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Benin, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Benin stood at 0.0364 kg per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 82.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Benin peaked at 0.0447 kg per person in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.0192 kg per person, in 2019.
That places Benin 63rd out of 165 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0225 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.024 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0276 kg per person | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0291 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 0.03 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0296 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0311 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 0.029 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0305 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0306 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0304 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0314 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0382 kg per person | +21.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0373 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0364 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0377 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0379 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.038 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0381 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0385 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0389 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0393 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0438 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0442 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0447 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0297 kg per person | -33.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0292 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.029 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0284 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0241 kg per person | -15.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0242 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0215 kg per person | -11.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0206 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0224 kg per person | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0213 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0218 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0215 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0211 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0216 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0218 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0216 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0216 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0209 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0208 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0207 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0207 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0205 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0203 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0206 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0204 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0203 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0201 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.02 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0198 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0197 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0195 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0194 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0193 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0192 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0323 kg per person | +68.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0361 kg per person | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0362 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0364 kg per person | +0.4% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.0364 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0384 kg per person, 95% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.0364 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0392 kg per person, 93% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Benin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +68.5% | 0.0192 kg per person | 0.0323 kg per person |
| 1986 | -33.5% | 0.0447 kg per person | 0.0297 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0282 kg per person | 0.0225 kg per person | 0.0311 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0356 kg per person | 0.0304 kg per person | 0.0382 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0366 kg per person | 0.0284 kg per person | 0.0447 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.022 kg per person | 0.0206 kg per person | 0.0242 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.021 kg per person | 0.0203 kg per person | 0.0218 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0198 kg per person | 0.0192 kg per person | 0.0204 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0353 kg per person | 0.0323 kg per person | 0.0364 kg per person | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
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- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.38 % 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Benin?
- Sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Benin was 0.0364 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0447 kg per person in 1985.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0192 kg per person in 2019.
- How does Benin rank for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Benin ranks 63rd out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches 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.
About this data
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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.