Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Ghana
Ghana: Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) was 0.0369 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Ghana is 0.0369 kg per person, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Ghana peaked at 0.0369 kg per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0184 kg per person, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 62nd 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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0184 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0194 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0196 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0221 kg per person | +12.4% |
| 1965 | 0.023 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0231 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0243 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0243 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0248 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0245 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0239 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0268 kg per person | +11.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0224 kg per person | -16.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0244 kg per person | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0277 kg per person | +13.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0283 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0283 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0281 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0259 kg per person | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 0.0258 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0257 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0242 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0225 kg per person | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0206 kg per person | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0207 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0195 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0216 kg per person | +10.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0219 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0244 kg per person | +11.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0218 kg per person | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 0.022 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0211 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0208 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0206 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0194 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0212 kg per person | +9.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0223 kg per person | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0225 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0234 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0237 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0238 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0238 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0248 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 0.026 kg per person | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0256 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0255 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.026 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0264 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0269 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0273 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.028 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0287 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0294 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0301 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0308 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0318 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0329 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0336 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0344 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0351 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0354 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0357 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0369 kg per person | +3.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.0369 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0384 kg per person, 96% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.0369 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0392 kg per person, 94% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0221 kg per person | 0.0184 kg per person | 0.0248 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.026 kg per person | 0.0224 kg per person | 0.0283 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0227 kg per person | 0.0195 kg per person | 0.0258 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0215 kg per person | 0.0194 kg per person | 0.0234 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0252 kg per person | 0.0237 kg per person | 0.0269 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0307 kg per person | 0.0273 kg per person | 0.0344 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0358 kg per person | 0.0351 kg per person | 0.0369 kg per person | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.26 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -27.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.72 % 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 0.8796 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Ghana?
- Sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Ghana was 0.0369 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0369 kg per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0184 kg per person in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Ghana ranks 62nd out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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)
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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.