Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Spain
Spain: Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) was 0.1734 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Spain, 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 Spain stood at 0.1734 kg per person. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Spain peaked at 0.4501 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1734 kg per person, in 2023.
Spain ranks 22nd of 165 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Spain, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4501 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.4199 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 0.3905 kg per person | -7.0% |
| 1964 | 0.3806 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.3851 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 0.353 kg per person | -8.3% |
| 1967 | 0.3497 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 0.3437 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 0.3467 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.3377 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 0.3292 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 0.3151 kg per person | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 0.3002 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 0.2809 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1975 | 0.2782 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.2667 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 0.2609 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 0.2551 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 0.2418 kg per person | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 0.2372 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.2411 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 0.2759 kg per person | +14.4% |
| 1983 | 0.2801 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 0.2801 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.279 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.2854 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.2804 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.3601 kg per person | +28.4% |
| 1989 | 0.3648 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.3604 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.3781 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 0.3812 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.3783 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.3662 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 0.3539 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 0.3242 kg per person | -8.4% |
| 1997 | 0.3631 kg per person | +12.0% |
| 1998 | 0.3746 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.3623 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.3566 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.3617 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3493 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.3391 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.3239 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 0.3167 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3077 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 0.2985 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2658 kg per person | -11.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2604 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2445 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 0.2234 kg per person | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2148 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2127 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2052 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 0.2205 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 0.2137 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.213 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2093 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.2027 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 0.2012 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.1962 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 0.1866 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 0.1734 kg per person | -7.1% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 0.1734 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.01 kg per person, 17.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Spain's 0.1734 kg per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0682 kg per person, 2.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +28.4% | 0.2804 kg per person | 0.3601 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3799 kg per person | 0.3437 kg per person | 0.4501 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2866 kg per person | 0.2418 kg per person | 0.3377 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2884 kg per person | 0.2372 kg per person | 0.3648 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3642 kg per person | 0.3242 kg per person | 0.3812 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3179 kg per person | 0.2604 kg per person | 0.3617 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.216 kg per person | 0.2027 kg per person | 0.2445 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1893 kg per person | 0.1734 kg per person | 0.2012 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 19 North Macedonia 0.1964 kg per person compare
- 20 Mali 0.1897 kg per person compare
- 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1862 kg per person compare
- 23 Montenegro 0.1664 kg per person compare
- 24 Pakistan 0.1567 kg per person compare
- 25 Serbia 0.1552 kg per person compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4277 % 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 -0.5136 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Spain?
- Sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Spain was 0.1734 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4501 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1734 kg per person in 2023.
- How does Spain rank for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Spain ranks 22nd out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.