Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) was 0.0039 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 0.0039 kg per person, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0152 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0031 kg per person, in 2016.
Sri Lanka ranks 110th of 165 countries on this measure, 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0152 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.013 kg per person | -14.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0136 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0141 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0143 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0133 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0127 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0125 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0116 kg per person | -7.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0115 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0112 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0112 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0107 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0106 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0103 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0105 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0099 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 0.008 kg per person | -19.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0081 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0086 kg per person | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0088 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0086 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0087 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0089 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0089 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0095 kg per person | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0082 kg per person | -13.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0082 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0083 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0081 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.007 kg per person | -13.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0074 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0084 kg per person | +13.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0084 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0082 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0071 kg per person | -13.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0068 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0067 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0065 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0061 kg per person | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 0.006 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0043 kg per person | -29.1% |
| 2003 | 0.005 kg per person | +16.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0049 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0047 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0046 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0048 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0044 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0043 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0043 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0043 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0043 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0039 kg per person | -10.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0036 kg per person | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0035 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0031 kg per person | -13.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0033 kg per person | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0036 kg per person | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0036 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0037 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.004 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 0.004 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0039 kg per person | -2.7% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.0039 kg per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0039 kg per person, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.0039 kg per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.049 kg per person, 8% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -29.1% | 0.006 kg per person | 0.0043 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0134 kg per person | 0.0116 kg per person | 0.0152 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0102 kg per person | 0.008 kg per person | 0.0115 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0087 kg per person | 0.0082 kg per person | 0.0095 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0075 kg per person | 0.0065 kg per person | 0.0084 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0049 kg per person | 0.0043 kg per person | 0.0061 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0037 kg per person | 0.0031 kg per person | 0.0043 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0039 kg per person | 0.0037 kg per person | 0.004 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 107 Guyana 0.0045 kg per person compare
- 108 Seychelles 0.0044 kg per person compare
- 109 Argentina 0.0041 kg per person compare
- 111 Saint Lucia 0.0037 kg per person compare
- 112 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0034 kg per person compare
- 113 Mexico 0.0031 kg per person compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 5.63 % 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 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sri Lanka?
- Sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sri Lanka was 0.0039 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0152 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0031 kg per person in 2016.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Sri Lanka ranks 110th out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.