Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Sweden
Sweden: Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) was 0.4822 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Sweden, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sweden is 0.4822 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 41.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sweden peaked at 0.8868 kg per square kilometre in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.2413 kg per square kilometre, in 1962.
Sweden ranks 103rd 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2441 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.2413 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 0.2675 kg per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 0.3191 kg per square kilometre | +19.3% |
| 1965 | 0.3208 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.3461 kg per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 0.3798 kg per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 1968 | 0.4654 kg per square kilometre | +22.5% |
| 1969 | 0.4876 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 0.4765 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 0.4705 kg per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.4735 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.4948 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 0.5303 kg per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 1975 | 0.5242 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.5546 kg per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 0.5551 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.5514 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.5448 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.5577 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 0.5742 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 0.6125 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 0.6219 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 0.6244 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.6068 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.5797 kg per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 0.5657 kg per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 0.5621 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.5703 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.5776 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.5964 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 0.6372 kg per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 0.6703 kg per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 0.6892 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 0.6577 kg per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 0.6679 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.6296 kg per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 0.5998 kg per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 0.6227 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.6151 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.6431 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 0.6077 kg per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 0.6384 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.663 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 0.6711 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7198 kg per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 0.7247 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7473 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.7697 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8045 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8868 kg per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8694 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8213 kg per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8384 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.847 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8234 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.8631 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8421 kg per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.5351 kg per square kilometre | -36.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5238 kg per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.4967 kg per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 0.4918 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4822 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 0.4822 kg per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9558 kg per square kilometre, 50% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 0.4822 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4.87 kg per square kilometre, 10% 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 Sweden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -36.5% | 0.8421 kg per square kilometre | 0.5351 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3413 kg per square kilometre | 0.2413 kg per square kilometre | 0.4876 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5176 kg per square kilometre | 0.4705 kg per square kilometre | 0.5551 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5875 kg per square kilometre | 0.5577 kg per square kilometre | 0.6244 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6348 kg per square kilometre | 0.5776 kg per square kilometre | 0.6892 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.68 kg per square kilometre | 0.6077 kg per square kilometre | 0.7697 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8131 kg per square kilometre | 0.5351 kg per square kilometre | 0.8868 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4986 kg per square kilometre | 0.4822 kg per square kilometre | 0.5238 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 100 Bhutan 0.5092 kg per square kilometre compare
- 101 Malaysia 0.4934 kg per square kilometre compare
- 102 Mozambique 0.4896 kg per square kilometre compare
- 104 Libya 0.4346 kg per square kilometre compare
- 105 Madagascar 0.426 kg per square kilometre compare
- 106 Namibia 0.3973 kg per square kilometre compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.852 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.72 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0.4367 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.27 % 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 -0.0922 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sweden?
- Sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Sweden was 0.4822 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8868 kg per square kilometre in 2011.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2413 kg per square kilometre in 1962.
- How does Sweden rank for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Sweden ranks 103rd out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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 square kilometre. 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 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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches 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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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.