Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N) in Benin
Benin: Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N) was 0.0242 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N) in Benin, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.0242 kg per person for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n) in 2023.
The figure 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 volatilises (n) in Benin peaked at 0.0298 kg per person in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.0128 kg per person, in 2019.
Benin ranks 63rd 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 volatilises (N) in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.015 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.016 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0184 kg per person | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0194 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 0.02 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0197 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0207 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0193 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0203 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0204 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0202 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0209 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0255 kg per person | +21.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0249 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0243 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0251 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0252 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0253 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0254 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0257 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0259 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0262 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0292 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0295 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0298 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0198 kg per person | -33.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0195 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0193 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.019 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0161 kg per person | -15.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0162 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0143 kg per person | -11.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0138 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0149 kg per person | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0142 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0146 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0143 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.014 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0144 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0146 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0144 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0144 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0139 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0139 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0138 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0138 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0137 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0135 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0137 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0136 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0135 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0134 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0133 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0132 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0131 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.013 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0129 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0129 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0128 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0215 kg per person | +68.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0241 kg per person | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0242 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0242 kg per person | +0.4% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.0242 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0256 kg per person, 95% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.0242 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0262 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 volatilises (N) 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% | 0.0128 kg per person | 0.0215 kg per person |
| 1986 | -33.5% | 0.0298 kg per person | 0.0198 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0188 kg per person | 0.015 kg per person | 0.0207 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0237 kg per person | 0.0202 kg per person | 0.0255 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0244 kg per person | 0.019 kg per person | 0.0298 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0147 kg per person | 0.0138 kg per person | 0.0162 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.014 kg per person | 0.0135 kg per person | 0.0146 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0132 kg per person | 0.0128 kg per person | 0.0136 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0235 kg per person | 0.0215 kg per person | 0.0242 kg per person | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n) in Benin?
- Sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n) in Benin was 0.0242 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n) recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0298 kg per person in 1985.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n) recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0128 kg per person in 2019.
- How does Benin rank for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n)?
- Benin ranks 63rd out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n) 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 volatilises (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 volatilises (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 volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 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 volatilises (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.