Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture (N content), per capita in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture (N content), per capita was 0.2325 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture (N content), per capita in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.2325 kg per person for sheep and goats — manure left on pasture (n content), per capita in 2023.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — manure left on pasture (n content), per capita in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.8147 kg per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.1831 kg per person, in 2016.
That places Sri Lanka 148th out of 165 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture (N content), per capita in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.7741 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.6859 kg per person | -11.4% |
| 1963 | 0.7691 kg per person | +12.1% |
| 1964 | 0.7931 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 0.8147 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 0.7746 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 0.7426 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1968 | 0.7307 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 0.667 kg per person | -8.7% |
| 1970 | 0.6665 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 0.643 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 0.6474 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.6202 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 0.6086 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 0.5952 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 0.6021 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.5723 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 0.4638 kg per person | -19.0% |
| 1979 | 0.4672 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.4915 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1981 | 0.5028 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 0.4951 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.4994 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.5123 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 0.5117 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.5471 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 0.4671 kg per person | -14.6% |
| 1988 | 0.4695 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.4728 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.4704 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.4101 kg per person | -12.8% |
| 1992 | 0.4379 kg per person | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 0.499 kg per person | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 0.4965 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.4904 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.4323 kg per person | -11.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4124 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 0.4043 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.3933 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 0.3716 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 0.3641 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2574 kg per person | -29.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3008 kg per person | +16.9% |
| 2004 | 0.2933 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.2835 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.2738 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.2782 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.2653 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 0.263 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.2587 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.2585 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.2624 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2338 kg per person | -10.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2104 kg per person | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2138 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.1831 kg per person | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 0.1956 kg per person | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 0.2122 kg per person | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 0.2103 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.2226 kg per person | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 0.2381 kg per person | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2405 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2325 kg per person | -3.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture (N content), per capita 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 | -29.3% | 0.3641 kg per person | 0.2574 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7502 kg per person | 0.667 kg per person | 0.8147 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5886 kg per person | 0.4638 kg per person | 0.6665 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4969 kg per person | 0.4671 kg per person | 0.5471 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4447 kg per person | 0.3933 kg per person | 0.499 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2951 kg per person | 0.2574 kg per person | 0.3716 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2239 kg per person | 0.1831 kg per person | 0.2624 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2334 kg per person | 0.2226 kg per person | 0.2405 kg per person | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — manure left on pasture (n content), per capita in Sri Lanka?
- Sheep and goats — manure left on pasture (n content), per capita in Sri Lanka was 0.2325 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goats — manure left on pasture (n content), per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8147 kg per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — manure left on pasture (n content), per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1831 kg per person in 2016.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sheep and goats — manure left on pasture (n content), per capita?
- Sri Lanka ranks 148th out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — manure left on pasture (n content), per capita rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. 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 left on pasture (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 left on pasture (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 left on pasture (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture (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.