How does Costa Rica rank for sheep — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita?

Costa Rica ranks 154th out of 159 countries with data for 2023.

Is sheep — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita rising or falling in Costa Rica?

Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Sheep — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita in Costa Rica

Name: Sheep — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita in Costa Rica
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
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Costa Rica: Sheep — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita was 0.002 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.002 kg per person

Change on year

down 0.2%

World rank

154th

of 159 countries

All-time high

0.0039 kg per person

in 1966

All-time low

0.002 kg per person

in 2023

Years of data

1961–2023

Sheep — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita in Costa Rica, 1961–2023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.

Analysis

In 2023, sheep — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita in Costa Rica stood at 0.002 kg per person. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0039 kg per person in 1966 and was at its lowest, 0.002 kg per person, in 2023.

Costa Rica ranks 154th of 159 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Sheep — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Sheep — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita in Costa Rica, 1961 to 2023.
Year	kg per person	Change
1961	0.0028 kg per person	—
1962	0.0028 kg per person	+0.0%
1963	0.0029 kg per person	+5.3%
1964	0.0033 kg per person	+12.7%
1965	0.0036 kg per person	+10.5%
1966	0.0039 kg per person	+8.9%
1967	0.0039 kg per person	-0.3%
1968	0.0039 kg per person	-1.3%
1969	0.0038 kg per person	-1.2%
1970	0.0038 kg per person	-0.7%
1971	0.0038 kg per person	-1.1%
1972	0.0037 kg per person	-1.6%
1973	0.0037 kg per person	-1.1%
1974	0.0036 kg per person	-1.6%
1975	0.0036 kg per person	-1.1%
1976	0.0035 kg per person	-1.6%
1977	0.0034 kg per person	-2.6%
1978	0.0033 kg per person	-2.6%
1979	0.0034 kg per person	+2.0%
1980	0.0035 kg per person	+1.7%
1981	0.0035 kg per person	+1.5%
1982	0.0036 kg per person	+1.4%
1983	0.0035 kg per person	-2.7%
1984	0.0034 kg per person	-2.7%
1985	0.0033 kg per person	-2.7%
1986	0.0032 kg per person	-2.7%
1987	0.0031 kg per person	-2.6%
1988	0.003 kg per person	-2.5%
1989	0.0029 kg per person	-2.5%
1990	0.0029 kg per person	-2.5%
1991	0.0028 kg per person	-2.5%
1992	0.0027 kg per person	-2.5%
1993	0.0032 kg per person	+17.0%
1994	0.0026 kg per person	-18.7%
1995	0.0025 kg per person	-2.4%
1996	0.0025 kg per person	-2.3%
1997	0.0024 kg per person	-2.2%
1998	0.0024 kg per person	-2.1%
1999	0.0029 kg per person	+21.5%
2000	0.0025 kg per person	-14.6%
2001	0.0022 kg per person	-9.1%
2002	0.0024 kg per person	+8.2%
2003	0.0023 kg per person	-3.3%
2004	0.0023 kg per person	-1.5%
2005	0.0023 kg per person	-1.4%
2006	0.0022 kg per person	-1.4%
2007	0.0022 kg per person	-1.3%
2008	0.0022 kg per person	-1.3%
2009	0.0022 kg per person	+0.5%
2010	0.0022 kg per person	-1.2%
2011	0.0022 kg per person	+0.6%
2012	0.0022 kg per person	+0.6%
2013	0.0022 kg per person	-1.1%
2014	0.0022 kg per person	-0.7%
2015	0.0021 kg per person	-2.5%
2016	0.0021 kg per person	-1.1%
2017	0.0021 kg per person	-0.6%
2018	0.0021 kg per person	-0.3%
2019	0.002 kg per person	-0.4%
2020	0.002 kg per person	-0.4%
2021	0.002 kg per person	-0.4%
2022	0.002 kg per person	-0.1%
2023	0.002 kg per person	-0.2%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

Costa Rica's 0.002 kg per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.2154 kg per person, 1% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
Costa Rica's 0.002 kg per person is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1696 kg per person, 1% of the median. (31 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0034 kg per person	0.0028 kg per person	0.0039 kg per person	9
1970s	0.0036 kg per person	0.0033 kg per person	0.0038 kg per person	10
1980s	0.0033 kg per person	0.0029 kg per person	0.0036 kg per person	10
1990s	0.0027 kg per person	0.0024 kg per person	0.0032 kg per person	10
2000s	0.0023 kg per person	0.0022 kg per person	0.0025 kg per person	10
2010s	0.0021 kg per person	0.002 kg per person	0.0022 kg per person	10
2020s	0.002 kg per person	0.002 kg per person	0.002 kg per person	4

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

151 Nicaragua 0.0036 kg per person compare
152 El Salvador 0.0032 kg per person compare
153 Papua New Guinea 0.0025 kg per person compare
155 Sri Lanka 0.0017 kg per person compare
156 Jamaica 0.0017 kg per person compare
157 Thailand 0.0016 kg per person compare

See the full ranking of 161 places →

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Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.09 % 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 -0.3048 % change on previous year (2024)

All data for Costa Rica →

Frequently asked questions

What is sheep — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita in Costa Rica?: Sheep — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita in Costa Rica was 0.002 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest sheep — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita recorded in Costa Rica?: The highest recorded value was 0.0039 kg per person in 1966.
What is the lowest sheep — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita recorded in Costa Rica?: The lowest recorded value was 0.002 kg per person in 2023.
How does Costa Rica rank for sheep — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita?: Costa Rica ranks 154th out of 159 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per capita rising or falling in Costa Rica?: Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sheep — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Sheep — Manure left on pasture 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 — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total

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Sheep — Manure left on pasture that leaches Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)

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Indicator: Sheep — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per capita
Unit: kg per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 161 places, 9,179 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 October 2026

Sheep — Manure left on pasture 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.