Sheep: Manure left on pasture … left square kilometre volatilises in El Salvador
El Salvador: Sheep: Manure left on pasture … left square kilometre volatilises was 0.64 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content), per in El Salvador, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sheep — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per in El Salvador stood at 0.64 kg per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per in El Salvador peaked at 0.64 kg per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4534 kg per square kilometre, in 1971.
El Salvador ranks 145th of 159 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep: Manure left on pasture … left square kilometre volatilises in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.4534 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 0.4534 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.4534 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.4534 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.4848 kg per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 0.5078 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 0.4617 kg per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 1979 | 0.4617 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.4617 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.4617 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.4732 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.4848 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 0.4905 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.5078 kg per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 0.5194 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.5309 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.5425 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.554 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.5656 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.5771 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.5944 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.6002 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.6002 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.6002 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.6002 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.6002 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.6002 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.606 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.6117 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6117 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6175 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6219 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.6255 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.629 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.6326 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.6354 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.634 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.6368 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.6384 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.64 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.64 kg per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12.73 kg per square kilometre, 5% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.64 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8.09 kg per square kilometre, 8% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | 0.4588 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4647 kg per square kilometre | 0.4534 kg per square kilometre | 0.5078 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5026 kg per square kilometre | 0.4617 kg per square kilometre | 0.554 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5927 kg per square kilometre | 0.5656 kg per square kilometre | 0.6002 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.618 kg per square kilometre | 0.5886 kg per square kilometre | 0.6354 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6373 kg per square kilometre | 0.634 kg per square kilometre | 0.64 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 142 Malaysia 0.852 kg per square kilometre compare
- 143 Zambia 0.7742 kg per square kilometre compare
- 144 Mozambique 0.6918 kg per square kilometre compare
- 146 Bhutan 0.4898 kg per square kilometre compare
- 147 Sri Lanka 0.4133 kg per square kilometre compare
- 148 Honduras 0.3622 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for El Salvador
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.58 % 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 0.0446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per in El Salvador?
- Sheep — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per in El Salvador was 0.64 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.64 kg per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4534 kg per square kilometre in 1971.
- How does El Salvador rank for sheep — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per?
- El Salvador ranks 145th out of 159 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sheep — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sheep — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (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 — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sheep — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 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 — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (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.