Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Ghana
Ghana: Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) was 0.0046 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.0046 kg per person for swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in 2023.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Ghana peaked at 0.0063 kg per person in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.0022 kg per person, in 2005.
Ghana ranks 110th of 149 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.
Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0034 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0034 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0034 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0038 kg per person | +13.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0032 kg per person | -15.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0037 kg per person | +16.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0037 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 0.0041 kg per person | +10.9% |
| 1969 | 0.0048 kg per person | +17.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0051 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0049 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 0.005 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0052 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0056 kg per person | +8.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0063 kg per person | +11.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0061 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0057 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0055 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0054 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0053 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0053 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.005 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0048 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0051 kg per person | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0051 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0056 kg per person | +11.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0047 kg per person | -16.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0055 kg per person | +17.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0063 kg per person | +13.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0052 kg per person | -17.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0048 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0043 kg per person | -11.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0041 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0035 kg per person | -16.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0035 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0034 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0033 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0032 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0029 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0028 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0026 kg per person | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0025 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0024 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0023 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0022 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0035 kg per person | +56.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0035 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0035 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0035 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0035 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0037 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0038 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0039 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0041 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0043 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0045 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0046 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0043 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0041 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 0.005 kg per person | +20.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0041 kg per person | -18.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0043 kg per person | +6.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0046 kg per person | +6.2% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.0046 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0056 kg per person, 82% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.0046 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0059 kg per person, 78% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Ghana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +56.5% | 0.0022 kg per person | 0.0035 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0037 kg per person | 0.0032 kg per person | 0.0048 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0055 kg per person | 0.0049 kg per person | 0.0063 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0053 kg per person | 0.0047 kg per person | 0.0063 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0038 kg per person | 0.0029 kg per person | 0.0052 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0029 kg per person | 0.0022 kg per person | 0.0035 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0041 kg per person | 0.0035 kg per person | 0.0046 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0045 kg per person | 0.0041 kg per person | 0.005 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.26 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -27.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.72 % 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 0.8796 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Ghana?
- Swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Ghana was 0.0046 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0063 kg per person in 1989.
- What is the lowest swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0022 kg per person in 2005.
- How does Ghana rank for swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Ghana ranks 110th out of 149 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils 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.
Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches 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
Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils 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.