Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Zambia
Zambia: Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) was 0.0097 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Zambia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Zambia stood at 0.0097 kg per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Zambia peaked at 0.0171 kg per person in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.003 kg per person, in 1963.
Zambia ranks 86th of 149 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0039 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0036 kg per person | -8.2% |
| 1963 | 0.003 kg per person | -17.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0033 kg per person | +11.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0034 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0039 kg per person | +16.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0041 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0038 kg per person | -8.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0038 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0037 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0035 kg per person | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0049 kg per person | +41.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0054 kg per person | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0054 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0056 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0056 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0069 kg per person | +21.6% |
| 1978 | 0.007 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.006 kg per person | -13.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0063 kg per person | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0065 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0067 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0051 kg per person | -23.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0042 kg per person | -16.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0044 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0045 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0046 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0047 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0066 kg per person | +40.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0064 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0062 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.006 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 0.006 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0061 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0057 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 0.006 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0058 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0057 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0056 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0052 kg per person | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0053 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0044 kg per person | -17.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0041 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0043 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0043 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0055 kg per person | +27.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0072 kg per person | +30.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0091 kg per person | +26.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0089 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0086 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0095 kg per person | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0171 kg per person | +80.1% |
| 2013 | 0.012 kg per person | -29.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0116 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0104 kg per person | -11.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0105 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0104 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0121 kg per person | +15.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0121 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0103 kg per person | -14.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0101 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0097 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0097 kg per person | +0.1% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 0.0097 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0056 kg per person, 1.7× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 0.0097 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0059 kg per person, 1.6× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Swine, breeding — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Zambia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +80.1% | 0.0095 kg per person | 0.0171 kg per person |
| 1972 | +41.7% | 0.0035 kg per person | 0.0049 kg per person |
| 1989 | +40.1% | 0.0047 kg per person | 0.0066 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0037 kg per person | 0.003 kg per person | 0.0041 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0054 kg per person | 0.0035 kg per person | 0.007 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0054 kg per person | 0.0042 kg per person | 0.0067 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0059 kg per person | 0.0056 kg per person | 0.0064 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0058 kg per person | 0.0041 kg per person | 0.0091 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0114 kg per person | 0.0086 kg per person | 0.0171 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0099 kg per person | 0.0097 kg per person | 0.0103 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 83 Seychelles 0.0108 kg per person compare
- 84 Saint Lucia 0.0103 kg per person compare
- 85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0102 kg per person compare
- 87 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0093 kg per person compare
- 88 Ecuador 0.0093 kg per person compare
- 89 Belize 0.0093 kg per person compare
More environment data for Zambia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.03 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.11 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.74 % 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 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Zambia?
- Swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Zambia was 0.0097 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0171 kg per person in 2012.
- What is the lowest swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.003 kg per person in 1963.
- How does Zambia rank for swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Zambia ranks 86th out of 149 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine, breeding — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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.