All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Malta
Malta: All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square was 5,563 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Malta, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Malta recorded 5,563 kg per square kilometre for all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and down 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Malta peaked at 11,480 kg per square kilometre in 1992 and was at its lowest, 5,389 kg per square kilometre, in 2022.
That places Malta 9th out of 170 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,905 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 5,808 kg per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 5,547 kg per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1964 | 5,744 kg per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 5,659 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 6,010 kg per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 6,143 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 6,674 kg per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 6,756 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 6,446 kg per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1971 | 6,792 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 6,357 kg per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 6,416 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 6,128 kg per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1975 | 6,359 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 7,164 kg per square kilometre | +12.7% |
| 1977 | 7,472 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 7,221 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 7,104 kg per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 6,171 kg per square kilometre | -13.1% |
| 1981 | 6,355 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 6,658 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 7,578 kg per square kilometre | +13.8% |
| 1984 | 8,684 kg per square kilometre | +14.6% |
| 1985 | 9,219 kg per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 9,554 kg per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 9,731 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 9,977 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 10,198 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 10,757 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 10,855 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 11,480 kg per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 11,472 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 11,231 kg per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 10,467 kg per square kilometre | -6.8% |
| 1996 | 10,037 kg per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 10,251 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 9,396 kg per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 10,010 kg per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 9,718 kg per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 10,286 kg per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 9,658 kg per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 10,130 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 9,489 kg per square kilometre | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 9,979 kg per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 9,943 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 9,810 kg per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 10,023 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 8,816 kg per square kilometre | -12.0% |
| 2010 | 8,417 kg per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 7,456 kg per square kilometre | -11.4% |
| 2012 | 7,559 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 7,532 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 7,497 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 7,441 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 7,262 kg per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 6,914 kg per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 5,529 kg per square kilometre | -20.0% |
| 2019 | 5,455 kg per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 6,937 kg per square kilometre | +27.2% |
| 2021 | 5,561 kg per square kilometre | -19.8% |
| 2022 | 5,389 kg per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 5,563 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 5,563 kg per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,632 kg per square kilometre, 3.4× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Malta's 5,563 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,332 kg per square kilometre, 4.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,027 kg per square kilometre | 5,547 kg per square kilometre | 6,756 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,746 kg per square kilometre | 6,128 kg per square kilometre | 7,472 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,413 kg per square kilometre | 6,171 kg per square kilometre | 10,198 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,596 kg per square kilometre | 9,396 kg per square kilometre | 11,480 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,785 kg per square kilometre | 8,816 kg per square kilometre | 10,286 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,106 kg per square kilometre | 5,455 kg per square kilometre | 8,417 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,862 kg per square kilometre | 5,389 kg per square kilometre | 6,937 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
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- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Malta?
- All animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Malta was 5,563 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 11,480 kg per square kilometre in 1992.
- What is the lowest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,389 kg per square kilometre in 2022.
- How does Malta rank for all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- Malta ranks 9th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (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.
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- All Animals — Amount excreted in manure 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
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (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.