Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in New Zealand
New Zealand: Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 1.89 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in New Zealand stood at 1.89 kg per person.
That represents a change of up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in New Zealand peaked at 2.06 kg per person in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.7959 kg per person, in 1972.
That places New Zealand 34th out of 168 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.8668 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.891 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 0.8519 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1964 | 0.8622 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 0.9202 kg per person | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 0.9538 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 0.9121 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 0.944 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 0.9049 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 0.8717 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 0.8706 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.7959 kg per person | -8.6% |
| 1973 | 0.9949 kg per person | +25.0% |
| 1974 | 1.08 kg per person | +8.4% |
| 1975 | 1.12 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 1.1 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 1.14 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 1.08 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 0.9695 kg per person | -9.8% |
| 1980 | 0.9555 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 1.06 kg per person | +10.6% |
| 1982 | 1.08 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 1 kg per person | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 1.02 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 1.08 kg per person | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 1.1 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 1.1 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 1.12 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 1.13 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 1.14 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 1.13 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 1.12 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 1.13 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 1.32 kg per person | +16.5% |
| 1995 | 1.37 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 1.28 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 1.26 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 1.26 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 1.35 kg per person | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 1.37 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 1.36 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 2.06 kg per person | +51.6% |
| 2003 | 1.94 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 1.79 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 1.81 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 1.62 kg per person | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 1.81 kg per person | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 1.82 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.65 kg per person | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 1.68 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 1.67 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 1.7 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 1.68 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 1.76 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 1.79 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.88 kg per person | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 1.92 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 1.92 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.94 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1.92 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 1.97 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1.89 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 1.89 kg per person | -0.0% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 1.89 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.31 kg per person, 1.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 1.89 kg per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9659 kg per person, 2.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in New Zealand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +51.6% | 1.36 kg per person | 2.06 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9008 kg per person | 0.8519 kg per person | 0.9538 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 1 kg per person | 0.7959 kg per person | 1.14 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.06 kg per person | 0.9555 kg per person | 1.13 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.23 kg per person | 1.12 kg per person | 1.37 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.72 kg per person | 1.36 kg per person | 2.06 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.79 kg per person | 1.67 kg per person | 1.94 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.92 kg per person | 1.89 kg per person | 1.97 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0.1365 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.474 % 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 -0.9337 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in New Zealand?
- Chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in New Zealand was 1.89 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2.06 kg per person in 2002.
- What is the lowest chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7959 kg per person in 1972.
- How does New Zealand rank for chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 34th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (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.
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens — Amount excreted in manure 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.
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Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (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.