Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Malawi
Malawi: Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre was 85.87 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Malawi, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Malawi is 85.87 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Malawi peaked at 85.87 kg per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13.37 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 85th of 168 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.
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13.37 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 14.32 kg per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 15.28 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 15.75 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 16.71 kg per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 17.66 kg per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 18.62 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 19.09 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 31.98 kg per square kilometre | +67.5% |
| 1970 | 34.85 kg per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 31.98 kg per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 1972 | 33.41 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 34.85 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 35.8 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 36.76 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 37.23 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 37.47 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 38.67 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 39.62 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 41.05 kg per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 42.01 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 42.96 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 43.92 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 44.87 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 45.83 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 42.83 kg per square kilometre | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 43.78 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 46.08 kg per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 48.18 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 50.47 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 52.58 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 48.18 kg per square kilometre | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 54.78 kg per square kilometre | +13.7% |
| 1994 | 57.16 kg per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 59.27 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 61.47 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 62.33 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 63.48 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 64.62 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 64.56 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 64.71 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 64.81 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 64.17 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 64.9 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 68.45 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 66.78 kg per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 67.3 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 68.16 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 69.04 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 70.36 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 72.46 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 74.56 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 76.27 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 79.53 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 78.85 kg per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 79.76 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 80.94 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 82.09 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 83.35 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 84.64 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 83.37 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 84.63 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 85.87 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 85.87 kg per square kilometre is above the median for low income countries, which is 26.32 kg per square kilometre, 3.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 85.87 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 31.91 kg per square kilometre, 2.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Malawi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +67.5% | 19.09 kg per square kilometre | 31.98 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.09 kg per square kilometre | 13.37 kg per square kilometre | 31.98 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 36.06 kg per square kilometre | 31.98 kg per square kilometre | 39.62 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.15 kg per square kilometre | 41.05 kg per square kilometre | 48.18 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.43 kg per square kilometre | 48.18 kg per square kilometre | 64.62 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.29 kg per square kilometre | 64.17 kg per square kilometre | 69.04 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.82 kg per square kilometre | 70.36 kg per square kilometre | 83.35 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.63 kg per square kilometre | 83.37 kg per square kilometre | 85.87 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 82 Uganda 94.92 kg per square kilometre compare
- 83 Nicaragua 92.35 kg per square kilometre compare
- 84 Uzbekistan 89.19 kg per square kilometre compare
- 86 Serbia 84.56 kg per square kilometre compare
- 87 Benin 84.27 kg per square kilometre compare
- 88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 83.61 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Malawi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.65 % 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 5.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Malawi?
- Chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Malawi was 85.87 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 85.87 kg per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.37 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre?
- Malawi ranks 85th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens — 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
Chickens — 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.
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens — 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
Chickens — 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.