Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Malta
Malta: Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre was 1,284 kg per square kilometre in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Malta, 1961–2020
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 Malta is 1,284 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2020.
The figure is down 9.7% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Malta peaked at 2,201 kg per square kilometre in 1979 and was at its lowest, 729.35 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Malta ranks 8th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 729.35 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 779.16 kg per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1963 | 799.32 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 892.39 kg per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1965 | 1,067 kg per square kilometre | +19.6% |
| 1966 | 797.6 kg per square kilometre | -25.3% |
| 1967 | 881.08 kg per square kilometre | +10.5% |
| 1968 | 1,482 kg per square kilometre | +68.2% |
| 1969 | 1,490 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 1,593 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 1,886 kg per square kilometre | +18.4% |
| 1972 | 1,680 kg per square kilometre | -10.9% |
| 1973 | 1,645 kg per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 1,352 kg per square kilometre | -17.8% |
| 1975 | 1,419 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 1,609 kg per square kilometre | +13.4% |
| 1977 | 1,774 kg per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 1978 | 1,823 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 2,201 kg per square kilometre | +20.7% |
| 1980 | 1,742 kg per square kilometre | -20.9% |
| 1981 | 2,153 kg per square kilometre | +23.6% |
| 1982 | 1,893 kg per square kilometre | -12.1% |
| 1983 | 1,689 kg per square kilometre | -10.8% |
| 1984 | 1,634 kg per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 1,634 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,634 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,521 kg per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 1,521 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,463 kg per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 1,465 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 1,303 kg per square kilometre | -11.0% |
| 1992 | 1,303 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,304 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,304 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,349 kg per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 1,330 kg per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 1,334 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,201 kg per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 1,330 kg per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 1,305 kg per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 2,076 kg per square kilometre | +59.1% |
| 2002 | 1,466 kg per square kilometre | -29.4% |
| 2003 | 1,935 kg per square kilometre | +32.0% |
| 2004 | 1,550 kg per square kilometre | -19.9% |
| 2005 | 1,654 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 1,607 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 1,732 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 1,808 kg per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 1,536 kg per square kilometre | -15.0% |
| 2010 | 1,349 kg per square kilometre | -12.2% |
| 2011 | 1,275 kg per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 1,337 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 1,272 kg per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 1,367 kg per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 1,404 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 1,398 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,422 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 1,284 kg per square kilometre | -9.7% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 1,284 kg per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 128.46 kg per square kilometre, 10.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malta's 1,284 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 184.8 kg per square kilometre, 6.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Malta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +68.2% | 881.08 kg per square kilometre | 1,482 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 990.85 kg per square kilometre | 729.35 kg per square kilometre | 1,490 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,698 kg per square kilometre | 1,352 kg per square kilometre | 2,201 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,689 kg per square kilometre | 1,463 kg per square kilometre | 2,153 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,322 kg per square kilometre | 1,201 kg per square kilometre | 1,465 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,667 kg per square kilometre | 1,305 kg per square kilometre | 2,076 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,353 kg per square kilometre | 1,272 kg per square kilometre | 1,422 kg per square kilometre | 8 |
| 2020s | 1,284 kg per square kilometre | 1,284 kg per square kilometre | 1,284 kg per square kilometre | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 5 Singapore 2,163 kg per square kilometre compare
- 6 Dominican Republic 1,856 kg per square kilometre compare
- 7 Kuwait 1,315 kg per square kilometre compare
- 9 Bangladesh 1,168 kg per square kilometre compare
- 10 Qatar 1,022 kg per square kilometre compare
- 11 Pakistan 912.14 kg per square kilometre compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.365 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.16 °C (2025)
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- 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 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Malta?
- Chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Malta was 1,284 kg per square kilometre in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 2,201 kg per square kilometre in 1979.
- What is the lowest chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 729.35 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Malta rank for chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre?
- Malta ranks 8th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. 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 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.