Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Australia
Australia: Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches was 0.3629 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N) in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Australia stood at 0.3629 kg per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Australia peaked at 0.4352 kg per person in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.0515 kg per person, in 1968.
That places Australia 21st 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, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0601 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0606 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0682 kg per person | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0693 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 0.0619 kg per person | -10.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0591 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0575 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 0.0515 kg per person | -10.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0593 kg per person | +15.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0663 kg per person | +11.8% |
| 1971 | 0.091 kg per person | +37.3% |
| 1972 | 0.1909 kg per person | +109.7% |
| 1973 | 0.2056 kg per person | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 0.2077 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1843 kg per person | -11.3% |
| 1976 | 0.2024 kg per person | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 0.2027 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1967 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.1958 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.2283 kg per person | +16.6% |
| 1981 | 0.2211 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 0.2081 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 0.2261 kg per person | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 0.2274 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.2458 kg per person | +8.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2513 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 0.2748 kg per person | +9.3% |
| 1988 | 0.325 kg per person | +18.3% |
| 1989 | 0.2483 kg per person | -23.6% |
| 1990 | 0.2888 kg per person | +16.3% |
| 1991 | 0.2607 kg per person | -9.7% |
| 1992 | 0.2968 kg per person | +13.8% |
| 1993 | 0.3311 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 0.331 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.3204 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 0.3596 kg per person | +12.3% |
| 1997 | 0.3845 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 0.4267 kg per person | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 0.4352 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4029 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 0.4184 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 0.3891 kg per person | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3781 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 0.3732 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.3269 kg per person | -12.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4034 kg per person | +23.4% |
| 2007 | 0.4146 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.3655 kg per person | -11.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4014 kg per person | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 0.3403 kg per person | -15.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3654 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 0.4053 kg per person | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 0.3821 kg per person | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 0.368 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3142 kg per person | -14.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3235 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3377 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 0.3524 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3967 kg per person | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 0.3477 kg per person | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 0.3864 kg per person | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 0.3743 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.3629 kg per person | -3.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Australia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +109.7% | 0.091 kg per person | 0.1909 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0608 kg per person | 0.0515 kg per person | 0.0693 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1743 kg per person | 0.0663 kg per person | 0.2077 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2456 kg per person | 0.2081 kg per person | 0.325 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3435 kg per person | 0.2607 kg per person | 0.4352 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3874 kg per person | 0.3269 kg per person | 0.4184 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3586 kg per person | 0.3142 kg per person | 0.4053 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3678 kg per person | 0.3477 kg per person | 0.3864 kg per person | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Australia?
- Chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Australia was 0.3629 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4352 kg per person in 1999.
- What is the lowest chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0515 kg per person in 1968.
- How does Australia rank for chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n)?
- Australia ranks 21st out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens, broilers — 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
Chickens, broilers — 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.
Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, broilers — 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
Chickens, broilers — 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.