Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Ireland
Ireland: Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches was 0.2346 kg per person in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N) in Ireland, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Ireland is 0.2346 kg per person, measured in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Ireland peaked at 0.263 kg per person in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.0962 kg per person, in 1964.
That places Ireland 40th out of 168 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.111 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0992 kg per person | -10.6% |
| 1963 | 0.1022 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0962 kg per person | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 0.1464 kg per person | +52.2% |
| 1966 | 0.1447 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 0.1331 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 1968 | 0.1403 kg per person | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 0.144 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 0.1393 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 0.148 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 0.157 kg per person | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 0.1728 kg per person | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 0.1681 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 0.1364 kg per person | -18.8% |
| 1976 | 0.1405 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 0.1567 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 1978 | 0.1585 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.1686 kg per person | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 0.1791 kg per person | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 0.1516 kg per person | -15.4% |
| 1982 | 0.151 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1458 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 0.1229 kg per person | -15.7% |
| 1985 | 0.1252 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 0.1238 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.1161 kg per person | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 0.122 kg per person | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 0.1562 kg per person | +28.1% |
| 1990 | 0.1508 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 0.1837 kg per person | +21.8% |
| 1992 | 0.1971 kg per person | +7.3% |
| 1993 | 0.2082 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 0.2351 kg per person | +12.9% |
| 1995 | 0.2548 kg per person | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 0.2432 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 0.2477 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.2435 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.2283 kg per person | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2578 kg per person | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 0.2473 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 0.2461 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2403 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.2293 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2126 kg per person | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 0.2149 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.2238 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 0.224 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.263 kg per person | +17.4% |
| 2010 | 0.2324 kg per person | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 0.2337 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2419 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2521 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 0.248 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.2457 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2434 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.2372 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.2346 kg per person | -1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, broilers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +52.2% | 0.0962 kg per person | 0.1464 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1241 kg per person | 0.0962 kg per person | 0.1464 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1546 kg per person | 0.1364 kg per person | 0.1728 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1394 kg per person | 0.1161 kg per person | 0.1791 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2193 kg per person | 0.1508 kg per person | 0.2548 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2359 kg per person | 0.2126 kg per person | 0.263 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2418 kg per person | 0.2324 kg per person | 0.2521 kg per person | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.2346 kg per person | 0.2346 kg per person | 0.2346 kg per person | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Ireland?
- Chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) in Ireland was 0.2346 kg per person in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.263 kg per person in 2009.
- What is the lowest chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0962 kg per person in 1964.
- How does Ireland rank for chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n)?
- Ireland ranks 40th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens, broilers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n) rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland 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.