Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Australia
Australia: Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 0.0389 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Chickens, broilers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.0389 kg per square kilometre for chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in 2023.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Australia peaked at 0.0404 kg per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0025 kg per square kilometre, in 1968.
Australia ranks 155th of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0025 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0026 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 0.003 kg per square kilometre | +14.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0031 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0028 kg per square kilometre | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0028 kg per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0027 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0025 kg per square kilometre | -8.9% |
| 1969 | 0.0029 kg per square kilometre | +17.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0033 kg per square kilometre | +14.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0047 kg per square kilometre | +42.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0101 kg per square kilometre | +113.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0111 kg per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0115 kg per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0103 kg per square kilometre | -10.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0114 kg per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0116 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0114 kg per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0114 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0135 kg per square kilometre | +18.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0133 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0127 kg per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 0.014 kg per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0143 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0156 kg per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0162 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 0.018 kg per square kilometre | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0216 kg per square kilometre | +20.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0168 kg per square kilometre | -22.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0198 kg per square kilometre | +18.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0181 kg per square kilometre | -8.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0209 kg per square kilometre | +15.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0235 kg per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0237 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0232 kg per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0264 kg per square kilometre | +13.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0285 kg per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 0.032 kg per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 1999 | 0.033 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0309 kg per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0325 kg per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0305 kg per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 0.03 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0299 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0266 kg per square kilometre | -11.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0332 kg per square kilometre | +25.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0348 kg per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0313 kg per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0351 kg per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0302 kg per square kilometre | -13.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0329 kg per square kilometre | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0371 kg per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0356 kg per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0348 kg per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0301 kg per square kilometre | -13.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0315 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0334 kg per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0354 kg per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0404 kg per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0359 kg per square kilometre | -11.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0399 kg per square kilometre | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0392 kg per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0389 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre 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 | +113.6% | 0.0047 kg per square kilometre | 0.0101 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0028 kg per square kilometre | 0.0025 kg per square kilometre | 0.0031 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0097 kg per square kilometre | 0.0033 kg per square kilometre | 0.0116 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0156 kg per square kilometre | 0.0127 kg per square kilometre | 0.0216 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0249 kg per square kilometre | 0.0181 kg per square kilometre | 0.033 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0315 kg per square kilometre | 0.0266 kg per square kilometre | 0.0351 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0341 kg per square kilometre | 0.0301 kg per square kilometre | 0.0404 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0385 kg per square kilometre | 0.0359 kg per square kilometre | 0.0399 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 152 Estonia 0.0745 kg per square kilometre compare
- 153 Norway 0.071 kg per square kilometre compare
- 154 Vanuatu 0.0704 kg per square kilometre compare
- 156 North Macedonia 0.0386 kg per square kilometre compare
- 157 Luxembourg 0.023 kg per square kilometre compare
- 158 Papua New Guinea 0.0217 kg per square kilometre compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % 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 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Australia?
- Chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Australia was 0.0389 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0404 kg per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0025 kg per square kilometre in 1968.
- How does Australia rank for chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- Australia ranks 155th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens, broilers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens, broilers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (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, broilers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens, broilers — Manure left on pasture that leaches 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, broilers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (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.