Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Ireland
Ireland: Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 0.3511 kg per square kilometre in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens, broilers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in Ireland, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 0.3511 kg per square kilometre for chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Ireland peaked at 0.3542 kg per square kilometre in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.0819 kg per square kilometre, in 1964.
Ireland ranks 129th of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0931 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0835 kg per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0865 kg per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0819 kg per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 0.1251 kg per square kilometre | +52.8% |
| 1966 | 0.1242 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.1148 kg per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 1968 | 0.1215 kg per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 0.1254 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 0.1223 kg per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 0.1315 kg per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 0.1416 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 0.1584 kg per square kilometre | +11.8% |
| 1974 | 0.1566 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.1293 kg per square kilometre | -17.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1351 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 0.1528 kg per square kilometre | +13.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1568 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.169 kg per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 0.1815 kg per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 0.1554 kg per square kilometre | -14.4% |
| 1982 | 0.1564 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.152 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 0.1289 kg per square kilometre | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 0.1315 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 0.1302 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.122 kg per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 0.1277 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 0.1629 kg per square kilometre | +27.6% |
| 1990 | 0.1574 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 0.1929 kg per square kilometre | +22.5% |
| 1992 | 0.2083 kg per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 0.2211 kg per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 0.2507 kg per square kilometre | +13.4% |
| 1995 | 0.2731 kg per square kilometre | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 0.2627 kg per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 0.2703 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 0.2686 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.2546 kg per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2914 kg per square kilometre | +14.4% |
| 2001 | 0.284 kg per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2873 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.2852 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.2772 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.2627 kg per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 0.2728 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 0.2924 kg per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2987 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.3542 kg per square kilometre | +18.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3147 kg per square kilometre | -11.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3179 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3305 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3462 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 0.343 kg per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.3431 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3442 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.34 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3511 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre 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 | +52.8% | 0.0819 kg per square kilometre | 0.1251 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1062 kg per square kilometre | 0.0819 kg per square kilometre | 0.1254 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1453 kg per square kilometre | 0.1223 kg per square kilometre | 0.169 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1449 kg per square kilometre | 0.122 kg per square kilometre | 0.1815 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.236 kg per square kilometre | 0.1574 kg per square kilometre | 0.2731 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2906 kg per square kilometre | 0.2627 kg per square kilometre | 0.3542 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.335 kg per square kilometre | 0.3147 kg per square kilometre | 0.3462 kg per square kilometre | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.3511 kg per square kilometre | 0.3511 kg per square kilometre | 0.3511 kg per square kilometre | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 126 Somalia 0.427 kg per square kilometre compare
- 127 Samoa 0.4013 kg per square kilometre compare
- 128 Namibia 0.3754 kg per square kilometre compare
- 130 Chad 0.3479 kg per square kilometre compare
- 131 Croatia 0.2939 kg per square kilometre compare
- 132 New Zealand 0.2625 kg per square kilometre compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.412 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.13 % 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 -0.0083 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Ireland?
- Chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Ireland was 0.3511 kg per square kilometre in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3542 kg per square kilometre in 2009.
- What is the lowest chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0819 kg per square kilometre in 1964.
- How does Ireland rank for chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- Ireland ranks 129th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. 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 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.