Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in New Zealand
New Zealand: Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 0.2625 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Chickens, broilers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in New Zealand is 0.2625 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in New Zealand peaked at 0.2659 kg per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0022 kg per square kilometre, in 1972.
New Zealand ranks 132nd 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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0109 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0148 kg per square kilometre | +35.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0111 kg per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0136 kg per square kilometre | +22.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0191 kg per square kilometre | +40.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0209 kg per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0126 kg per square kilometre | -40.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0163 kg per square kilometre | +29.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0128 kg per square kilometre | -21.2% |
| 1970 | 0.017 kg per square kilometre | +32.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0071 kg per square kilometre | -58.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0022 kg per square kilometre | -68.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0177 kg per square kilometre | +688.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0217 kg per square kilometre | +22.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0271 kg per square kilometre | +25.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0274 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0377 kg per square kilometre | +37.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0389 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0308 kg per square kilometre | -20.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0339 kg per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0413 kg per square kilometre | +21.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0445 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0391 kg per square kilometre | -12.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0462 kg per square kilometre | +18.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0554 kg per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0579 kg per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0672 kg per square kilometre | +16.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0661 kg per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0664 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0742 kg per square kilometre | +11.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0803 kg per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1992 | 0.084 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0902 kg per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 0.1181 kg per square kilometre | +31.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1267 kg per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 0.118 kg per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 1997 | 0.1177 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.1167 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1172 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.1209 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.1209 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2185 kg per square kilometre | +80.7% |
| 2003 | 0.2113 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.1915 kg per square kilometre | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 0.1929 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.1758 kg per square kilometre | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 0.2058 kg per square kilometre | +17.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2017 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1821 kg per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 0.1874 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.1895 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.1957 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.1964 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.2078 kg per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 0.2184 kg per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 0.2356 kg per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 0.2469 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.2528 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.2567 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.2557 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.2659 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2586 kg per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.2625 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in New Zealand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +688.5% | 0.0022 kg per square kilometre | 0.0177 kg per square kilometre |
| 2002 | +80.7% | 0.1209 kg per square kilometre | 0.2185 kg per square kilometre |
| 1972 | -68.4% | 0.0071 kg per square kilometre | 0.0022 kg per square kilometre |
| 1971 | -58.1% | 0.017 kg per square kilometre | 0.0071 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0147 kg per square kilometre | 0.0109 kg per square kilometre | 0.0209 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0228 kg per square kilometre | 0.0022 kg per square kilometre | 0.0389 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0518 kg per square kilometre | 0.0339 kg per square kilometre | 0.0672 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1043 kg per square kilometre | 0.0742 kg per square kilometre | 0.1267 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1821 kg per square kilometre | 0.1209 kg per square kilometre | 0.2185 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2187 kg per square kilometre | 0.1874 kg per square kilometre | 0.2567 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2607 kg per square kilometre | 0.2557 kg per square kilometre | 0.2659 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 129 Ireland 0.3511 kg per square kilometre compare
- 130 Chad 0.3479 kg per square kilometre compare
- 131 Croatia 0.2939 kg per square kilometre compare
- 133 Mauritania 0.258 kg per square kilometre compare
- 134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2573 kg per square kilometre compare
- 135 Austria 0.2487 kg per square kilometre compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0.1365 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.474 % 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in New Zealand?
- Chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in New Zealand was 0.2625 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2659 kg per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0022 kg per square kilometre in 1972.
- How does New Zealand rank for chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- New Zealand ranks 132nd out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.