Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Portugal
Portugal: Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 0.993 kg per square kilometre in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens, broilers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in Portugal, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2020, chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Portugal stood at 0.993 kg per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 58 years on record.
The figure is up 42.6% on the previous year and up 63.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Portugal peaked at 0.993 kg per square kilometre in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1256 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 106th of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1256 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1351 kg per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1963 | 0.1422 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 0.154 kg per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 0.1611 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 0.1982 kg per square kilometre | +23.0% |
| 1967 | 0.2083 kg per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 0.2162 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 0.2265 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 0.2393 kg per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 0.2524 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 0.2651 kg per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1973 | 0.2772 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 0.2806 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2862 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 0.2891 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.308 kg per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 0.2962 kg per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 0.3033 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 0.327 kg per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 0.3009 kg per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2725 kg per square kilometre | -9.4% |
| 1983 | 0.3033 kg per square kilometre | +11.3% |
| 1984 | 0.2441 kg per square kilometre | -19.5% |
| 1985 | 0.2014 kg per square kilometre | -17.5% |
| 1986 | 0.2606 kg per square kilometre | +29.4% |
| 1987 | 0.2803 kg per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 0.3047 kg per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 0.2843 kg per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 0.3317 kg per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1991 | 0.3317 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.3587 kg per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 0.3949 kg per square kilometre | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 0.4471 kg per square kilometre | +13.2% |
| 1995 | 0.495 kg per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 1996 | 0.5293 kg per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 0.5653 kg per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 0.5973 kg per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 0.621 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6526 kg per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 0.6765 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 0.7179 kg per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7104 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7238 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7316 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7274 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.7079 kg per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6872 kg per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.6593 kg per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6091 kg per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 0.5691 kg per square kilometre | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 0.5234 kg per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4866 kg per square kilometre | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5186 kg per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 0.5704 kg per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6516 kg per square kilometre | +14.2% |
| 2017 | 0.6965 kg per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 0.993 kg per square kilometre | +42.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +42.6% | 0.6965 kg per square kilometre | 0.993 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1741 kg per square kilometre | 0.1256 kg per square kilometre | 0.2265 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2797 kg per square kilometre | 0.2393 kg per square kilometre | 0.308 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2779 kg per square kilometre | 0.2014 kg per square kilometre | 0.327 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4672 kg per square kilometre | 0.3317 kg per square kilometre | 0.621 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6995 kg per square kilometre | 0.6526 kg per square kilometre | 0.7316 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5782 kg per square kilometre | 0.4866 kg per square kilometre | 0.6965 kg per square kilometre | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.993 kg per square kilometre | 0.993 kg per square kilometre | 0.993 kg per square kilometre | 1 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 103 Suriname 1.14 kg per square kilometre compare
- 104 Argentina 1.03 kg per square kilometre compare
- 105 Equatorial Guinea 1.02 kg per square kilometre compare
- 107 Gabon 0.9276 kg per square kilometre compare
- 108 Central African Republic 0.9098 kg per square kilometre compare
- 109 Oman 0.8674 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Portugal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6043 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5127 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.44 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.29 % 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 0.1607 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Portugal?
- Chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Portugal was 0.993 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.993 kg per square kilometre in 2020.
- What is the lowest chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1256 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- Portugal ranks 106th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.