Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in World

World: Chickens, broilers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 6.55 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
6.55 kg per square kilometre
Change on year
up 1.7%
Rank
1st
of 2 groups
All-time high
6.55 kg per square kilometre
in 2023
All-time low
0.4722 kg per square kilometre
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Chickens, broilers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in World, 1961–2023

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Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.

Analysis

In 2023, chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in World stood at 6.55 kg per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 39.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in World peaked at 6.55 kg per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4722 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.

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 World, year by year

Annual values for Chickens, broilers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per square kilometre in World, 1961 to 2023.
Year kg per square kilometre Change
1961 0.4722 kg per square kilometre —
1962 0.4869 kg per square kilometre +3.1%
1963 0.5254 kg per square kilometre +7.9%
1964 0.5515 kg per square kilometre +5.0%
1965 0.5618 kg per square kilometre +1.9%
1966 0.5865 kg per square kilometre +4.4%
1967 0.6282 kg per square kilometre +7.1%
1968 0.6588 kg per square kilometre +4.9%
1969 0.686 kg per square kilometre +4.1%
1970 0.7348 kg per square kilometre +7.1%
1971 0.7447 kg per square kilometre +1.4%
1972 0.7771 kg per square kilometre +4.3%
1973 0.8132 kg per square kilometre +4.7%
1974 0.8295 kg per square kilometre +2.0%
1975 0.8499 kg per square kilometre +2.5%
1976 0.8879 kg per square kilometre +4.5%
1977 0.9234 kg per square kilometre +4.0%
1978 0.9986 kg per square kilometre +8.1%
1979 1.07 kg per square kilometre +7.2%
1980 1.2 kg per square kilometre +11.7%
1981 1.3 kg per square kilometre +8.4%
1982 1.38 kg per square kilometre +6.7%
1983 1.44 kg per square kilometre +3.8%
1984 1.54 kg per square kilometre +7.4%
1985 1.61 kg per square kilometre +4.7%
1986 1.78 kg per square kilometre +10.5%
1987 1.93 kg per square kilometre +8.3%
1988 2.07 kg per square kilometre +7.0%
1989 2.19 kg per square kilometre +6.2%
1990 2.29 kg per square kilometre +4.4%
1991 2.48 kg per square kilometre +8.3%
1992 2.25 kg per square kilometre -9.3%
1993 2.4 kg per square kilometre +6.7%
1994 2.53 kg per square kilometre +5.3%
1995 2.63 kg per square kilometre +4.0%
1996 2.81 kg per square kilometre +7.1%
1997 3.05 kg per square kilometre +8.4%
1998 2.63 kg per square kilometre -13.6%
1999 2.75 kg per square kilometre +4.4%
2000 2.95 kg per square kilometre +7.3%
2001 3.12 kg per square kilometre +5.7%
2002 3.45 kg per square kilometre +10.8%
2003 3.5 kg per square kilometre +1.3%
2004 3.64 kg per square kilometre +4.0%
2005 3.75 kg per square kilometre +3.2%
2006 3.83 kg per square kilometre +2.0%
2007 4.01 kg per square kilometre +4.9%
2008 4.21 kg per square kilometre +4.9%
2009 4.49 kg per square kilometre +6.6%
2010 4.61 kg per square kilometre +2.7%
2011 4.48 kg per square kilometre -2.8%
2012 4.56 kg per square kilometre +1.7%
2013 4.68 kg per square kilometre +2.7%
2014 4.73 kg per square kilometre +1.0%
2015 4.98 kg per square kilometre +5.3%
2016 5.15 kg per square kilometre +3.2%
2017 5.89 kg per square kilometre +14.5%
2018 6.02 kg per square kilometre +2.2%
2019 6.13 kg per square kilometre +1.8%
2020 6.13 kg per square kilometre +0.1%
2021 6.19 kg per square kilometre +0.9%
2022 6.44 kg per square kilometre +4.1%
2023 6.55 kg per square kilometre +1.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.573 kg per square kilometre 0.4722 kg per square kilometre 0.686 kg per square kilometre 9
1970s 0.8629 kg per square kilometre 0.7348 kg per square kilometre 1.07 kg per square kilometre 10
1980s 1.64 kg per square kilometre 1.2 kg per square kilometre 2.19 kg per square kilometre 10
1990s 2.58 kg per square kilometre 2.25 kg per square kilometre 3.05 kg per square kilometre 10
2000s 3.69 kg per square kilometre 2.95 kg per square kilometre 4.49 kg per square kilometre 10
2010s 5.12 kg per square kilometre 4.48 kg per square kilometre 6.13 kg per square kilometre 10
2020s 6.33 kg per square kilometre 6.13 kg per square kilometre 6.55 kg per square kilometre 4

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 Mauritius 677.97 kg per square kilometre compare
  2. 2 Lebanon 488.08 kg per square kilometre compare
  3. 3 Barbados 420.57 kg per square kilometre compare
  4. 4 Trinidad and Tobago 347.92 kg per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in World?
Chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in World was 6.55 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 World?
The highest recorded value was 6.55 kg per square kilometre in 2023.
What is the lowest chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4722 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
How does World rank for chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
World ranks 1st out of 2 groups with data for 2023.
Is chickens, broilers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is up 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this World 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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Indicator
Chickens, broilers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per square kilometre
Unit
kg per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
170 places, 9,696 data points, 1961–2023
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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.