Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Australia
Australia: Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.3338 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Australia is 0.3338 kg per person, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Australia peaked at 0.8234 kg per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.2869 kg per person, in 2010.
Australia ranks 87th of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.7143 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.7072 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 0.6691 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 0.6634 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 0.7002 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 0.6913 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 0.71 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 0.7458 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 0.7506 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 0.8234 kg per person | +9.7% |
| 1971 | 0.783 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 0.6793 kg per person | -13.2% |
| 1973 | 0.6273 kg per person | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6691 kg per person | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 0.6363 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 0.6106 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 0.6067 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.5918 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 0.6009 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.5444 kg per person | -9.4% |
| 1981 | 0.5483 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.5297 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 0.5436 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.4867 kg per person | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 0.4606 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 0.459 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.4474 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.4387 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.4227 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 0.4131 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 0.382 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 0.3309 kg per person | -13.4% |
| 1993 | 0.3839 kg per person | +16.0% |
| 1994 | 0.3983 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.3336 kg per person | -16.2% |
| 1996 | 0.3965 kg per person | +18.9% |
| 1997 | 0.4111 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 0.4064 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.3984 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3402 kg per person | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 0.399 kg per person | +17.3% |
| 2002 | 0.3553 kg per person | -11.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3528 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3424 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.3518 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4198 kg per person | +19.3% |
| 2007 | 0.395 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3742 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 0.313 kg per person | -16.3% |
| 2010 | 0.2869 kg per person | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3162 kg per person | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 0.3171 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3405 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3519 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3959 kg per person | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 0.348 kg per person | -12.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3511 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.3481 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.3474 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3376 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.3526 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 0.343 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.3338 kg per person | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7058 kg per person | 0.6634 kg per person | 0.7506 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6628 kg per person | 0.5918 kg per person | 0.8234 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4881 kg per person | 0.4227 kg per person | 0.5483 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3854 kg per person | 0.3309 kg per person | 0.4131 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3644 kg per person | 0.313 kg per person | 0.4198 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3403 kg per person | 0.2869 kg per person | 0.3959 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3417 kg per person | 0.3338 kg per person | 0.3526 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 84 Costa Rica 0.35 kg per person compare
- 85 Chile 0.344 kg per person compare
- 86 Lebanon 0.3384 kg per person compare
- 88 Sierra Leone 0.3206 kg per person compare
- 89 Cyprus 0.3144 kg per person compare
- 90 South Africa 0.3087 kg per person compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
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- 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, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Australia?
- Chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Australia was 0.3338 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8234 kg per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2869 kg per person in 2010.
- How does Australia rank for chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Australia ranks 87th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
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- Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.