Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in China
China: Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 1.29 kg per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in China, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in China stood at 1.29 kg per person. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in China peaked at 1.29 kg per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.286 kg per person, in 1981.
China ranks 5th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in China, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3195 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.3276 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 0.3096 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 0.3121 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 0.3103 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 0.3144 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 0.3118 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 0.3119 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 0.3115 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 0.2979 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 0.3052 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 0.2983 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 0.293 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.2959 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.2938 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.2954 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.2983 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.2979 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.3015 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.3033 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.286 kg per person | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 0.2892 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.3018 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 0.3093 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 0.3375 kg per person | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 0.3309 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.3316 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.3503 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 0.3485 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.3674 kg per person | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 0.3758 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 0.39 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 0.4226 kg per person | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 0.5448 kg per person | +28.9% |
| 1995 | 0.6072 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 0.6765 kg per person | +11.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7147 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 0.7522 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 0.7894 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8238 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8302 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8551 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8512 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8875 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9234 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9473 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9755 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 1.01 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 1.03 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 1.03 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 1.03 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.06 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 1.06 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.08 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.13 kg per person | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 1.16 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 1.13 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 1.14 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.2 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 1.26 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 1.23 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.25 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 1.29 kg per person | +2.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +28.9% | 0.4226 kg per person | 0.5448 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3143 kg per person | 0.3096 kg per person | 0.3276 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2977 kg per person | 0.293 kg per person | 0.3052 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3188 kg per person | 0.286 kg per person | 0.3503 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5641 kg per person | 0.3674 kg per person | 0.7894 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9132 kg per person | 0.8238 kg per person | 1.03 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1 kg per person | 1.03 kg per person | 1.2 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.26 kg per person | 1.23 kg per person | 1.29 kg per person | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in China?
- Chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in China was 1.29 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.29 kg per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.286 kg per person in 1981.
- How does China rank for chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- China ranks 5th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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.
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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.