Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Portugal
Portugal: Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.4503 kg per person in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Portugal, 1961–2020
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 Portugal is 0.4503 kg per person, measured in 2020.
The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Portugal peaked at 0.4776 kg per person in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2244 kg per person, in 1962.
Portugal ranks 71st 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, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.226 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.2244 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 0.2305 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 0.2304 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 0.2383 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 0.2401 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.2487 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 0.2498 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.2521 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.2543 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 0.2554 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.2558 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.2557 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.2738 kg per person | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2774 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.2697 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.3002 kg per person | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 0.3167 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 0.3395 kg per person | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 0.3358 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.3393 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.35 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.3294 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 0.2965 kg per person | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 0.3775 kg per person | +27.3% |
| 1986 | 0.3772 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.3881 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 0.3865 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.3782 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.3791 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.4433 kg per person | +16.9% |
| 1992 | 0.4436 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.4214 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 0.361 kg per person | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 0.3152 kg per person | -12.7% |
| 1996 | 0.3076 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.2955 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 0.2927 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.3082 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 0.2982 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3033 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.2847 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3192 kg per person | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3189 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.3183 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3297 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3589 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3674 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.3676 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3877 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 0.3662 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3719 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.377 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3942 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3992 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3614 kg per person | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4776 kg per person | +32.1% |
| 2020 | 0.4503 kg per person | -5.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +32.1% | 0.3614 kg per person | 0.4776 kg per person |
| 1985 | +27.3% | 0.2965 kg per person | 0.3775 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2378 kg per person | 0.2244 kg per person | 0.2521 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2798 kg per person | 0.2543 kg per person | 0.3395 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3559 kg per person | 0.2965 kg per person | 0.3881 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3568 kg per person | 0.2927 kg per person | 0.4436 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3266 kg per person | 0.2847 kg per person | 0.3676 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3919 kg per person | 0.3614 kg per person | 0.4776 kg per person | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.4503 kg per person | 0.4503 kg per person | 0.4503 kg per person | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Portugal?
- Chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Portugal was 0.4503 kg per person in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4776 kg per person in 2017.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2244 kg per person in 1962.
- How does Portugal rank for chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Portugal ranks 71st out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. 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, 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.