Chickens, layers: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Belgium
Belgium: Chickens, layers: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square was 336.09 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Belgium, 2000–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Belgium stood at 336.09 kg per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 45.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Belgium peaked at 336.09 kg per square kilometre in 2022 and was at its lowest, 231.12 kg per square kilometre, in 2013.
Belgium ranks 7th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Chickens, layers: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 316.72 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 2001 | 296.78 kg per square kilometre | -6.3% |
| 2002 | 292.73 kg per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 269.61 kg per square kilometre | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 279.56 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 274.78 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 257.77 kg per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 247.56 kg per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 238.98 kg per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 245.94 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 241.1 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 255.59 kg per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 249.19 kg per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 231.12 kg per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 247.31 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 277.55 kg per square kilometre | +12.2% |
| 2016 | 308.74 kg per square kilometre | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 276.01 kg per square kilometre | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 313.2 kg per square kilometre | +13.5% |
| 2019 | 314.04 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 334.39 kg per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 335.94 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 336.09 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 336.09 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 272.04 kg per square kilometre | 238.98 kg per square kilometre | 316.72 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 271.38 kg per square kilometre | 231.12 kg per square kilometre | 314.04 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 335.62 kg per square kilometre | 334.39 kg per square kilometre | 336.09 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Belgium?
- Chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Belgium was 336.09 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 336.09 kg per square kilometre in 2022.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 231.12 kg per square kilometre in 2013.
- How does Belgium rank for chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- Belgium ranks 7th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure (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, layers — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Amount excreted in manure 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, layers — Amount excreted in manure (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.