Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Portugal
Portugal: Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita was 0.4401 kg per person in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Portugal, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 0.4401 kg per person for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in 2020.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Portugal peaked at 0.4669 kg per person in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2194 kg per person, in 1962.
Portugal ranks 39th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2209 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.2194 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 0.2253 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 0.2252 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 0.2329 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 0.2347 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.2432 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 0.2442 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.2464 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.2486 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 0.2496 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.25 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.25 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.2676 kg per person | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2712 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.2636 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.2934 kg per person | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 0.3096 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 0.3318 kg per person | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 0.3283 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.3317 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.3421 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.322 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 0.2899 kg per person | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 0.369 kg per person | +27.3% |
| 1986 | 0.3687 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.3794 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 0.3778 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.3697 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.3705 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.4333 kg per person | +16.9% |
| 1992 | 0.4336 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.4119 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 0.3529 kg per person | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 0.3081 kg per person | -12.7% |
| 1996 | 0.3007 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.2889 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 0.2861 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.3013 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 0.2915 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.2965 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.2783 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 0.312 kg per person | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3117 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.3111 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3223 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3509 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3591 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.3594 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.379 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 0.358 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3635 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.3685 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3853 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3902 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3533 kg per person | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4669 kg per person | +32.1% |
| 2020 | 0.4401 kg per person | -5.7% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 0.4401 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3417 kg per person, 1.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 0.4401 kg per person is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4859 kg per person, 91% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (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% | 0.3533 kg per person | 0.4669 kg per person |
| 1985 | +27.3% | 0.2899 kg per person | 0.369 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2325 kg per person | 0.2194 kg per person | 0.2464 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2735 kg per person | 0.2486 kg per person | 0.3318 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3479 kg per person | 0.2899 kg per person | 0.3794 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3487 kg per person | 0.2861 kg per person | 0.4336 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3193 kg per person | 0.2783 kg per person | 0.3594 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3831 kg per person | 0.3533 kg per person | 0.4669 kg per person | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.4401 kg per person | 0.4401 kg per person | 0.4401 kg per person | 1 |
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More environment data for Portugal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6043 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5127 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.44 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.29 % 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 0.1607 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Portugal?
- Chickens, layers — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita in Portugal was 0.4401 kg per person in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4669 kg per person in 2017.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2194 kg per person in 1962.
- How does Portugal rank for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils (n content), per capita?
- Portugal ranks 39th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens, layers — manure applied to soils (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 — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (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 — Manure applied to soils (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils 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 — Manure applied to soils (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.