Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Australia
Australia: Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches was 0.0971 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Australia is 0.0971 kg per person, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Australia peaked at 0.2396 kg per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.0835 kg per person, in 2010.
Australia ranks 60th 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: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2079 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.2058 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1947 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 0.193 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 0.2037 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 0.2012 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 0.2066 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 0.217 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 0.2184 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 0.2396 kg per person | +9.7% |
| 1971 | 0.2279 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 0.1977 kg per person | -13.2% |
| 1973 | 0.1826 kg per person | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 0.1947 kg per person | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 0.1852 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 0.1777 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 0.1765 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.1722 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 0.1749 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.1584 kg per person | -9.4% |
| 1981 | 0.1595 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.1541 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1582 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.1416 kg per person | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 0.134 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1336 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.1302 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.1277 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.123 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1202 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 0.1112 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0963 kg per person | -13.4% |
| 1993 | 0.1117 kg per person | +16.0% |
| 1994 | 0.1159 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0971 kg per person | -16.2% |
| 1996 | 0.1154 kg per person | +18.9% |
| 1997 | 0.1196 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 0.1183 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.1159 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.099 kg per person | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 0.1161 kg per person | +17.3% |
| 2002 | 0.1034 kg per person | -11.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1027 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0996 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.1024 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.1222 kg per person | +19.3% |
| 2007 | 0.1149 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 0.1089 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0911 kg per person | -16.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0835 kg per person | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 0.092 kg per person | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0923 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0991 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 0.1024 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 0.1152 kg per person | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 0.1013 kg per person | -12.1% |
| 2017 | 0.1022 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.1013 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.1011 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0982 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.1026 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0998 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0971 kg per person | -2.7% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.0971 kg per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.1025 kg per person, 95% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.0971 kg per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0971 kg per person, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2054 kg per person | 0.193 kg per person | 0.2184 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1929 kg per person | 0.1722 kg per person | 0.2396 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.142 kg per person | 0.123 kg per person | 0.1595 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1122 kg per person | 0.0963 kg per person | 0.1202 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.106 kg per person | 0.0911 kg per person | 0.1222 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.099 kg per person | 0.0835 kg per person | 0.1152 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0994 kg per person | 0.0971 kg per person | 0.1026 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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 — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Australia?
- Chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Australia was 0.0971 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2396 kg per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0835 kg per person in 2010.
- How does Australia rank for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Australia ranks 60th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) 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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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 that leaches (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 that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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.