Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches in Portugal
Portugal: Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches was 0.132 kg per person in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Portugal, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 0.132 kg per person for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) 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 — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Portugal peaked at 0.1401 kg per person in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0658 kg per person, in 1962.
That places Portugal 39th out of 168 countries with data for 2020, putting it 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 … applied capita leaches in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0663 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0658 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0676 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0676 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0699 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0704 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0729 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0733 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0739 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0746 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0749 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.075 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.075 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0803 kg per person | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0814 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0791 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.088 kg per person | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0929 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0996 kg per person | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0985 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0995 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.1026 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0966 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 0.087 kg per person | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 0.1107 kg per person | +27.3% |
| 1986 | 0.1106 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.1138 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 0.1133 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.1109 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.1112 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.13 kg per person | +16.9% |
| 1992 | 0.1301 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.1236 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 0.1059 kg per person | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0924 kg per person | -12.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0902 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0867 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0858 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0904 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0874 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0889 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0835 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0936 kg per person | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0935 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0933 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0967 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.1053 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 0.1077 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1078 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.1137 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 0.1074 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.1091 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.1105 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.1156 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 0.1171 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.106 kg per person | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 0.1401 kg per person | +32.1% |
| 2020 | 0.132 kg per person | -5.7% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 0.132 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1025 kg per person, 1.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 0.132 kg per person is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1458 kg per person, 91% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure applied to soils … applied capita leaches 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% | 0.106 kg per person | 0.1401 kg per person |
| 1985 | +27.3% | 0.087 kg per person | 0.1107 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0697 kg per person | 0.0658 kg per person | 0.0739 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0821 kg per person | 0.0746 kg per person | 0.0996 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1044 kg per person | 0.087 kg per person | 0.1138 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1046 kg per person | 0.0858 kg per person | 0.1301 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0958 kg per person | 0.0835 kg per person | 0.1078 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1149 kg per person | 0.106 kg per person | 0.1401 kg per person | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.132 kg per person | 0.132 kg per person | 0.132 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 that leaches (n content) in Portugal?
- Chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Portugal was 0.132 kg per person in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1401 kg per person in 2017.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0658 kg per person in 1962.
- How does Portugal rank for chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Portugal ranks 39th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens, layers — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) 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 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)
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 — 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.