Chickens, layers: Manure left … left pasture square kilometre in Portugal
Portugal: Chickens, layers: Manure left … left pasture square kilometre was 1.01 kg per square kilometre in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square in Portugal, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 1.01 kg per square kilometre for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture (n content), per square in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.8% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture (n content), per square in Portugal peaked at 1.07 kg per square kilometre in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4412 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Portugal 128th out of 168 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Chickens, layers: Manure left … left pasture square kilometre in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4412 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.4412 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.4549 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 0.4549 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.4687 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 0.4687 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.4825 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 0.4825 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.4825 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.4825 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.4825 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.4825 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.4825 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.5239 kg per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 0.5514 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 0.5514 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.6204 kg per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6617 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 0.7169 kg per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 0.7169 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.7307 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7582 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 0.7169 kg per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 1984 | 0.648 kg per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 1985 | 0.8272 kg per square kilometre | +27.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8272 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.8509 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 0.8465 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.8272 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 0.8272 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.965 kg per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1992 | 0.965 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.9177 kg per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 0.7884 kg per square kilometre | -14.1% |
| 1995 | 0.6908 kg per square kilometre | -12.4% |
| 1996 | 0.6766 kg per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.6531 kg per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 0.65 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.6883 kg per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6707 kg per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.687 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.6484 kg per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 0.7297 kg per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 0.7307 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.7309 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.7585 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8274 kg per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8481 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8484 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8952 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8443 kg per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8539 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8607 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.8951 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9028 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8148 kg per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 1.07 kg per square kilometre | +31.8% |
| 2020 | 1.01 kg per square kilometre | -5.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure left … left pasture square kilometre 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 | +31.8% | 0.8148 kg per square kilometre | 1.07 kg per square kilometre |
| 1985 | +27.7% | 0.648 kg per square kilometre | 0.8272 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4641 kg per square kilometre | 0.4412 kg per square kilometre | 0.4825 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5556 kg per square kilometre | 0.4825 kg per square kilometre | 0.7169 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.775 kg per square kilometre | 0.648 kg per square kilometre | 0.8509 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7822 kg per square kilometre | 0.65 kg per square kilometre | 0.965 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.748 kg per square kilometre | 0.6484 kg per square kilometre | 0.8484 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8926 kg per square kilometre | 0.8148 kg per square kilometre | 1.07 kg per square kilometre | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.01 kg per square kilometre | 1.01 kg per square kilometre | 1.01 kg per square kilometre | 1 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 125 French Polynesia 1.13 kg per square kilometre compare
- 126 Austria 1.13 kg per square kilometre compare
- 127 Slovenia 1.1 kg per square kilometre compare
- 129 Romania 0.9023 kg per square kilometre compare
- 130 Poland 0.8625 kg per square kilometre compare
- 131 Equatorial Guinea 0.8401 kg per square kilometre compare
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 left on pasture (n content), per square in Portugal?
- Chickens, layers — manure left on pasture (n content), per square in Portugal was 1.01 kg per square kilometre in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture (n content), per square recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 kg per square kilometre in 2017.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture (n content), per square recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4412 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture (n content), per square?
- Portugal ranks 128th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture (n content), per square rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. 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 left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture (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 — Manure left on pasture (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture 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 — Manure left on pasture (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.