Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in China
China: Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches was 0.1717 kg per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in China, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in China stood at 0.1717 kg per person. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in China peaked at 0.1717 kg per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0382 kg per person, in 1981.
That places China 7th out of 168 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in China, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0427 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0437 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0413 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0417 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0414 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 0.042 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0416 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 0.0416 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0416 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0398 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0407 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0398 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0391 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0395 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0392 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0394 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0398 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0398 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0402 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0405 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0382 kg per person | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0386 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0403 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0413 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0451 kg per person | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0442 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0443 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0468 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0465 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.049 kg per person | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0502 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0521 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0564 kg per person | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0727 kg per person | +28.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0811 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0903 kg per person | +11.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0954 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 0.1004 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 0.1054 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 0.11 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 0.1108 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.1142 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1136 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.1185 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 0.1233 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1265 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.1302 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.135 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.137 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.1378 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.138 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.1411 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.1418 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.1435 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.1503 kg per person | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 0.155 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.1509 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.1519 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.1603 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 0.1676 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 0.1646 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.167 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.1717 kg per person | +2.9% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0.1717 kg per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0662 kg per person, 2.6× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- China's 0.1717 kg per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0054 kg per person, 31.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure left on pasture … left capita leaches in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +28.9% | 0.0564 kg per person | 0.0727 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.042 kg per person | 0.0413 kg per person | 0.0437 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0397 kg per person | 0.0391 kg per person | 0.0407 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0426 kg per person | 0.0382 kg per person | 0.0468 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0753 kg per person | 0.049 kg per person | 0.1054 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1219 kg per person | 0.11 kg per person | 0.137 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1471 kg per person | 0.1378 kg per person | 0.1603 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1677 kg per person | 0.1646 kg per person | 0.1717 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
More environment data for China
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 5.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8065 % 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 -0.2517 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in China?
- Chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in China was 0.1717 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1717 kg per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0382 kg per person in 1981.
- How does China rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- China ranks 7th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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 left on pasture that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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.