Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Brazil
Brazil: Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 2.14 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in Brazil, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Brazil is 2.14 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Brazil peaked at 2.67 kg per square kilometre in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3898 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Brazil 75th out of 168 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Brazil, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3898 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.4118 kg per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 0.4369 kg per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 0.4654 kg per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 0.4857 kg per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 0.5117 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 0.5198 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 0.5441 kg per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 0.5685 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 0.5929 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 0.6335 kg per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1972 | 0.6578 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6903 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 0.7309 kg per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 0.8934 kg per square kilometre | +22.2% |
| 1976 | 0.9827 kg per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 0.9397 kg per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 1.09 kg per square kilometre | +15.6% |
| 1979 | 1.24 kg per square kilometre | +14.0% |
| 1980 | 0.9628 kg per square kilometre | -22.3% |
| 1981 | 0.9608 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 1.02 kg per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 0.9658 kg per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 1984 | 1.19 kg per square kilometre | +22.9% |
| 1985 | 1.28 kg per square kilometre | +8.2% |
| 1986 | 1.4 kg per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 1987 | 1.52 kg per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 1988 | 1.45 kg per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 1.46 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 1.51 kg per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 1.62 kg per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 1.62 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 1.64 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 1.69 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 1.53 kg per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 1996 | 1.45 kg per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 1.62 kg per square kilometre | +11.7% |
| 1998 | 1.62 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.71 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 1.79 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 1.83 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 1.87 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 1.89 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 1.91 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 1.95 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 2.1 kg per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 2.11 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 2.11 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.24 kg per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 2.31 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 2.36 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 2.44 kg per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 2.52 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 2.6 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 2.62 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 2.67 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.96 kg per square kilometre | -26.8% |
| 2018 | 1.99 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 2.01 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 2.05 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 2.06 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2.09 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 2.14 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 2.14 kg per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.11 kg per square kilometre, 1.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 2.14 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.6 kg per square kilometre, 47% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Brazil 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 | -26.8% | 2.67 kg per square kilometre | 1.96 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4815 kg per square kilometre | 0.3898 kg per square kilometre | 0.5685 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8446 kg per square kilometre | 0.5929 kg per square kilometre | 1.24 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.22 kg per square kilometre | 0.9608 kg per square kilometre | 1.52 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.6 kg per square kilometre | 1.45 kg per square kilometre | 1.71 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.98 kg per square kilometre | 1.79 kg per square kilometre | 2.24 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.35 kg per square kilometre | 1.96 kg per square kilometre | 2.67 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.08 kg per square kilometre | 2.05 kg per square kilometre | 2.14 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More environment data for Brazil
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 14.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.155 % 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 -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Brazil?
- Chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Brazil was 2.14 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 2.67 kg per square kilometre in 2016.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3898 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- Brazil ranks 75th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (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 that leaches (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 that leaches (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches 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 that leaches (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.