Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Greece
Greece: Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 0.2307 kg per square kilometre in 2018. ▼ Falling
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in Greece, 1961–2018
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.2307 kg per square kilometre for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Greece peaked at 0.5285 kg per square kilometre in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0.2252 kg per square kilometre, in 2016.
That places Greece 134th out of 168 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 58 years of available data.
Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2877 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.2936 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 0.3229 kg per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 0.3083 kg per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 0.367 kg per square kilometre | +19.0% |
| 1966 | 0.3817 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 0.3817 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.3817 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.4404 kg per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 1970 | 0.4404 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.4551 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 0.4551 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.4551 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.4551 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.4551 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.4697 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4609 kg per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.4609 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.4697 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 0.4844 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 0.4991 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 0.5138 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 0.5138 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5285 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.505 kg per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 0.4991 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.4991 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.4991 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.4991 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.5048 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.3518 kg per square kilometre | -30.3% |
| 1992 | 0.3578 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.463 kg per square kilometre | +29.4% |
| 1994 | 0.4543 kg per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.4543 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.431 kg per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 0.4257 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.4273 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.4248 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.4347 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.4468 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4322 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.4176 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.4176 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4058 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.3752 kg per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3823 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3645 kg per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3518 kg per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 0.3274 kg per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 0.2936 kg per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 0.3141 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3039 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.2804 kg per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2334 kg per square kilometre | -16.8% |
| 2016 | 0.2252 kg per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.2285 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2307 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.2307 kg per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.4362 kg per square kilometre, 53% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.2307 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2707 kg per square kilometre, 85% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Greece 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -30.3% | 0.5048 kg per square kilometre | 0.3518 kg per square kilometre |
| 1993 | +29.4% | 0.3578 kg per square kilometre | 0.463 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3517 kg per square kilometre | 0.2877 kg per square kilometre | 0.4404 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4577 kg per square kilometre | 0.4404 kg per square kilometre | 0.4697 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5041 kg per square kilometre | 0.4844 kg per square kilometre | 0.5285 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4295 kg per square kilometre | 0.3518 kg per square kilometre | 0.5048 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4029 kg per square kilometre | 0.3518 kg per square kilometre | 0.4468 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2708 kg per square kilometre | 0.2252 kg per square kilometre | 0.3274 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 131 Equatorial Guinea 0.252 kg per square kilometre compare
- 132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2444 kg per square kilometre compare
- 133 Luxembourg 0.2332 kg per square kilometre compare
- 135 Montenegro 0.2279 kg per square kilometre compare
- 136 Lithuania 0.2263 kg per square kilometre compare
- 137 Ireland 0.2241 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Greece
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.43 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.28 % 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 -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Greece?
- Chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Greece was 0.2307 kg per square kilometre in 2018, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5285 kg per square kilometre in 1984.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2252 kg per square kilometre in 2016.
- How does Greece rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- Greece ranks 134th out of 168 countries with data for 2018.
- Is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.