Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 2.78 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in Nicaragua, 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 Nicaragua is 2.78 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Nicaragua peaked at 3.1 kg per square kilometre in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5838 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Nicaragua ranks 69th of 168 countries on this measure, 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 Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.5838 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.6069 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 0.6318 kg per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 0.6572 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 0.6837 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 0.7119 kg per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 0.7406 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 0.7705 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 0.8021 kg per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 0.8072 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 0.8461 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 0.8743 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 0.9014 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 1 kg per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1975 | 1.33 kg per square kilometre | +32.6% |
| 1976 | 1.6 kg per square kilometre | +20.3% |
| 1977 | 1.39 kg per square kilometre | -13.4% |
| 1978 | 1.89 kg per square kilometre | +36.2% |
| 1979 | 1.64 kg per square kilometre | -13.4% |
| 1980 | 1.66 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 1.58 kg per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 1.69 kg per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 1.75 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 1.75 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1.75 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1.75 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1.75 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1.69 kg per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 1.58 kg per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 1.58 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1.64 kg per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 1.64 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.66 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 1.69 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 1.69 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.81 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 1.81 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1.89 kg per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 1.18 kg per square kilometre | -37.3% |
| 2000 | 1.38 kg per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 1.41 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 1.55 kg per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 1.55 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.55 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.41 kg per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 1.47 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 1.49 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 1.51 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 1.62 kg per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 1.69 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 1.81 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 1.92 kg per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 2.14 kg per square kilometre | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 2.26 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 2.42 kg per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 3.1 kg per square kilometre | +28.0% |
| 2017 | 2.71 kg per square kilometre | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 2.57 kg per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 2.6 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 2.66 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 2.7 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 2.74 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 2.78 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 2.78 kg per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.83 kg per square kilometre, 73% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 2.78 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.6 kg per square kilometre, 60% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Nicaragua 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | -37.3% | 1.89 kg per square kilometre | 1.18 kg per square kilometre |
| 1978 | +36.2% | 1.39 kg per square kilometre | 1.89 kg per square kilometre |
| 1975 | +32.6% | 1 kg per square kilometre | 1.33 kg per square kilometre |
| 2016 | +28.0% | 2.42 kg per square kilometre | 3.1 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6876 kg per square kilometre | 0.5838 kg per square kilometre | 0.8021 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.23 kg per square kilometre | 0.8072 kg per square kilometre | 1.89 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.7 kg per square kilometre | 1.58 kg per square kilometre | 1.75 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.66 kg per square kilometre | 1.18 kg per square kilometre | 1.89 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.49 kg per square kilometre | 1.38 kg per square kilometre | 1.62 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.32 kg per square kilometre | 1.69 kg per square kilometre | 3.1 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.72 kg per square kilometre | 2.66 kg per square kilometre | 2.78 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More environment data for Nicaragua
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Standard Deviation 0.243 °C (2024)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.04 % 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 -0.0474 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Nicaragua?
- Chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Nicaragua was 2.78 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 Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1 kg per square kilometre in 2016.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5838 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- Nicaragua ranks 69th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.