Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 9.9 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) in Saint Lucia, 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 Saint Lucia is 9.9 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 50.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Saint Lucia peaked at 16.69 kg per square kilometre in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4.67 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Saint Lucia ranks 34th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.67 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 4.79 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 4.9 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 5.01 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 5.12 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 5.23 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 5.34 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 5.45 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 5.56 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 5.79 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 5.9 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 6.01 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 6.12 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 6.23 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 6.34 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 6.45 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 6.57 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 6.68 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 6.79 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 6.9 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 7.01 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 7.01 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7.23 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 7.34 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 7.34 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7.46 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 7.57 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 7.68 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 7.23 kg per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 7.57 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 7.68 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 7.79 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 7.79 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 7.9 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 8.01 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 7.79 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 5.9 kg per square kilometre | -24.3% |
| 1998 | 7.79 kg per square kilometre | +32.1% |
| 1999 | 7.79 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 7.79 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 7.79 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5.56 kg per square kilometre | -28.6% |
| 2003 | 8.9 kg per square kilometre | +60.0% |
| 2004 | 12.24 kg per square kilometre | +37.5% |
| 2005 | 16.36 kg per square kilometre | +33.6% |
| 2006 | 15.58 kg per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 10.57 kg per square kilometre | -32.1% |
| 2008 | 16.69 kg per square kilometre | +57.9% |
| 2009 | 10.13 kg per square kilometre | -39.3% |
| 2010 | 10.24 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 10.24 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7.01 kg per square kilometre | -31.5% |
| 2013 | 6.57 kg per square kilometre | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 7.79 kg per square kilometre | +18.6% |
| 2015 | 10.02 kg per square kilometre | +28.6% |
| 2016 | 8.12 kg per square kilometre | -18.9% |
| 2017 | 7.57 kg per square kilometre | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 9.35 kg per square kilometre | +23.5% |
| 2019 | 9.46 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 6.34 kg per square kilometre | -32.9% |
| 2021 | 9.9 kg per square kilometre | +56.1% |
| 2022 | 10.02 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 9.9 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 9.9 kg per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.11 kg per square kilometre, 4.7× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 9.9 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.6 kg per square kilometre, 2.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Saint Lucia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +60.0% | 5.56 kg per square kilometre | 8.9 kg per square kilometre |
| 2008 | +57.9% | 10.57 kg per square kilometre | 16.69 kg per square kilometre |
| 2021 | +56.1% | 6.34 kg per square kilometre | 9.9 kg per square kilometre |
| 2009 | -39.3% | 16.69 kg per square kilometre | 10.13 kg per square kilometre |
| 2004 | +37.5% | 8.9 kg per square kilometre | 12.24 kg per square kilometre |
| 2020 | -32.9% | 9.46 kg per square kilometre | 6.34 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.12 kg per square kilometre | 4.67 kg per square kilometre | 5.56 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.29 kg per square kilometre | 5.79 kg per square kilometre | 6.79 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.28 kg per square kilometre | 6.9 kg per square kilometre | 7.68 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.6 kg per square kilometre | 5.9 kg per square kilometre | 8.01 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.16 kg per square kilometre | 5.56 kg per square kilometre | 16.69 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.64 kg per square kilometre | 6.57 kg per square kilometre | 10.24 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.04 kg per square kilometre | 6.34 kg per square kilometre | 10.02 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More environment data for Saint Lucia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.19 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.15 % 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 -0.4464 % 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 Saint Lucia?
- Chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) in Saint Lucia was 9.9 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 Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.69 kg per square kilometre in 2008.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.67 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content)?
- Saint Lucia ranks 34th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens, layers — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.