Chickens, layers: Manure management (manure treated, N) … capita in Portugal
Portugal: Chickens, layers: Manure management (manure treated, N) … capita was 0.4413 kg per person in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens, layers — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per in Portugal, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2020, chickens, layers — manure management (manure treated, n content), per in Portugal stood at 0.4413 kg per person.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens, layers — manure management (manure treated, n content), per in Portugal peaked at 0.4681 kg per person in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2199 kg per person, in 1962.
That places Portugal 39th out of 168 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Chickens, layers: Manure management (manure treated, N) … capita in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2215 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.2199 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 0.2259 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 0.2258 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 0.2335 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 0.2353 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.2438 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 0.2448 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.247 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.2492 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 0.2503 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.2507 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.2506 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.2683 kg per person | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2719 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.2643 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.2942 kg per person | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 0.3104 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 0.3327 kg per person | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 0.3291 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.3325 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.343 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.3228 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 0.2906 kg per person | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 0.37 kg per person | +27.3% |
| 1986 | 0.3697 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.3804 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 0.3788 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.3707 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.3715 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.4344 kg per person | +16.9% |
| 1992 | 0.4347 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.4129 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 0.3538 kg per person | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 0.3089 kg per person | -12.7% |
| 1996 | 0.3014 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.2896 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 0.2868 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.302 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 0.2922 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.2972 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.279 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3128 kg per person | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3125 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.3119 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3231 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3518 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 0.36 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.3603 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.38 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 0.3589 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3645 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.3694 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3863 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3912 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3542 kg per person | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4681 kg per person | +32.1% |
| 2020 | 0.4413 kg per person | -5.7% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 0.4413 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3417 kg per person, 1.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 0.4413 kg per person is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4871 kg per person, 91% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens, layers: Manure management (manure treated, N) … capita in Portugal 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 | +32.1% | 0.3542 kg per person | 0.4681 kg per person |
| 1985 | +27.3% | 0.2906 kg per person | 0.37 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2331 kg per person | 0.2199 kg per person | 0.247 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2742 kg per person | 0.2492 kg per person | 0.3327 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3487 kg per person | 0.2906 kg per person | 0.3804 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3496 kg per person | 0.2868 kg per person | 0.4347 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3201 kg per person | 0.279 kg per person | 0.3603 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3841 kg per person | 0.3542 kg per person | 0.4681 kg per person | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.4413 kg per person | 0.4413 kg per person | 0.4413 kg per person | 1 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More environment data for Portugal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6043 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5127 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.44 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.29 % 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 0.1607 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens, layers — manure management (manure treated, n content), per in Portugal?
- Chickens, layers — manure management (manure treated, n content), per in Portugal was 0.4413 kg per person in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens, layers — manure management (manure treated, n content), per recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4681 kg per person in 2017.
- What is the lowest chickens, layers — manure management (manure treated, n content), per recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2199 kg per person in 1962.
- How does Portugal rank for chickens, layers — manure management (manure treated, n content), per?
- Portugal ranks 39th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens, layers — manure management (manure treated, n content), per rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens, layers — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens, layers — Manure management (manure treated, 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 management (manure treated, N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens, layers — Manure management 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 management (manure treated, 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.