Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Portugal
Portugal: Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises was 0.3759 kg per person in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per in Portugal, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Portugal is 0.3759 kg per person, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 58 years on record.
That represents a change of up 27.3% on the previous year and up 51.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Portugal peaked at 0.3759 kg per person in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0861 kg per person, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 15th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0861 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0886 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 0.092 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0959 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 0.1 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 0.1131 kg per person | +13.1% |
| 1967 | 0.1186 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 0.1218 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 0.1264 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 0.1319 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 0.137 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 0.1416 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 0.1457 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 0.1491 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 0.1481 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.1448 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 0.1558 kg per person | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 0.1543 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.16 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 0.1655 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 0.1574 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 0.1504 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 1983 | 0.1552 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 0.1308 kg per person | -15.7% |
| 1985 | 0.1337 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.1512 kg per person | +13.1% |
| 1987 | 0.1592 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 0.1662 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 0.1587 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 0.1732 kg per person | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 0.186 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 0.1942 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 0.2005 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 0.204 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.2088 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.217 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 0.2245 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 0.2325 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.2414 kg per person | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 0.2474 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.2539 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.2611 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 0.2649 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.2682 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.2698 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2705 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.2703 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2658 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2581 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.2477 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2325 kg per person | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 0.2213 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 0.2126 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2259 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2424 kg per person | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 0.259 kg per person | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 0.2952 kg per person | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3759 kg per person | +27.3% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 0.3759 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.225 kg per person, 1.7× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 0.3759 kg per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2109 kg per person, 1.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +27.3% | 0.2952 kg per person | 0.3759 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1047 kg per person | 0.0861 kg per person | 0.1264 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1468 kg per person | 0.1319 kg per person | 0.16 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1528 kg per person | 0.1308 kg per person | 0.1662 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2082 kg per person | 0.1732 kg per person | 0.2414 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.263 kg per person | 0.2474 kg per person | 0.2705 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2421 kg per person | 0.2126 kg per person | 0.2952 kg per person | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.3759 kg per person | 0.3759 kg per person | 0.3759 kg per person | 1 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
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- 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 — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Portugal?
- Chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Portugal was 0.3759 kg per person in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3759 kg per person in 2020.
- What is the lowest chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0861 kg per person in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per?
- Portugal ranks 15th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.7%. 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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.