Chickens: Manure left on pasture … left square kilometre leaches in New Zealand
New Zealand: Chickens: Manure left on pasture … left square kilometre leaches was 0.3365 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 0.3365 kg per square kilometre for chickens — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in New Zealand peaked at 0.3423 kg per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0717 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 149th of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens: Manure left on pasture … left square kilometre leaches in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0717 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0756 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0737 kg per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0762 kg per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0827 kg per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0872 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0849 kg per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0887 kg per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0858 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0837 kg per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0849 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 0.079 kg per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 1973 | 0.1007 kg per square kilometre | +27.5% |
| 1974 | 0.1115 kg per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 1975 | 0.1182 kg per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1174 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1213 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 0.1147 kg per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 0.103 kg per square kilometre | -10.2% |
| 1980 | 0.1017 kg per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.1129 kg per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1161 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 0.1095 kg per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1125 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 0.1201 kg per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 0.1226 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.1232 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.1258 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.1276 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.1293 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.1355 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 0.1355 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.138 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.163 kg per square kilometre | +18.1% |
| 1995 | 0.1717 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 0.1631 kg per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1632 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.1637 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.1763 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 0.18 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.18 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2777 kg per square kilometre | +54.3% |
| 2003 | 0.2676 kg per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 0.2499 kg per square kilometre | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2562 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2312 kg per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 0.261 kg per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 0.2644 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.2433 kg per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2491 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2499 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.2556 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2552 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2714 kg per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 0.282 kg per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 0.3031 kg per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 0.3164 kg per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 0.3208 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3292 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.332 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3423 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 0.3289 kg per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.3365 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 0.3365 kg per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.14 kg per square kilometre, 30% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 0.3365 kg per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.71 kg per square kilometre, 20% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens: Manure left on pasture … left square kilometre leaches in New Zealand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +54.3% | 0.18 kg per square kilometre | 0.2777 kg per square kilometre |
| 1973 | +27.5% | 0.079 kg per square kilometre | 0.1007 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0807 kg per square kilometre | 0.0717 kg per square kilometre | 0.0887 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1034 kg per square kilometre | 0.079 kg per square kilometre | 0.1213 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1172 kg per square kilometre | 0.1017 kg per square kilometre | 0.1276 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1539 kg per square kilometre | 0.1293 kg per square kilometre | 0.1763 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2411 kg per square kilometre | 0.18 kg per square kilometre | 0.2777 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2833 kg per square kilometre | 0.2491 kg per square kilometre | 0.3292 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3349 kg per square kilometre | 0.3289 kg per square kilometre | 0.3423 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 146 Hungary 0.4078 kg per square kilometre compare
- 147 Ukraine 0.3758 kg per square kilometre compare
- 148 Czechia 0.3408 kg per square kilometre compare
- 150 Latvia 0.2942 kg per square kilometre compare
- 151 Luxembourg 0.2562 kg per square kilometre compare
- 152 Slovakia 0.2428 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for New Zealand
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2131 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0.1365 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.474 % 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 -0.9337 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in New Zealand?
- Chickens — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in New Zealand was 0.3365 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3423 kg per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest chickens — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0717 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for chickens — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per?
- New Zealand ranks 149th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens — 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 — 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 — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens — 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 — 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.