Chickens: Manure management (manure treated, N content) … square in Malta
Malta: Chickens: Manure management (manure treated, N content) … square was 1,258 kg per square kilometre in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per square in Malta, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Malta recorded 1,258 kg per square kilometre for chickens — manure management (manure treated, n content), per square in 2020.
That represents a change of down 9.7% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — manure management (manure treated, n content), per square in Malta peaked at 2,157 kg per square kilometre in 1979 and was at its lowest, 714.77 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Malta ranks 3rd 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 management (manure treated, N content) … square in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 714.77 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 763.58 kg per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1963 | 783.34 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 874.54 kg per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1965 | 1,046 kg per square kilometre | +19.6% |
| 1966 | 781.65 kg per square kilometre | -25.3% |
| 1967 | 863.46 kg per square kilometre | +10.5% |
| 1968 | 1,452 kg per square kilometre | +68.2% |
| 1969 | 1,460 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 1,561 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 1,849 kg per square kilometre | +18.4% |
| 1972 | 1,646 kg per square kilometre | -10.9% |
| 1973 | 1,613 kg per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 1,325 kg per square kilometre | -17.8% |
| 1975 | 1,390 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 1,577 kg per square kilometre | +13.4% |
| 1977 | 1,739 kg per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 1978 | 1,787 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 2,157 kg per square kilometre | +20.7% |
| 1980 | 1,707 kg per square kilometre | -20.9% |
| 1981 | 2,110 kg per square kilometre | +23.6% |
| 1982 | 1,855 kg per square kilometre | -12.1% |
| 1983 | 1,655 kg per square kilometre | -10.8% |
| 1984 | 1,602 kg per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 1,602 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,602 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,491 kg per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 1,491 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,434 kg per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 1,436 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 1,277 kg per square kilometre | -11.0% |
| 1992 | 1,277 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,278 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,278 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,322 kg per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 1,303 kg per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 1,308 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,177 kg per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 1,303 kg per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 1,279 kg per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 2,035 kg per square kilometre | +59.1% |
| 2002 | 1,437 kg per square kilometre | -29.4% |
| 2003 | 1,896 kg per square kilometre | +32.0% |
| 2004 | 1,519 kg per square kilometre | -19.9% |
| 2005 | 1,621 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 1,575 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 1,697 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 1,772 kg per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 1,506 kg per square kilometre | -15.0% |
| 2010 | 1,322 kg per square kilometre | -12.2% |
| 2011 | 1,249 kg per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 1,310 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 1,247 kg per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 1,339 kg per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 1,376 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 1,370 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,393 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 1,258 kg per square kilometre | -9.7% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 1,258 kg per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 94.19 kg per square kilometre, 13.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malta's 1,258 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 45.84 kg per square kilometre, 27.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens: Manure management (manure treated, N content) … square in Malta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +68.2% | 863.46 kg per square kilometre | 1,452 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 971.04 kg per square kilometre | 714.77 kg per square kilometre | 1,460 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,664 kg per square kilometre | 1,325 kg per square kilometre | 2,157 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,655 kg per square kilometre | 1,434 kg per square kilometre | 2,110 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,296 kg per square kilometre | 1,177 kg per square kilometre | 1,436 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,634 kg per square kilometre | 1,279 kg per square kilometre | 2,035 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,326 kg per square kilometre | 1,247 kg per square kilometre | 1,393 kg per square kilometre | 8 |
| 2020s | 1,258 kg per square kilometre | 1,258 kg per square kilometre | 1,258 kg per square kilometre | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 1 Barbados 2,699 kg per square kilometre compare
- 2 Trinidad and Tobago 1,689 kg per square kilometre compare
- 4 Singapore 1,190 kg per square kilometre compare
- 5 Dominican Republic 1,077 kg per square kilometre compare
- 6 Tuvalu 740.74 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Malta
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.365 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.16 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8269 % 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 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — manure management (manure treated, n content), per square in Malta?
- Chickens — manure management (manure treated, n content), per square in Malta was 1,258 kg per square kilometre in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — manure management (manure treated, n content), per square recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 2,157 kg per square kilometre in 1979.
- What is the lowest chickens — manure management (manure treated, n content), per square recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 714.77 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Malta rank for chickens — manure management (manure treated, n content), per square?
- Malta ranks 3rd out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens — manure management (manure treated, n content), per square rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chickens — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens — Manure management (manure treated, 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 management (manure treated, N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens — Manure management 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 management (manure treated, 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.