Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Australia
Australia: Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 1.68 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Australia is 1.68 kg per person, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Australia peaked at 2.04 kg per person in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.9447 kg per person, in 1964.
Australia ranks 51st of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.9645 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.9599 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 0.9471 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 0.9447 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 0.957 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 0.9447 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 0.965 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 0.9775 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 1.03 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 1.14 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 1971 | 1.18 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 1.44 kg per person | +21.2% |
| 1973 | 1.44 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 1.47 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 1.33 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 1976 | 1.36 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 1.36 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 1.32 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 1.34 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 1.47 kg per person | +9.4% |
| 1981 | 1.41 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 1.35 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 1.39 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 1.35 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 1.39 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 1.4 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 1.55 kg per person | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 1.76 kg per person | +13.8% |
| 1989 | 1.41 kg per person | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 1.55 kg per person | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 1.45 kg per person | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 1.51 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 1.65 kg per person | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 1.64 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 1.56 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 1.77 kg per person | +14.0% |
| 1997 | 1.87 kg per person | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 2.02 kg per person | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 2.04 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 1.88 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 1.94 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 1.77 kg per person | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 1.75 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 1.73 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 1.57 kg per person | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 1.94 kg per person | +23.7% |
| 2007 | 2.03 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 1.81 kg per person | -11.0% |
| 2009 | 1.85 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 1.6 kg per person | -13.5% |
| 2011 | 1.71 kg per person | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 1.85 kg per person | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 1.79 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 1.75 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 1.61 kg per person | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 1.59 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.64 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 1.68 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 1.83 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 1.65 kg per person | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 1.79 kg per person | +8.6% |
| 2022 | 1.73 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 1.68 kg per person | -3.2% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1.68 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.45 kg per person, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1.68 kg per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.09 kg per person, 1.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9652 kg per person | 0.9447 kg per person | 1.03 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.34 kg per person | 1.14 kg per person | 1.47 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.45 kg per person | 1.35 kg per person | 1.76 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.71 kg per person | 1.45 kg per person | 2.04 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.83 kg per person | 1.57 kg per person | 2.03 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7 kg per person | 1.59 kg per person | 1.85 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.71 kg per person | 1.65 kg per person | 1.79 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % 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 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Australia?
- Poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Australia was 1.68 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.04 kg per person in 1999.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9447 kg per person in 1964.
- How does Australia rank for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Australia ranks 51st out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (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.
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
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- Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (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.