Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Malawi
Malawi: Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.3836 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Malawi, 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 Malawi is 0.3836 kg per person, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Malawi peaked at 0.709 kg per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.3392 kg per person, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 142nd of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3392 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.3547 kg per person | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 0.3692 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 0.3715 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 0.3845 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 0.3967 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 0.4079 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 0.4081 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 0.6669 kg per person | +63.4% |
| 1970 | 0.709 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 0.6346 kg per person | -10.5% |
| 1972 | 0.6463 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6565 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.6565 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.6554 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.6449 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.6292 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 0.6274 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.6196 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.6177 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 0.6078 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 0.5975 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.5871 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.5769 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.5669 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.5107 kg per person | -9.9% |
| 1987 | 0.4978 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.4963 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.495 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.4985 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.5036 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.4482 kg per person | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 0.5022 kg per person | +12.0% |
| 1994 | 0.5302 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 0.5505 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 0.5598 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.5564 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.5545 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.5515 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.5379 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.5263 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.5143 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.4967 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.4895 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.5026 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.477 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 0.4673 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4598 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4521 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.4474 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4475 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4475 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4449 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4511 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.4351 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.4283 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.423 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4177 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.413 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.4085 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.3921 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3879 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.3836 kg per person | -1.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.3836 kg per person is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.3842 kg per person, 100% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.3836 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.506 kg per person, 76% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Malawi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +63.4% | 0.4081 kg per person | 0.6669 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.411 kg per person | 0.3392 kg per person | 0.6669 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6479 kg per person | 0.6196 kg per person | 0.709 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5554 kg per person | 0.495 kg per person | 0.6177 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5255 kg per person | 0.4482 kg per person | 0.5598 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4923 kg per person | 0.4521 kg per person | 0.5379 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4356 kg per person | 0.413 kg per person | 0.4511 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.393 kg per person | 0.3836 kg per person | 0.4085 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More environment data for Malawi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.65 % 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 5.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Malawi?
- Poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Malawi was 0.3836 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.709 kg per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3392 kg per person in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Malawi ranks 142nd out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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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How this figure is calculated
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
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure 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
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.