Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Switzerland
Switzerland: Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 0.6767 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Switzerland, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Switzerland stood at 0.6767 kg per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Switzerland peaked at 0.6769 kg per person in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4212 kg per person, in 1992.
That places Switzerland 114th out of 168 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.5762 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.548 kg per person | -4.9% |
| 1963 | 0.5326 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 0.5279 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 0.5567 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 0.5652 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 0.5577 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 0.5247 kg per person | -5.9% |
| 1969 | 0.5244 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 0.5007 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 0.4949 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 0.5002 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.5389 kg per person | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 0.5214 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 0.4937 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 0.4986 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.4918 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.5309 kg per person | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 0.5071 kg per person | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 0.492 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 0.4733 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 0.4692 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.4833 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.4576 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4403 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 0.442 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.4393 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.4799 kg per person | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 0.4409 kg per person | -8.1% |
| 1990 | 0.6067 kg per person | +37.6% |
| 1991 | 0.4364 kg per person | -28.1% |
| 1992 | 0.4212 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 0.4625 kg per person | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 0.4588 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.4322 kg per person | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 0.4489 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 0.458 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.4607 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.4647 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.4667 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.4489 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4688 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 0.4783 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4981 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 0.5067 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4744 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 0.4939 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 0.4932 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5013 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.511 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.5257 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.5434 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.5459 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5706 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5721 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5844 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6061 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.6147 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6244 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6593 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 0.6594 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6769 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.6767 kg per person | -0.0% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 0.6767 kg per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.45 kg per person, 47% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 0.6767 kg per person is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.35 kg per person, 50% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Switzerland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +37.6% | 0.4409 kg per person | 0.6067 kg per person |
| 1991 | -28.1% | 0.6067 kg per person | 0.4364 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5459 kg per person | 0.5244 kg per person | 0.5762 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5078 kg per person | 0.4918 kg per person | 0.5389 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4618 kg per person | 0.4393 kg per person | 0.492 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.465 kg per person | 0.4212 kg per person | 0.6067 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.483 kg per person | 0.4489 kg per person | 0.5067 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5698 kg per person | 0.511 kg per person | 0.6244 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6681 kg per person | 0.6593 kg per person | 0.6769 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More environment data for Switzerland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2925 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.4333 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.458 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.33 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 11.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2741 % 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 0.0914 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Switzerland?
- Poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Switzerland was 0.6767 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6769 kg per person in 2022.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4212 kg per person in 1992.
- How does Switzerland rank for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Switzerland ranks 114th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.
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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.