Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square was 10.2 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Afghanistan, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Afghanistan is 10.2 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Afghanistan peaked at 11.3 kg per square kilometre in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3.69 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Afghanistan 145th out of 168 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.69 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 3.91 kg per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 4.02 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 4.24 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 4.46 kg per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 4.71 kg per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 5.37 kg per square kilometre | +14.0% |
| 1968 | 5 kg per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 1969 | 5.12 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 4.82 kg per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 4.68 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 4.68 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4.77 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 4.77 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4.85 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 4.85 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4.93 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 4.88 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 5.01 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 5.01 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5.15 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 5.15 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5.21 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 5.26 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 5.32 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 5.37 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 5.32 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 5.26 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 5.21 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 5.18 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 5.1 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 5.03 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 4.95 kg per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 4.94 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 5.18 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 6.28 kg per square kilometre | +21.2% |
| 1997 | 6.31 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 6.13 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 5.81 kg per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 5.38 kg per square kilometre | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 5.4 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 9.54 kg per square kilometre | +76.7% |
| 2003 | 9.73 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 10.21 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 11.3 kg per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 2006 | 8.53 kg per square kilometre | -24.5% |
| 2007 | 7.24 kg per square kilometre | -15.2% |
| 2008 | 8.4 kg per square kilometre | +16.0% |
| 2009 | 8.01 kg per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 9.37 kg per square kilometre | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 10.02 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 9.9 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 9.26 kg per square kilometre | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 8.73 kg per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 9.11 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 9.14 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 10.43 kg per square kilometre | +14.1% |
| 2018 | 9.63 kg per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 9.67 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 9.83 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 10.04 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 10.04 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 10.2 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 10.2 kg per square kilometre is below the median for low income countries, which is 26.46 kg per square kilometre, 39% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 10.2 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 214.36 kg per square kilometre, 5% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Afghanistan 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 | +76.7% | 5.4 kg per square kilometre | 9.54 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.5 kg per square kilometre | 3.69 kg per square kilometre | 5.37 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.82 kg per square kilometre | 4.68 kg per square kilometre | 5.01 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.23 kg per square kilometre | 5.01 kg per square kilometre | 5.37 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.49 kg per square kilometre | 4.94 kg per square kilometre | 6.31 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.37 kg per square kilometre | 5.38 kg per square kilometre | 11.3 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.53 kg per square kilometre | 8.73 kg per square kilometre | 10.43 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.03 kg per square kilometre | 9.83 kg per square kilometre | 10.2 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.95 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.547 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1990)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.85 % 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 0.7636 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Afghanistan?
- Poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Afghanistan was 10.2 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 11.3 kg per square kilometre in 2005.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.69 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Afghanistan rank for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- Afghanistan ranks 145th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure 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
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (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.