Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Canada
Canada: Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square was 9.12 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Canada, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Canada recorded 9.12 kg per square kilometre for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Canada peaked at 9.12 kg per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.81 kg per square kilometre, in 1962.
That places Canada 146th 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 Canada, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.11 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 3.81 kg per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 1963 | 3.9 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 4.09 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 4.12 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 4.42 kg per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 4.55 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 4.53 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 4.93 kg per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 5.39 kg per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 1971 | 5.04 kg per square kilometre | -6.6% |
| 1972 | 5.11 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 5.13 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 5.1 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 4.63 kg per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 1976 | 4.88 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 5.01 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 5.01 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 5.47 kg per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 1980 | 5.44 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 5.32 kg per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 5.21 kg per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 5.27 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 5.23 kg per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 5.44 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 5.62 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 6.08 kg per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 5.78 kg per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 5.84 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 5.85 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 6.08 kg per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 6.06 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 6.31 kg per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 7.03 kg per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 7.24 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 7.45 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 7.22 kg per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 7.36 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 7.9 kg per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 8.08 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 8.32 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 8.29 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 8.23 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 8.19 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 8.23 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 8.23 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 8.43 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 8.5 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 8.45 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 8.42 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 8.43 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 8.5 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 8.57 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 8.59 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 8.64 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 8.7 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 8.75 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 8.78 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 8.82 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 8.87 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 9.06 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 9.09 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 9.12 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 9.12 kg per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 132.06 kg per square kilometre, 7% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.27 kg per square kilometre | 3.81 kg per square kilometre | 4.93 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.08 kg per square kilometre | 4.63 kg per square kilometre | 5.47 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.52 kg per square kilometre | 5.21 kg per square kilometre | 6.08 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.85 kg per square kilometre | 5.85 kg per square kilometre | 7.9 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.29 kg per square kilometre | 8.08 kg per square kilometre | 8.5 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.62 kg per square kilometre | 8.42 kg per square kilometre | 8.82 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.04 kg per square kilometre | 8.87 kg per square kilometre | 9.12 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.642 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.7 % 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 -0.3398 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Canada?
- Poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Canada was 9.12 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 9.12 kg per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.81 kg per square kilometre in 1962.
- How does Canada rank for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- Canada ranks 146th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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.