Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Malta
Malta: Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square was 1,286 kg per square kilometre in 2020. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Malta, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Malta recorded 1,286 kg per square kilometre for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.5% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Malta peaked at 2,347 kg per square kilometre in 1979 and was at its lowest, 751.68 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Malta ranks 9th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 751.68 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 795.75 kg per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 815.92 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 906.42 kg per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 1,081 kg per square kilometre | +19.3% |
| 1966 | 811.63 kg per square kilometre | -24.9% |
| 1967 | 895.11 kg per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 1968 | 1,502 kg per square kilometre | +67.8% |
| 1969 | 1,504 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 1,616 kg per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 1,895 kg per square kilometre | +17.2% |
| 1972 | 1,700 kg per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 1,671 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 1,380 kg per square kilometre | -17.4% |
| 1975 | 1,472 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 1,660 kg per square kilometre | +12.7% |
| 1977 | 1,823 kg per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 1,895 kg per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 2,347 kg per square kilometre | +23.9% |
| 1980 | 1,839 kg per square kilometre | -21.6% |
| 1981 | 2,239 kg per square kilometre | +21.8% |
| 1982 | 1,991 kg per square kilometre | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 1,792 kg per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 1,738 kg per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 1,738 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,738 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,625 kg per square kilometre | -6.5% |
| 1988 | 1,625 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,567 kg per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 1,568 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 1,407 kg per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 1,389 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 1,390 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,390 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,435 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 1,387 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 1,392 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,259 kg per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 1999 | 1,387 kg per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 1,362 kg per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 2,134 kg per square kilometre | +56.6% |
| 2002 | 1,523 kg per square kilometre | -28.6% |
| 2003 | 1,992 kg per square kilometre | +30.8% |
| 2004 | 1,608 kg per square kilometre | -19.3% |
| 2005 | 1,711 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 1,693 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 1,806 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 1,894 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 1,622 kg per square kilometre | -14.4% |
| 2010 | 1,435 kg per square kilometre | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 1,361 kg per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 1,412 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 1,347 kg per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 1,441 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 1,479 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 1,467 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,422 kg per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 1,286 kg per square kilometre | -9.5% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 1,286 kg per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 132.06 kg per square kilometre, 9.7× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malta's 1,286 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 214.36 kg per square kilometre, 6.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Malta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +67.8% | 895.11 kg per square kilometre | 1,502 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,007 kg per square kilometre | 751.68 kg per square kilometre | 1,504 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,746 kg per square kilometre | 1,380 kg per square kilometre | 2,347 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,789 kg per square kilometre | 1,567 kg per square kilometre | 2,239 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,401 kg per square kilometre | 1,259 kg per square kilometre | 1,568 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,735 kg per square kilometre | 1,362 kg per square kilometre | 2,134 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,420 kg per square kilometre | 1,347 kg per square kilometre | 1,479 kg per square kilometre | 8 |
| 2020s | 1,286 kg per square kilometre | 1,286 kg per square kilometre | 1,286 kg per square kilometre | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 6 Dominican Republic 1,856 kg per square kilometre compare
- 7 Bangladesh 1,583 kg per square kilometre compare
- 8 Kuwait 1,315 kg per square kilometre compare
- 10 Israel 1,163 kg per square kilometre compare
- 11 Qatar 1,022 kg per square kilometre compare
- 12 Pakistan 916.14 kg per square kilometre compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.365 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.16 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8269 % 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 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Malta?
- Poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Malta was 1,286 kg per square kilometre in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 2,347 kg per square kilometre in 1979.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 751.68 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Malta rank for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- Malta ranks 9th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.