Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Spain
Spain: Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square was 204.99 kg per square kilometre in 2020. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Spain, 1961–2020
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 Spain is 204.99 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 58 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Spain peaked at 204.99 kg per square kilometre in 2020 and was at its lowest, 44.21 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Spain ranks 42nd of 168 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Spain, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44.21 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 46.55 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 54.02 kg per square kilometre | +16.1% |
| 1964 | 52.41 kg per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 47.61 kg per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 1966 | 53.13 kg per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1967 | 55.73 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 58.52 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 59.74 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 57.74 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 77.27 kg per square kilometre | +33.8% |
| 1972 | 86.25 kg per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1973 | 88.89 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 91.19 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 97.7 kg per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 105.62 kg per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 112.51 kg per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 106.33 kg per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 105.44 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 108.02 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 118.83 kg per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 116.63 kg per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 112.83 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 107.62 kg per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 109.47 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 104.48 kg per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1987 | 107.14 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 111.12 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 109.96 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 110.48 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 143.87 kg per square kilometre | +30.2% |
| 1992 | 139.07 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 138.41 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 143.94 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 148.33 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 148.75 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 151.85 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 151.95 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 153.2 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 156.35 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 157.41 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 157.41 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 156.98 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 158.72 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 157.75 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 158.24 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 158.86 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 159.12 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 163.28 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 174.78 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 176.18 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 177.54 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 180.37 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 182.41 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 186.74 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 188.68 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 193.89 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 204.99 kg per square kilometre | +5.7% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 204.99 kg per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 132.06 kg per square kilometre, 1.6× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Spain's 204.99 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.25 kg per square kilometre, 2.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +33.8% | 57.74 kg per square kilometre | 77.27 kg per square kilometre |
| 1991 | +30.2% | 110.48 kg per square kilometre | 143.87 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52.44 kg per square kilometre | 44.21 kg per square kilometre | 59.74 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 92.89 kg per square kilometre | 57.74 kg per square kilometre | 112.51 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 110.61 kg per square kilometre | 104.48 kg per square kilometre | 118.83 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 142.98 kg per square kilometre | 110.48 kg per square kilometre | 153.2 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 158.41 kg per square kilometre | 156.35 kg per square kilometre | 163.28 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 182.57 kg per square kilometre | 174.78 kg per square kilometre | 193.89 kg per square kilometre | 8 |
| 2020s | 204.99 kg per square kilometre | 204.99 kg per square kilometre | 204.99 kg per square kilometre | 1 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 39 Morocco 248.5 kg per square kilometre compare
- 40 Denmark 241.57 kg per square kilometre compare
- 41 Hungary 211.07 kg per square kilometre compare
- 43 Puerto Rico 202.7 kg per square kilometre compare
- 44 Senegal 201.59 kg per square kilometre compare
- 45 Costa Rica 200.77 kg per square kilometre compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4277 % 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Spain?
- Poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Spain was 204.99 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 204.99 kg per square kilometre in 2020.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.21 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- Spain ranks 42nd out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poultry birds — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.