Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in New Zealand
New Zealand: Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) was 0.3778 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in New Zealand stood at 0.3778 kg per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in New Zealand peaked at 0.4128 kg per person in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.1676 kg per person, in 1972.
New Zealand ranks 21st of 168 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1911 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1954 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 0.1872 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 0.1886 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 0.1999 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 0.2071 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 0.1986 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1968 | 0.2051 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 0.1897 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 1970 | 0.1828 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 0.1823 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.1676 kg per person | -8.1% |
| 1973 | 0.2078 kg per person | +24.0% |
| 1974 | 0.2243 kg per person | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 0.232 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 0.229 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.2397 kg per person | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 0.2252 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 0.207 kg per person | -8.1% |
| 1980 | 0.2022 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 0.2397 kg per person | +18.6% |
| 1982 | 0.2145 kg per person | -10.5% |
| 1983 | 0.2062 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 0.2108 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 0.2229 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 0.2287 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.2278 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.2281 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.2282 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.2309 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.2341 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.2291 kg per person | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2267 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.2655 kg per person | +17.1% |
| 1995 | 0.2763 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 0.2602 kg per person | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 0.2583 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.2558 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2748 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2778 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.2767 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4128 kg per person | +49.2% |
| 2003 | 0.3909 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 0.3606 kg per person | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 0.3651 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3265 kg per person | -10.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3635 kg per person | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3653 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3338 kg per person | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3378 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3362 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3417 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3387 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.3534 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.3593 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.3769 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3846 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.383 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3872 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3824 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3929 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3782 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.3778 kg per person | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in New Zealand 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 | +49.2% | 0.2767 kg per person | 0.4128 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1958 kg per person | 0.1872 kg per person | 0.2071 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2098 kg per person | 0.1676 kg per person | 0.2397 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2209 kg per person | 0.2022 kg per person | 0.2397 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2512 kg per person | 0.2267 kg per person | 0.2763 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3473 kg per person | 0.2767 kg per person | 0.4128 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3599 kg per person | 0.3362 kg per person | 0.3872 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3828 kg per person | 0.3778 kg per person | 0.3929 kg per person | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in New Zealand?
- Poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in New Zealand was 0.3778 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4128 kg per person in 2002.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1676 kg per person in 1972.
- How does New Zealand rank for poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content)?
- New Zealand ranks 21st out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 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.
About this data
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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.