Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Portugal
Portugal: Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) was 0.4739 kg per person in 2020. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Portugal, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Portugal is 0.4739 kg per person, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 58 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.9% on the previous year and up 46.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Portugal peaked at 0.4739 kg per person in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0861 kg per person, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 10th 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0861 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0886 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 0.092 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0959 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 0.1 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 0.1131 kg per person | +13.1% |
| 1967 | 0.1186 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 0.1218 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 0.1264 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 0.1319 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 0.137 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 0.1416 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 0.1457 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 0.1634 kg per person | +12.2% |
| 1975 | 0.1619 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.1659 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.19 kg per person | +14.5% |
| 1978 | 0.1881 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.2269 kg per person | +20.6% |
| 1980 | 0.25 kg per person | +10.2% |
| 1981 | 0.285 kg per person | +14.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2663 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1983 | 0.2814 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 0.2529 kg per person | -10.1% |
| 1985 | 0.2698 kg per person | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 0.3015 kg per person | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 0.3346 kg per person | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 0.3418 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.3471 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.362 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 0.2653 kg per person | -26.7% |
| 1992 | 0.2971 kg per person | +12.0% |
| 1993 | 0.3021 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.304 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.3073 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.3138 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.3197 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.3259 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.3331 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.3372 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3419 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3474 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.3498 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3516 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.3519 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3513 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.3497 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.344 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.335 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3235 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3072 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2952 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2858 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2983 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.314 kg per person | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3297 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3649 kg per person | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4739 kg per person | +29.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -26.7% | 0.362 kg per person | 0.2653 kg per person |
| 2020 | +29.9% | 0.3649 kg per person | 0.4739 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1047 kg per person | 0.0861 kg per person | 0.1264 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1652 kg per person | 0.1319 kg per person | 0.2269 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2931 kg per person | 0.25 kg per person | 0.3471 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.313 kg per person | 0.2653 kg per person | 0.362 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.346 kg per person | 0.335 kg per person | 0.3519 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3148 kg per person | 0.2858 kg per person | 0.3649 kg per person | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.4739 kg per person | 0.4739 kg per person | 0.4739 kg per person | 1 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.44 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
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- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.29 % 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 0.1607 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Portugal?
- Poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Portugal was 0.4739 kg per person in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4739 kg per person in 2020.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0861 kg per person in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content)?
- Portugal ranks 10th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.