Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Malta
Malta: Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) was 251.44 kg per square kilometre in 2020. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Malta, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Malta recorded 251.44 kg per square kilometre for poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in 2020.
That represents a change of down 9.5% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Malta peaked at 458.9 kg per square kilometre in 1979 and was at its lowest, 146.95 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Malta ranks 3rd 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 Malta, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 146.95 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 155.57 kg per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 159.51 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 177.21 kg per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 211.36 kg per square kilometre | +19.3% |
| 1966 | 158.67 kg per square kilometre | -24.9% |
| 1967 | 175 kg per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 1968 | 293.6 kg per square kilometre | +67.8% |
| 1969 | 293.97 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 315.97 kg per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 370.39 kg per square kilometre | +17.2% |
| 1972 | 332.3 kg per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 326.68 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 269.78 kg per square kilometre | -17.4% |
| 1975 | 287.85 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 324.49 kg per square kilometre | +12.7% |
| 1977 | 356.34 kg per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 370.41 kg per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 458.9 kg per square kilometre | +23.9% |
| 1980 | 359.55 kg per square kilometre | -21.6% |
| 1981 | 437.76 kg per square kilometre | +21.8% |
| 1982 | 389.19 kg per square kilometre | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 350.32 kg per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 339.7 kg per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 339.7 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 339.7 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 317.62 kg per square kilometre | -6.5% |
| 1988 | 317.62 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 306.26 kg per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 306.59 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 275 kg per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 271.63 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 271.8 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 271.8 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 280.57 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 271.24 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 272.06 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 246.06 kg per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 1999 | 271.24 kg per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 266.3 kg per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 417.1 kg per square kilometre | +56.6% |
| 2002 | 297.81 kg per square kilometre | -28.6% |
| 2003 | 389.52 kg per square kilometre | +30.8% |
| 2004 | 314.27 kg per square kilometre | -19.3% |
| 2005 | 334.51 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 331.07 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 353.17 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 370.37 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 317.18 kg per square kilometre | -14.4% |
| 2010 | 280.51 kg per square kilometre | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 266.01 kg per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 275.96 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 263.33 kg per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 281.76 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 289.15 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 286.76 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 277.93 kg per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 251.44 kg per square kilometre | -9.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) 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% | 175 kg per square kilometre | 293.6 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 196.87 kg per square kilometre | 146.95 kg per square kilometre | 293.97 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 341.31 kg per square kilometre | 269.78 kg per square kilometre | 458.9 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 349.74 kg per square kilometre | 306.26 kg per square kilometre | 437.76 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 273.8 kg per square kilometre | 246.06 kg per square kilometre | 306.59 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 339.13 kg per square kilometre | 266.3 kg per square kilometre | 417.1 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 277.68 kg per square kilometre | 263.33 kg per square kilometre | 289.15 kg per square kilometre | 8 |
| 2020s | 251.44 kg per square kilometre | 251.44 kg per square kilometre | 251.44 kg per square kilometre | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 1 Barbados 580.42 kg per square kilometre compare
- 2 Trinidad and Tobago 337.86 kg per square kilometre compare
- 4 Singapore 234.62 kg per square kilometre compare
- 5 Dominican Republic 215.35 kg per square kilometre compare
- 6 Bangladesh 171.71 kg per square kilometre compare
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- 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 — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Malta?
- Poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Malta was 251.44 kg per square kilometre in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 458.9 kg per square kilometre in 1979.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 146.95 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Malta rank for poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content)?
- Malta ranks 3rd out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per square kilometre. 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 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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.