Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Sweden
Sweden: Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) was 0.0785 kg per square kilometre in 2020. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Sweden, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 0.0785 kg per square kilometre for poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 60 years on record.
The figure is down 98.9% on the previous year and down 98.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Sweden peaked at 7.1 kg per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0785 kg per square kilometre, in 2020.
That places Sweden 164th out of 168 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 60 years of available data.
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.86 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 2.47 kg per square kilometre | -13.7% |
| 1963 | 2.45 kg per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 2.49 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 2.33 kg per square kilometre | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 2.22 kg per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 2.28 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 2.59 kg per square kilometre | +13.8% |
| 1969 | 2.92 kg per square kilometre | +12.6% |
| 1970 | 3.03 kg per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 3.28 kg per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 1972 | 3.08 kg per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 3.02 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 3.13 kg per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 3.03 kg per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 2.86 kg per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 2.91 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 3 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 3.21 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 3.31 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 3.19 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 3.25 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 3.29 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 3.3 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 2.92 kg per square kilometre | -11.5% |
| 1986 | 3.03 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 3.03 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 3.06 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 3.12 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 3.07 kg per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 2.51 kg per square kilometre | -18.0% |
| 1992 | 2.47 kg per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 2.63 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 2.83 kg per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 3.17 kg per square kilometre | +12.2% |
| 1996 | 3.16 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 3.03 kg per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 3.12 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 3.21 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 3.42 kg per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 3.72 kg per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 3.79 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 3.95 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 4.21 kg per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 5.06 kg per square kilometre | +20.2% |
| 2006 | 4.38 kg per square kilometre | -13.5% |
| 2007 | 4.58 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 4.72 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 4.78 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 4.76 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 5.22 kg per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 2012 | 5.43 kg per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 5.65 kg per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 5.49 kg per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 6.07 kg per square kilometre | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 6.29 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 6.49 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 6.65 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 7.1 kg per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0785 kg per square kilometre | -98.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) in Sweden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -98.9% | 7.1 kg per square kilometre | 0.0785 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.51 kg per square kilometre | 2.22 kg per square kilometre | 2.92 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.05 kg per square kilometre | 2.86 kg per square kilometre | 3.28 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.15 kg per square kilometre | 2.92 kg per square kilometre | 3.31 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.92 kg per square kilometre | 2.47 kg per square kilometre | 3.21 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.26 kg per square kilometre | 3.42 kg per square kilometre | 5.06 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.92 kg per square kilometre | 4.76 kg per square kilometre | 7.1 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0785 kg per square kilometre | 0.0785 kg per square kilometre | 0.0785 kg per square kilometre | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 161 Congo 0.1324 kg per square kilometre compare
- 162 Somalia 0.094 kg per square kilometre compare
- 163 Namibia 0.0794 kg per square kilometre compare
- 165 Mauritania 0.0751 kg per square kilometre compare
- 166 Chad 0.0735 kg per square kilometre compare
- 167 Mongolia 0.0607 kg per square kilometre compare
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- 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 — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Sweden?
- Poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) in Sweden was 0.0785 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 7.1 kg per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0785 kg per square kilometre in 2020.
- How does Sweden rank for poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content)?
- Sweden ranks 164th out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poultry birds — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content) rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 98.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.