Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture (N) … Manure square kilometre in New Zealand
New Zealand: Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture (N) … Manure square kilometre was 1.15 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 1.15 kg per square kilometre for poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square in 2023.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square in New Zealand peaked at 1.17 kg per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.2716 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 147th out of 168 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture (N) … Manure square kilometre in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2716 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.2848 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 0.2784 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 0.2863 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 0.3085 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 0.3254 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 0.3177 kg per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.331 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 0.309 kg per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 0.3018 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 0.3054 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 0.2858 kg per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 0.3614 kg per square kilometre | +26.4% |
| 1974 | 0.3982 kg per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 0.4201 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 0.4184 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.4393 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 0.4128 kg per square kilometre | -6.0% |
| 1979 | 0.3779 kg per square kilometre | -8.5% |
| 1980 | 0.3696 kg per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.4399 kg per square kilometre | +19.0% |
| 1982 | 0.3977 kg per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 1983 | 0.3875 kg per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.3995 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 0.425 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 0.436 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.438 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.4398 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.4422 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.4516 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.4805 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 0.4752 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.4756 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.5645 kg per square kilometre | +18.7% |
| 1995 | 0.5961 kg per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 0.5703 kg per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 0.5735 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.573 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.6189 kg per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6294 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.6306 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9572 kg per square kilometre | +51.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9245 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8656 kg per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8864 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8023 kg per square kilometre | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9017 kg per square kilometre | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9139 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8435 kg per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 0.8631 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8656 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8847 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8835 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9375 kg per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9727 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1.04 kg per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 1.09 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 1.1 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1.13 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 1.14 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1.17 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 1.13 kg per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 1.15 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 1.15 kg per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 4.81 kg per square kilometre, 24% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 1.15 kg per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.7 kg per square kilometre, 20% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture (N) … Manure square kilometre 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 | +51.8% | 0.6306 kg per square kilometre | 0.9572 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3014 kg per square kilometre | 0.2716 kg per square kilometre | 0.331 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3721 kg per square kilometre | 0.2858 kg per square kilometre | 0.4393 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4175 kg per square kilometre | 0.3696 kg per square kilometre | 0.4422 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5379 kg per square kilometre | 0.4516 kg per square kilometre | 0.6189 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8355 kg per square kilometre | 0.6294 kg per square kilometre | 0.9572 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.977 kg per square kilometre | 0.8631 kg per square kilometre | 1.13 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 kg per square kilometre | 1.13 kg per square kilometre | 1.17 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More environment data for New Zealand
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0.1365 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.474 % 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 -0.9337 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square in New Zealand?
- Poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square in New Zealand was 1.15 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 kg per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2716 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square?
- New Zealand ranks 147th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. 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 left on pasture (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 left on pasture (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 left on pasture (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture (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.