Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture (N) … Manure square kilometre in Spain
Spain: Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture (N) … Manure square kilometre was 4.1 kg per square kilometre in 2020. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square in Spain, 1961–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Spain recorded 4.1 kg per square kilometre for poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square in 2020. That is the highest value across all 58 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square in Spain peaked at 4.1 kg per square kilometre in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8842 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Spain 121st out of 168 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture (N) … Manure square kilometre in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.8842 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.9309 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 1.08 kg per square kilometre | +16.1% |
| 1964 | 1.05 kg per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 0.9522 kg per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 1966 | 1.06 kg per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1967 | 1.11 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 1.17 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 1.19 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 1.15 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 1.55 kg per square kilometre | +33.8% |
| 1972 | 1.72 kg per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1973 | 1.78 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 1.82 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 1.95 kg per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 2.11 kg per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 2.25 kg per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 2.13 kg per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 2.11 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 2.16 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 2.38 kg per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 2.33 kg per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 2.26 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 2.15 kg per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 2.19 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 2.09 kg per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1987 | 2.14 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 2.22 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 2.2 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 2.21 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 2.88 kg per square kilometre | +30.2% |
| 1992 | 2.78 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 2.77 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 2.88 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 2.97 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 2.98 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 3.04 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 3.04 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 3.06 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 3.13 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 3.15 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 3.15 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3.14 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 3.17 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 3.15 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 3.16 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 3.18 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 3.18 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 3.27 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 3.5 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 3.52 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 3.55 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 3.61 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 3.65 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 3.73 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 3.77 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 3.88 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 4.1 kg per square kilometre | +5.7% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 4.1 kg per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 4.81 kg per square kilometre, 85% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Spain's 4.1 kg per square kilometre is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.23 kg per square kilometre, 1.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds: Manure left on pasture (N) … Manure square kilometre in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +33.8% | 1.15 kg per square kilometre | 1.55 kg per square kilometre |
| 1991 | +30.2% | 2.21 kg per square kilometre | 2.88 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.05 kg per square kilometre | 0.8842 kg per square kilometre | 1.19 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.86 kg per square kilometre | 1.15 kg per square kilometre | 2.25 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.21 kg per square kilometre | 2.09 kg per square kilometre | 2.38 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.86 kg per square kilometre | 2.21 kg per square kilometre | 3.06 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.17 kg per square kilometre | 3.13 kg per square kilometre | 3.27 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.65 kg per square kilometre | 3.5 kg per square kilometre | 3.88 kg per square kilometre | 8 |
| 2020s | 4.1 kg per square kilometre | 4.1 kg per square kilometre | 4.1 kg per square kilometre | 1 |
Countries ranked near Spain
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- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
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- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4277 % 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square in Spain?
- Poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square in Spain was 4.1 kg per square kilometre in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 4.1 kg per square kilometre in 2020.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8842 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square?
- Spain ranks 121st out of 168 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poultry birds — manure left on pasture (n content), per square rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.