Poultry Birds: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Australia
Australia: Poultry Birds: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 0.0524 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.0524 kg per square kilometre
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
162nd
of 168 countries
All-time high
0.0544 kg per square kilometre
in 2019
All-time low
0.0118 kg per square kilometre
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in Australia stood at 0.0524 kg per square kilometre.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in Australia peaked at 0.0544 kg per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0118 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Australia ranks 162nd of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Poultry Birds: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0118 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0121 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0121 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0124 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0128 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0129 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0133 kg per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0138 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0147 kg per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0168 kg per square kilometre | +13.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0179 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0222 kg per square kilometre | +23.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0226 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0236 kg per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0217 kg per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0224 kg per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0226 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0222 kg per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0229 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0253 kg per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 1981 | 0.0247 kg per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 0.024 kg per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 0.0251 kg per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0247 kg per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0258 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0263 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0295 kg per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0342 kg per square kilometre | +15.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0278 kg per square kilometre | -18.6% |
| 1990 | 0.031 kg per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0293 kg per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0309 kg per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0342 kg per square kilometre | +10.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0343 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0328 kg per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0379 kg per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0404 kg per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 0.044 kg per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 1999 | 0.045 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0419 kg per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0438 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0405 kg per square kilometre | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0405 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0403 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0371 kg per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0465 kg per square kilometre | +25.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0495 kg per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 0.045 kg per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 0.047 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0413 kg per square kilometre | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0447 kg per square kilometre | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0492 kg per square kilometre | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0485 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0481 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0449 kg per square kilometre | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 0.045 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0472 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0492 kg per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0544 kg per square kilometre | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0495 kg per square kilometre | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0539 kg per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0528 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0524 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.0524 kg per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.44 kg per square kilometre, 4% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.0524 kg per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.71 kg per square kilometre, 3% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0129 kg per square kilometre | 0.0118 kg per square kilometre | 0.0147 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0215 kg per square kilometre | 0.0168 kg per square kilometre | 0.0236 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0267 kg per square kilometre | 0.024 kg per square kilometre | 0.0342 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.036 kg per square kilometre | 0.0293 kg per square kilometre | 0.045 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0432 kg per square kilometre | 0.0371 kg per square kilometre | 0.0495 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0472 kg per square kilometre | 0.0413 kg per square kilometre | 0.0544 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0521 kg per square kilometre | 0.0495 kg per square kilometre | 0.0539 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 159 Vanuatu 0.1285 kg per square kilometre compare
- 160 New Caledonia 0.1157 kg per square kilometre compare
- 161 Mongolia 0.0748 kg per square kilometre compare
- 163 Papua New Guinea 0.041 kg per square kilometre compare
- 164 Solomon Islands 0.0362 kg per square kilometre compare
- 165 Canada 0.0274 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % 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 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in Australia?
- Poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in Australia was 0.0524 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0544 kg per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0118 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per?
- Australia ranks 162nd out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that leaches (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 that leaches (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 that leaches (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that leaches 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 that leaches (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.