Poultry Birds: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches in New Zealand
New Zealand: Poultry Birds: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches was 0.3461 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in New Zealand is 0.3461 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in New Zealand peaked at 0.3519 kg per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0815 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 147th 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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0815 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0854 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0835 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0859 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0926 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0976 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0953 kg per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0993 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0927 kg per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0905 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0916 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0858 kg per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 0.1084 kg per square kilometre | +26.4% |
| 1974 | 0.1195 kg per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 0.126 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1255 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.1318 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1239 kg per square kilometre | -6.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1134 kg per square kilometre | -8.5% |
| 1980 | 0.1109 kg per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.132 kg per square kilometre | +19.0% |
| 1982 | 0.1193 kg per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 1983 | 0.1163 kg per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.1199 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 0.1275 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1308 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.1314 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.1319 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.1327 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.1355 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.1441 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 0.1426 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.1427 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1694 kg per square kilometre | +18.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1788 kg per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 0.1711 kg per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 0.1721 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.1719 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.1857 kg per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1888 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1892 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.2872 kg per square kilometre | +51.8% |
| 2003 | 0.2774 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.2597 kg per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 2005 | 0.2659 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.2407 kg per square kilometre | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2705 kg per square kilometre | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2742 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.2531 kg per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 0.2589 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.2597 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.2654 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2651 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2812 kg per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 0.2918 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 0.313 kg per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3262 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3307 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.339 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3417 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.3519 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3386 kg per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 0.3461 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 0.3461 kg per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.44 kg per square kilometre, 24% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 0.3461 kg per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.71 kg per square kilometre, 20% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds: Manure left … left square kilometre leaches 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% | 0.1892 kg per square kilometre | 0.2872 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0904 kg per square kilometre | 0.0815 kg per square kilometre | 0.0993 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1116 kg per square kilometre | 0.0858 kg per square kilometre | 0.1318 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1253 kg per square kilometre | 0.1109 kg per square kilometre | 0.1327 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1614 kg per square kilometre | 0.1355 kg per square kilometre | 0.1857 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2507 kg per square kilometre | 0.1888 kg per square kilometre | 0.2872 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2931 kg per square kilometre | 0.2589 kg per square kilometre | 0.339 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3446 kg per square kilometre | 0.3386 kg per square kilometre | 0.3519 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 144 Lithuania 0.4654 kg per square kilometre compare
- 145 Romania 0.4555 kg per square kilometre compare
- 146 Ukraine 0.4264 kg per square kilometre compare
- 148 Czechia 0.3408 kg per square kilometre compare
- 149 Latvia 0.2942 kg per square kilometre compare
- 150 Slovakia 0.2612 kg per square kilometre compare
More environment data for New Zealand
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2131 Percentage change (2025)
- 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 that leaches (n content), per in New Zealand?
- Poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per in New Zealand was 0.3461 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3519 kg per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0815 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per?
- New Zealand ranks 147th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — manure left on pasture that leaches (n content), per 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 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.