Poultry Birds: Manure left … left square kilometre volatilises in New Zealand
New Zealand: Poultry Birds: Manure left … left square kilometre volatilises was 0.2308 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content) 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 volatilises (n content) in New Zealand is 0.2308 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 volatilises (n content) in New Zealand peaked at 0.2346 kg per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0543 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 volatilises in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0543 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.057 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0557 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0573 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0617 kg per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0651 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0635 kg per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0662 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0618 kg per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0604 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0611 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0572 kg per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0723 kg per square kilometre | +26.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0796 kg per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 0.084 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0837 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0879 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0826 kg per square kilometre | -6.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0756 kg per square kilometre | -8.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0739 kg per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.088 kg per square kilometre | +19.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0795 kg per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0775 kg per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0799 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 0.085 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0872 kg per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0876 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.088 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0884 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0903 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0961 kg per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 0.095 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0951 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1129 kg per square kilometre | +18.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1192 kg per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 0.1141 kg per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 0.1147 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.1146 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.1238 kg per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1259 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1261 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.1914 kg per square kilometre | +51.8% |
| 2003 | 0.1849 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.1731 kg per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 2005 | 0.1773 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.1605 kg per square kilometre | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 0.1803 kg per square kilometre | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 0.1828 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1687 kg per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 0.1726 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1731 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.1769 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.1767 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1875 kg per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1945 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 0.2087 kg per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 0.2175 kg per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2204 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.226 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.2278 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.2346 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2257 kg per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 0.2308 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 0.2308 kg per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9621 kg per square kilometre, 24% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 0.2308 kg per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.14 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 volatilises 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% | 0.1261 kg per square kilometre | 0.1914 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0603 kg per square kilometre | 0.0543 kg per square kilometre | 0.0662 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0744 kg per square kilometre | 0.0572 kg per square kilometre | 0.0879 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0835 kg per square kilometre | 0.0739 kg per square kilometre | 0.0884 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1076 kg per square kilometre | 0.0903 kg per square kilometre | 0.1238 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1671 kg per square kilometre | 0.1259 kg per square kilometre | 0.1914 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1954 kg per square kilometre | 0.1726 kg per square kilometre | 0.226 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2297 kg per square kilometre | 0.2257 kg per square kilometre | 0.2346 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 144 Lithuania 0.3103 kg per square kilometre compare
- 145 Romania 0.3036 kg per square kilometre compare
- 146 Ukraine 0.2843 kg per square kilometre compare
- 148 Czechia 0.2272 kg per square kilometre compare
- 149 Latvia 0.1962 kg per square kilometre compare
- 150 Slovakia 0.1741 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 volatilises (n content) in New Zealand?
- Poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) in New Zealand was 0.2308 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2346 kg per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0543 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content)?
- New Zealand ranks 147th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content) 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 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 left on pasture 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 left on pasture that volatilises (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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.