Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Malta
Malta: Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) was 0.0172 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Malta, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Malta is 0.0172 kg per person, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Malta peaked at 0.0413 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0105 kg per person, in 1982.
Malta ranks 80th of 165 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0413 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.04 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0402 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0399 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0367 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0367 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0348 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0312 kg per person | -10.4% |
| 1969 | 0.03 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0283 kg per person | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0257 kg per person | -9.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0235 kg per person | -8.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0228 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0215 kg per person | -5.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0228 kg per person | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0215 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0182 kg per person | -15.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0151 kg per person | -17.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0139 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0131 kg per person | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0116 kg per person | -11.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0105 kg per person | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0115 kg per person | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 0.012 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0118 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0123 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0126 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0129 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0131 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.03 kg per person | +129.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0295 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0295 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0295 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0298 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0298 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0296 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.029 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0283 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0276 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0206 kg per person | -25.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0168 kg per person | -18.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0158 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0206 kg per person | +30.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0244 kg per person | +18.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0233 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0243 kg per person | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0205 kg per person | -15.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0207 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0213 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.02 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0191 kg per person | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0186 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0173 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0164 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0169 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0171 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.017 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0183 kg per person | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0175 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0171 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0166 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0185 kg per person | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0172 kg per person | -6.6% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0.0172 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.01 kg per person, 1.7× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Malta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +129.6% | 0.0131 kg per person | 0.03 kg per person |
| 2003 | +30.6% | 0.0158 kg per person | 0.0206 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0367 kg per person | 0.03 kg per person | 0.0413 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0213 kg per person | 0.0139 kg per person | 0.0283 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0121 kg per person | 0.0105 kg per person | 0.0131 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0293 kg per person | 0.0276 kg per person | 0.03 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0208 kg per person | 0.0158 kg per person | 0.0244 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0178 kg per person | 0.0164 kg per person | 0.02 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0174 kg per person | 0.0166 kg per person | 0.0185 kg per person | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Malta?
- Sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Malta was 0.0172 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0413 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0105 kg per person in 1982.
- How does Malta rank for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Malta ranks 80th out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.