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All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita by country

All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (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.

Countries reporting
170
Highest
336.08 kg per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0.2656 kg per person
Singapore
Median
15.47 kg per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,878

What the numbers show

All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 336.08 kg per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.2656 kg per person in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.47 kg per person, and the mean is 24.84 kg per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,265.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 127 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 77.7%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 56.1%).

All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 336.08 kg per person 2023 up 25.5% falling
2 New Zealand 224.99 kg per person 2023 down 25.7% falling
3 Uruguay 178.53 kg per person 2023 down 2.2% falling
4 Chad 176.06 kg per person 2023 up 32.2% rising
5 Australia 128.83 kg per person 2023 down 13.8% falling
6 South Sudan 102.53 kg per person 2023 up 11.5% rising
7 Ireland 91.29 kg per person 2023 down 18.5% falling
8 Paraguay 87.12 kg per person 2023 down 11.6% falling
9 Mauritania 79.71 kg per person 2023 down 17.5% falling
10 Namibia 71.91 kg per person 2023 down 3.9% falling
11 Mali 62.04 kg per person 2023 up 15.4% flat
12 Central African Republic 61.57 kg per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
13 Argentina 58.88 kg per person 2023 down 4.2% falling
14 Brazil 57.36 kg per person 2023 up 4.3% rising
15 Sudan 54.49 kg per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
16 Turkmenistan 51.96 kg per person 2023 down 5.8% rising
17 Niger 50.85 kg per person 2023 up 2.1% falling
18 Eritrea 50.01 kg per person 2023 down 7.3% falling
19 Somalia 42.31 kg per person 2023 down 32.0% falling
20 Nicaragua 41.93 kg per person 2023 up 4.4% falling
21 Denmark 41.05 kg per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
22 Ethiopia 36.62 kg per person 2023 up 4.1% rising
23 Kenya 35.63 kg per person 2023 up 4.3% falling
24 Burkina Faso 35.23 kg per person 2023 down 18.6% rising
25 Belarus 35.17 kg per person 2023 up 0.7% falling
26 Guinea 34.8 kg per person 2023 up 22.8% rising
27 Kazakhstan 34.8 kg per person 2023 up 4.5% falling
28 Iceland 34.18 kg per person 2023 down 25.5% falling
29 Colombia 31.54 kg per person 2023 up 10.8% falling
30 Uzbekistan 28.89 kg per person 2023 up 17.0% rising
31 Kyrgyzstan 27.04 kg per person 2023 down 3.1% falling
32 Guinea-Bissau 26.78 kg per person 2023 down 15.1% rising
33 Costa Rica 26.77 kg per person 2023 up 28.9% falling
34 Eswatini 26.59 kg per person 2023 down 17.7% falling
35 Albania 25.98 kg per person 2023 down 25.0% falling
36 Botswana 25.32 kg per person 2023 down 54.1% falling
37 Djibouti 25.27 kg per person 2023 down 12.7% falling
38 Azerbaijan 25.07 kg per person 2023 down 15.5% rising
39 Faroe Islands 24.62 kg per person 2023 down 1.9% falling
40 Senegal 24.33 kg per person 2023 down 7.4% falling
41 Guyana 24.24 kg per person 2023 up 1.4% flat
42 Dominican Republic 23.89 kg per person 2023 up 5.3% rising
43 Zimbabwe 23.37 kg per person 2023 down 11.1% falling
44 Uganda 22.6 kg per person 2023 down 9.5% rising
45 Cuba 22.42 kg per person 2023 down 8.6% falling
46 Lesotho 22.39 kg per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
47 Libya 22.26 kg per person 2023 down 9.2% falling
48 Tonga 22.25 kg per person 2023 up 6.8% rising
49 Pakistan 21.85 kg per person 2023 up 20.4% rising
50 Vanuatu 21.49 kg per person 2023 down 56.1% falling
51 Mexico 21.2 kg per person 2023 up 1.4% falling
52 Peru 21.14 kg per person 2023 down 9.1% falling
53 France 20.72 kg per person 2023 down 16.3% falling
54 Tajikistan 20.72 kg per person 2023 down 4.7% rising
55 Spain 20.54 kg per person 2023 down 6.0% flat
56 Greece 20.54 kg per person 2023 down 20.7% falling
57 Malawi 20.19 kg per person 2023 up 77.7% rising
58 Togo 19.96 kg per person 2023 up 25.7% rising
59 New Caledonia 19.93 kg per person 2023 down 15.1% falling
60 Romania 19.7 kg per person 2023 down 4.8% falling
61 Lithuania 19.59 kg per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
62 Panama 19.57 kg per person 2023 down 18.3% falling
63 Luxembourg 19.57 kg per person 2023 down 22.7% falling
64 Norway 19.47 kg per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
65 Georgia 19.36 kg per person 2023 down 20.6% rising
66 Belgium 19.2 kg per person 2023 down 12.4% falling
67 Fiji 19.14 kg per person 2023 down 37.0% falling
68 Canada 19.07 kg per person 2023 down 15.6% falling
69 Tuvalu 18.64 kg per person 2023 up 18.7% rising
70 Dominica 17.97 kg per person 2023 up 5.8% rising
71 Serbia 17.64 kg per person 2023 down 12.6% falling
72 Latvia 17.6 kg per person 2023 down 4.8% falling
73 Samoa 17.54 kg per person 2023 down 33.1% rising
74 Austria 17.39 kg per person 2023 down 18.2% falling
75 Tunisia 16.96 kg per person 2023 down 9.0% falling
76 Oman 16.66 kg per person 2023 down 8.2% rising
77 Morocco 16.62 kg per person 2023 down 6.6% falling
78 Slovenia 16.4 kg per person 2023 down 9.5% falling
79 Poland 16.38 kg per person 2023 up 11.8% falling
80 Montenegro 16.33 kg per person 2023 down 15.7% falling
81 Estonia 15.86 kg per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
82 Benin 15.84 kg per person 2023 up 14.4% falling
83 Honduras 15.77 kg per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.54 kg per person 2023 down 19.5% rising
85 Cameroon 15.5 kg per person 2023 down 19.8% falling
86 Nepal 15.44 kg per person 2023 down 13.9% flat
87 Switzerland 15.31 kg per person 2023 down 13.0% falling
88 Saudi Arabia 15.29 kg per person 2023 up 41.6% falling
89 Ecuador 15.06 kg per person 2023 down 31.4% falling
90 South Africa 14.91 kg per person 2023 down 23.3% falling
91 Guatemala 14.84 kg per person 2023 down 0.7% falling
92 Armenia 14.71 kg per person 2023 down 15.0% rising
93 Belize 14.64 kg per person 2023 down 20.2% falling
94 Portugal 14.51 kg per person 2023 down 8.9% falling
95 Zambia 14.39 kg per person 2023 down 7.3% falling
96 Algeria 14.27 kg per person 2023 down 3.7% flat
97 North Macedonia 14.1 kg per person 2023 down 22.8% falling
98 Chile 14.06 kg per person 2023 down 21.3% falling
99 Madagascar 13.81 kg per person 2023 down 34.7% falling
100 Nigeria 13.7 kg per person 2023 down 3.8% rising
101 Germany 13.51 kg per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
102 Finland 13.4 kg per person 2023 down 15.9% falling
103 Trinidad and Tobago 13.07 kg per person 2023 up 10.5% rising
104 Croatia 12.79 kg per person 2023 down 8.1% falling
105 Qatar 12.66 kg per person 2023 up 59.5% falling
106 Myanmar 12.66 kg per person 2023 down 39.3% rising
107 Afghanistan 12.42 kg per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
108 Haiti 12.39 kg per person 2023 down 9.2% falling
109 Hungary 12.14 kg per person 2023 down 3.9% falling
110 Barbados 12.06 kg per person 2023 up 17.1% rising
111 Bhutan 11.96 kg per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
112 Yemen 11.06 kg per person 2023 down 19.8% falling
113 Italy 10.86 kg per person 2023 down 11.5% falling
114 Ghana 10.69 kg per person 2023 up 21.3% rising
115 Sierra Leone 10.21 kg per person 2023 down 11.8% rising
116 Angola 10.17 kg per person 2023 down 17.6% falling
117 Antigua and Barbuda 10.14 kg per person 2023 down 16.7% rising
118 Burundi 10.13 kg per person 2023 up 14.9% falling
119 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.12 kg per person 2023 up 37.3% falling
120 China 10 kg per person 2023 up 5.6% rising
121 Sweden 9.99 kg per person 2023 down 28.6% falling
122 Indonesia 9.93 kg per person 2023 up 41.4% rising
123 Bulgaria 9.73 kg per person 2023 down 8.0% falling
124 Czechia 9.59 kg per person 2023 down 7.9% falling
125 United Arab Emirates 9.26 kg per person 2023 down 11.4% volatile
126 Grenada 9.2 kg per person 2023 up 27.9% rising
127 Cambodia 9.05 kg per person 2023 down 19.3% falling
128 El Salvador 9.05 kg per person 2023 down 4.2% falling
129 Jamaica 8.65 kg per person 2023 down 0.4% falling
130 Gambia 8.64 kg per person 2023 down 29.7% falling
131 India 8.62 kg per person 2023 down 0.3% falling
132 Ukraine 8.13 kg per person 2023 down 27.9% falling
133 Kuwait 7.84 kg per person 2023 down 1.2% rising
134 Bangladesh 7.81 kg per person 2023 up 0.2% falling
135 Lebanon 7.8 kg per person 2023 up 7.1% flat
136 Rwanda 7.38 kg per person 2023 down 30.7% flat
137 Cyprus 7.09 kg per person 2023 down 52.2% falling
138 Suriname 7.09 kg per person 2023 down 15.4% falling
139 Slovakia 6.9 kg per person 2023 down 21.0% falling
140 Israel 6.77 kg per person 2023 down 7.6% falling
141 Saint Lucia 6.72 kg per person 2023 down 0.5% falling
142 Iraq 6.62 kg per person 2023 down 17.2% volatile
143 Jordan 5.96 kg per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
144 Mauritius 5.79 kg per person 2023 up 11.6% rising
145 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.71 kg per person 2023 down 5.0% falling
146 Mozambique 5.62 kg per person 2023 down 17.2% falling
147 Thailand 5.61 kg per person 2023 down 7.9% falling
148 Comoros 5.55 kg per person 2023 down 17.1% falling
149 Malaysia 5.27 kg per person 2023 down 9.7% falling
150 French Polynesia 4.78 kg per person 2023 up 3.6% falling
151 Gabon 4.42 kg per person 2023 down 18.8% falling
152 Puerto Rico 4.32 kg per person 2023 down 11.6% falling
153 Sao Tome and Principe 4.32 kg per person 2023 down 0.1% rising
154 Bahamas 4.07 kg per person 2023 up 0.5% falling
155 Philippines 3.83 kg per person 2023 down 8.3% falling
156 Congo 3.6 kg per person 2023 down 21.8% rising
157 Egypt 3.57 kg per person 2023 down 46.1% falling
158 Palestine 3.53 kg per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
159 Liberia 3.37 kg per person 2023 down 15.7% falling
160 Malta 3.22 kg per person 2023 down 43.2% falling
161 Kiribati 3.2 kg per person 2023 down 5.4% rising
162 Papua New Guinea 2.99 kg per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
163 Seychelles 2.96 kg per person 2023 up 14.5% falling
164 Nauru 2.95 kg per person 2023 down 10.6% rising
165 Japan 2.82 kg per person 2023 up 1.2% flat
166 Sri Lanka 2.34 kg per person 2023 down 8.1% falling
167 Solomon Islands 2.12 kg per person 2023 down 23.9% falling
168 Bahrain 1.49 kg per person 2023 down 0.3% falling
169 Equatorial Guinea 0.6325 kg per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
170 Singapore 0.2656 kg per person 2023 down 16.1% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (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.

All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita
Unit
kg per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
172 places, 9,878 data points, 1961–2023
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All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (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.