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

All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (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.

Countries reporting
170
Highest
10,301 kg per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
27.77 kg per square kilometre
Suriname
Median
1,424 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,878

What the numbers show

All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 10,301 kg per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 27.77 kg per square kilometre in Suriname.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,424 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 1,860 kg per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 371.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 132.0%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 46.9%).

All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 10,301 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.9% rising
2 Barbados 7,920 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.1% rising
3 Belgium 7,418 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% falling
4 Ireland 7,039 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% rising
5 Pakistan 7,015 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 41.2% volatile
6 Denmark 6,102 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% falling
7 Tuvalu 6,099 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
8 Dominican Republic 5,617 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.3% rising
9 Malta 5,563 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 26.1% rising
10 Uganda 5,485 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% volatile
11 Burundi 5,402 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 50.7% volatile
12 Haiti 5,230 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% rising
13 Luxembourg 5,065 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% flat
14 Malawi 4,519 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 132.0% volatile
15 New Zealand 4,443 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.0% falling
16 Lebanon 4,404 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
17 Ethiopia 4,176 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 36.1% rising
18 Rwanda 4,176 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.8% volatile
19 India 4,168 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.6% rising
20 Mauritius 3,620 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% rising
21 Trinidad and Tobago 3,484 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% rising
22 Uruguay 3,456 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% falling
23 Switzerland 3,445 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.4% falling
24 Nigeria 3,429 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.1% volatile
25 Kenya 3,394 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 25.7% rising
26 Tonga 3,232 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
27 Germany 3,220 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.5% falling
28 Nepal 3,197 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% rising
29 Grenada 3,167 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 31.9% rising
30 Israel 3,081 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% rising
31 Azerbaijan 3,081 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% rising
32 Palestine 3,029 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.0% rising
33 Togo 3,018 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 52.1% volatile
34 Burkina Faso 2,965 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% volatile
35 Bahrain 2,934 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 20.8% rising
36 Qatar 2,927 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 123.3% volatile
37 El Salvador 2,755 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% flat
38 Chad 2,701 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 86.6% volatile
39 Costa Rica 2,676 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 39.5% rising
40 France 2,629 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.3% falling
41 Comoros 2,536 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
42 Guatemala 2,511 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.0% rising
43 Cuba 2,380 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.5% falling
44 Nicaragua 2,378 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.1% rising
45 Uzbekistan 2,337 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 38.8% rising
46 Gambia 2,303 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.9% rising
47 Albania 2,287 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 35.8% rising
48 Senegal 2,284 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.1% rising
49 Jamaica 2,268 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
50 Singapore 2,189 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% volatile
51 Italy 2,166 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.4% falling
52 Antigua and Barbuda 2,150 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% rising
53 Kuwait 2,135 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 36.8% volatile
54 Guinea-Bissau 2,051 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
55 Guinea 2,040 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 58.1% volatile
56 Spain 1,987 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
57 Benin 1,983 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 50.8% rising
58 Saint Lucia 1,974 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% rising
59 Poland 1,962 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% falling
60 Austria 1,925 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.9% falling
61 Eswatini 1,902 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.3% rising
62 South Sudan 1,863 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.7% rising
63 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,819 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 36.4% flat
64 Nauru 1,752 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
65 Slovenia 1,727 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.8% falling
66 Lesotho 1,705 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.5% rising
67 Portugal 1,676 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.9% falling
68 Greece 1,658 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.8% falling
69 Romania 1,632 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.2% falling
70 Dominica 1,593 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
71 Belarus 1,590 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.2% falling
72 Ghana 1,587 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 49.7% volatile
73 Puerto Rico 1,562 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 22.0% falling
74 Tajikistan 1,551 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.5% rising
75 Armenia 1,546 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.8% rising
76 Paraguay 1,506 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
77 China 1,503 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% rising
78 Honduras 1,500 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% rising
79 Colombia 1,487 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 25.6% rising
80 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,483 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.0% rising
81 Indonesia 1,475 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 54.1% volatile
82 Philippines 1,474 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% rising
83 Sudan 1,460 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% flat
84 Brazil 1,449 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.9% rising
85 Eritrea 1,432 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
86 Mexico 1,415 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% rising
87 Morocco 1,404 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
88 Serbia 1,389 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.0% falling
89 United Arab Emirates 1,368 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 20.8% volatile
90 Samoa 1,367 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 25.6% rising
91 Czechia 1,351 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.8% falling
92 Tunisia 1,332 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% rising
93 Hungary 1,276 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% falling
94 Djibouti 1,257 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% rising
95 Somalia 1,238 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% rising
96 Mali 1,208 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 57.1% volatile
97 Sierra Leone 1,196 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.1% volatile
98 Panama 1,176 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.6% rising
99 Ecuador 1,090 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 22.0% rising
100 Niger 1,050 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 44.3% rising
101 Myanmar 1,050 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 34.5% rising
102 Sao Tome and Principe 1,040 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.4% rising
103 Georgia 1,035 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.7% falling
104 Cyprus 1,032 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 45.6% rising
105 North Macedonia 1,022 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 26.6% falling
106 Kyrgyzstan 1,001 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.0% rising
107 Zimbabwe 987.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% rising
108 Argentina 979.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% falling
109 Faroe Islands 977.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% flat
110 Fiji 968.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 36.5% rising
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 966.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 29.0% flat
112 Japan 964.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.1% rising
113 Cameroon 930.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
114 Lithuania 898.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.5% falling
115 Cambodia 893.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% rising
116 Croatia 882.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.2% falling
117 Sri Lanka 833.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% falling
118 Yemen 824.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
119 Turkmenistan 814.24 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.8% rising
120 Afghanistan 789.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% rising
121 Thailand 787.23 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% falling
122 Slovakia 779.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.8% falling
123 South Africa 776.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.4% flat
124 Seychelles 771.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 52.4% rising
125 Jordan 768.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 20.5% rising
126 Montenegro 756.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.6% falling
127 Mongolia 750.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 50.6% rising
128 Madagascar 740.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.5% rising
129 Iraq 687.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% falling
130 Bulgaria 577.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.2% volatile
131 Vanuatu 564.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 44.8% rising
132 Malaysia 563 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% rising
133 Peru 558.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% rising
134 Latvia 532.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.9% falling
135 Ukraine 529.57 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 41.0% volatile
136 Kiribati 522.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.1% rising
137 Central African Republic 509.23 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.8% volatile
138 Estonia 508.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.6% falling
139 Australia 446.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% falling
140 Egypt 410.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 35.3% rising
141 Zambia 401.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.7% rising
142 Mauritania 388.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.0% rising
143 French Polynesia 386.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% rising
144 Chile 372.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.5% rising
145 New Caledonia 316.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.1% falling
146 Angola 299.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.8% rising
147 Norway 294.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% falling
148 Algeria 276.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.7% rising
149 Oman 271.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 20.9% volatile
150 Belize 263.8 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% rising
151 Kazakhstan 262.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.0% flat
152 Namibia 258.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.4% rising
153 Sweden 258.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 21.6% falling
154 Bhutan 246.6 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
155 Finland 246.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.7% falling
156 Mozambique 240.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% rising
157 Saudi Arabia 239.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 72.7% volatile
158 Liberia 192.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% rising
159 Bahamas 162.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% rising
160 Iceland 130.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.8% falling
161 Botswana 110.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 46.9% flat
162 Guyana 94.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
163 Libya 92.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
164 Canada 86.91 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% rising
165 Papua New Guinea 68.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
166 Congo 65.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% volatile
167 Solomon Islands 60.62 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% rising
168 Gabon 42.62 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
169 Equatorial Guinea 41.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
170 Suriname 27.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% rising

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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 Land area (sq. km), 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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre
Unit
kg per square kilometre
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.