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All Animals — Losses from manure treated (N content), per square kilometre by country

All Animals — Losses from manure treated (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
2,327 kg per square kilometre
Tuvalu
Lowest
0.1103 kg per square kilometre
Libya
Median
30.61 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,878

What the numbers show

All Animals — Losses from manure treated (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 2,327 kg per square kilometre in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0.1103 kg per square kilometre in Libya.

The median across all reporting countries is 30.61 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 144.58 kg per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21,104.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 212.1%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 49.5%).

All Animals: Losses from manure treated (N content) … square: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tuvalu 2,327 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% rising
2 Belgium 1,759 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.7% falling
3 Denmark 1,690 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.1% falling
4 Ireland 1,498 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
5 Luxembourg 1,272 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
6 Malta 1,257 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.1% rising
7 Switzerland 798.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% falling
8 Germany 763.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.7% falling
9 Nauru 717.24 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% rising
10 Tonga 592.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
11 France 518.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.7% falling
12 Austria 476.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.0% falling
13 Italy 468.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% falling
14 Poland 443.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% falling
15 Spain 405.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 20.4% rising
16 Slovenia 363.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% falling
17 Belarus 359.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.7% falling
18 Uzbekistan 331.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 40.4% rising
19 Czechia 322.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.6% falling
20 Albania 308.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 37.2% rising
21 Portugal 304.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% rising
22 Serbia 271.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 21.8% falling
23 Hungary 260.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.1% falling
24 New Zealand 249.19 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% rising
25 Lithuania 202.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 26.7% falling
26 Tajikistan 201.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.4% rising
27 Samoa 199.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 40.5% rising
28 Romania 196.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 21.3% falling
29 Bangladesh 190.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
30 El Salvador 189.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 52.0% rising
31 Costa Rica 173.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.9% volatile
32 Myanmar 168.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 33.4% rising
33 Slovakia 160.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 19.1% falling
34 Philippines 159.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% rising
35 Croatia 157.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 27.4% falling
36 North Macedonia 156.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 31.9% flat
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 154.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 33.8% falling
38 Cambodia 149.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.4% rising
39 Dominican Republic 142.18 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 33.5% rising
40 Barbados 140.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% falling
41 Montenegro 139.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.9% falling
42 China 133.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
43 Estonia 122.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.4% falling
44 Japan 120.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% rising
45 Haiti 119.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% rising
46 Latvia 117.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.9% falling
47 Dominica 110.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
48 Bulgaria 107.67 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% falling
49 Ukraine 106.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 45.0% volatile
50 Guatemala 104.23 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% rising
51 Kyrgyzstan 104.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 27.2% rising
52 Thailand 96.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.2% falling
53 Pakistan 96.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 45.1% volatile
54 Malawi 93.04 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 212.1% volatile
55 Nicaragua 92.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% volatile
56 Kiribati 90.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.1% rising
57 Indonesia 87.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 42.5% rising
58 Greece 87.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.7% falling
59 India 80.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.9% rising
60 Puerto Rico 74.23 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.7% falling
61 Antigua and Barbuda 69.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 25.4% rising
62 Burundi 65.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 203.5% volatile
63 Cyprus 60.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.2% volatile
64 Sweden 60.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.1% falling
65 Turkmenistan 57.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.6% rising
66 Fiji 55.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 27.7% rising
67 Finland 55.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.6% falling
68 Vanuatu 54.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.7% rising
69 Cuba 52.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.8% falling
70 Honduras 51.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
71 Uganda 48.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 40.8% volatile
72 Rwanda 46.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.3% volatile
73 French Polynesia 46.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% rising
74 Colombia 44.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 29.6% rising
75 Norway 43.67 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.4% falling
76 Nepal 43.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 21.3% rising
77 Sao Tome and Principe 42.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 33.0% volatile
78 Grenada 42.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.9% falling
79 Uruguay 41.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.9% rising
80 Ecuador 39.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.6% rising
81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 35.78 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.0% rising
82 Saint Lucia 35.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% flat
83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 27.9% flat
84 Faroe Islands 32.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% falling
85 Mongolia 31.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 79.3% rising
86 Jamaica 30.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 21.0% falling
87 Mexico 27.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.3% rising
88 Panama 27.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% rising
89 Brazil 25.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 23.4% rising
90 Malaysia 24.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% rising
91 Papua New Guinea 22.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.7% rising
92 Togo 22.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 36.2% volatile
93 Guinea-Bissau 22.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% rising
94 Kazakhstan 21.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% falling
95 Armenia 21.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.7% rising
96 Trinidad and Tobago 21.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.5% rising
97 Azerbaijan 20.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% rising
98 Israel 20.57 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.5% rising
99 Sri Lanka 20.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% falling
100 New Caledonia 19.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.0% flat
101 Singapore 18.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.8% volatile
102 Ethiopia 16.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
103 Seychelles 15.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 38.7% volatile
104 Burkina Faso 15.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.1% volatile
105 Benin 15.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 58.2% rising
106 Nigeria 15.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 23.7% volatile
107 Iceland 15.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.9% flat
108 Kenya 14.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
109 Canada 14.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% falling
110 South Sudan 13.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.4% rising
111 Afghanistan 13 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.2% volatile
112 Chile 12.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% rising
113 Eswatini 12.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.6% rising
114 Georgia 11.92 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 28.1% falling
115 Australia 11.63 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% flat
116 Solomon Islands 11.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% rising
117 Mauritius 11.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.5% rising
118 Peru 10.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
119 Paraguay 9.78 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
120 Guinea 9.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 49.8% volatile
121 Gambia 8.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.0% rising
122 Senegal 8.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% rising
123 Lebanon 8.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.7% rising
124 Argentina 8.54 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.7% falling
125 Comoros 8.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% rising
126 Madagascar 7.6 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
127 Eritrea 7.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
128 Bahrain 7.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 32.9% rising
129 Cameroon 6.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.6% rising
130 Ghana 6.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 40.1% rising
131 Lesotho 6.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 22.5% rising
132 Sudan 5.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% flat
133 Chad 5.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 69.8% volatile
134 Bhutan 5.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.4% flat
135 Sierra Leone 5.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 60.5% volatile
136 Palestine 5.67 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 110.2% rising
137 Zimbabwe 5.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
138 Morocco 4.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.7% rising
139 Belize 3.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
140 Niger 3.8 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 52.8% volatile
141 Angola 3.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 30.7% volatile
142 South Africa 3.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.2% rising
143 Mali 3.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 43.0% rising
144 Central African Republic 3.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% volatile
145 Djibouti 3.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% volatile
146 Tunisia 2.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% rising
147 Liberia 2.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% rising
148 Zambia 2.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% volatile
149 Somalia 2.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.1% rising
150 Egypt 2.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 40.0% rising
151 Iraq 1.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.7% rising
152 Guyana 1.93 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.3% rising
153 Mozambique 1.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.3% rising
154 Yemen 1.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
155 Bahamas 1.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% falling
156 Qatar 1.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 62.0% rising
157 Namibia 1.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 35.1% rising
158 Kuwait 0.9141 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.3% rising
159 United Arab Emirates 0.9063 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 20.9% volatile
160 Gabon 0.8595 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.7% rising
161 Mauritania 0.7104 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.3% rising
162 Oman 0.7008 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.9% volatile
163 Jordan 0.6696 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.0% rising
164 Algeria 0.5461 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% rising
165 Congo 0.4415 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% volatile
166 Suriname 0.337 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.7% falling
167 Botswana 0.3041 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 49.5% falling
168 Equatorial Guinea 0.304 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.8% rising
169 Saudi Arabia 0.1452 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% rising
170 Libya 0.1103 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% 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 — Losses from manure treated (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 — Losses from manure treated (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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All Animals — Losses from manure treated (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 — Losses from manure treated (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.