All Animals — Losses from manure treated (N content) by country
The Livestock Manure domain of FAOSTAT contains estimates of nitrogen (N) inputs to agricultural soils from livestock manure. Data on the N losses to air and water are also disseminated. These estimates are compiled using official FAOSTAT statistics of animal stocks and by applying the internationally approved...
Countries reporting
214
Highest
3.10 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
2,429 kg
China, Macao SAR
Median
3.94 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,264
What the numbers show
All Animals — Losses from manure treated (N content) is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 3.10 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 2,429 kg in China, Macao SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.94 million kg, and the mean is 60.27 million kg.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 105 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: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 3.10 billion kg | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 2 | USSR | 2.06 billion kg | 1991 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 3 | China | 1.26 billion kg | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 85.98 million kg | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 1.25 billion kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 382.52 million kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 5 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 33.13 million kg | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 6 | France | 279.45 million kg | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 6 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 31.43 million kg | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 7 | Germany | 266.88 million kg | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 8 | India | 240.40 million kg | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 13.36 million kg | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 214.93 million kg | 2023 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 9 | Melanesia | 12.69 million kg | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 10 | Spain | 202.50 million kg | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 10 | Türkiye | 9.93 million kg | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 11 | Indonesia | 165.72 million kg | 2023 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 11 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 8.12 million kg | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 12 | Australia and New Zealand | 155.07 million kg | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 12 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6.51 million kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 153.57 million kg | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6.38 million kg | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 146.15 million kg | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 3.32 million kg | 2023 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Italy | 138.64 million kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 3.17 million kg | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 16 | Poland | 135.95 million kg | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 16 | Polynesia | 1.35 million kg | 2023 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 17 | Yugoslav SFR | 124.23 million kg | 1991 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.24 million kg | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 18 | Canada | 123.54 million kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 18 | Syrian Arab Republic | 616,697 kg | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 19 | Myanmar | 110.12 million kg | 2023 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 336,889 kg | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 109.17 million kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 249,571 kg | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 21 | Ireland | 103.17 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 22 | Czechoslovakia | 94.08 million kg | 1992 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 23 | Australia | 89.46 million kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 76.33 million kg | 1999 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 25 | Pakistan | 74.12 million kg | 2023 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Belarus | 72.98 million kg | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 27 | Denmark | 67.58 million kg | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 28 | New Zealand | 65.62 million kg | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 29 | Ukraine | 61.46 million kg | 2023 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 58.94 million kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 30 | Caribbean | 16.97 million kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 31 | Belgium | 53.63 million kg | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 32 | Mexico | 53.11 million kg | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 983,740 kg | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 33 | Colombia | 49.62 million kg | 2023 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 77,419 kg | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Thailand | 49.33 million kg | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 35 | Mongolia | 48.53 million kg | 2023 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 36 | Philippines | 47.54 million kg | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 37 | Romania | 45.31 million kg | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 38 | Japan | 43.79 million kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 39 | Republic of Korea | 40.16 million kg | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 40 | Austria | 39.32 million kg | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 41 | Serbia and Montenegro | 37.67 million kg | 2005 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 42 | Switzerland | 31.56 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 43 | Tajikistan | 28.00 million kg | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 44 | Portugal | 27.90 million kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 26.96 million kg | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 46 | Cambodia | 26.42 million kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 47 | Czechia | 24.90 million kg | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 48 | Sweden | 24.75 million kg | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 24.75 million kg | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 50 | Hungary | 23.73 million kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 51 | Argentina | 23.37 million kg | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 52 | Serbia | 22.87 million kg | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.96 million kg | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 18.66 million kg | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 55 | Sudan (former) | 18.04 million kg | 2011 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Finland | 16.73 million kg | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 57 | Norway | 15.91 million kg | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 58 | Nigeria | 14.17 million kg | 2023 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Peru | 14.00 million kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 60 | Lithuania | 12.68 million kg | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 11.69 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 62 | Greece | 11.22 million kg | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 63 | Sudan | 11.18 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 64 | Guatemala | 11.17 million kg | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 11.12 million kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Papua New Guinea | 10.34 million kg | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 67 | Ecuador | 9.81 million kg | 2023 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 68 | Uganda | 9.79 million kg | 2023 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Chile | 9.22 million kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 8.88 million kg | 2023 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 71 | South Sudan | 8.81 million kg | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 72 | Croatia | 8.79 million kg | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 73 | Malawi | 8.77 million kg | 2023 | up 212.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 8.48 million kg | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Albania | 8.44 million kg | 2023 | down 37.2% | rising |
| 76 | Kenya | 8.20 million kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 77 | Malaysia | 8.18 million kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 78 | Ethiopia PDR | 7.93 million kg | 1992 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.92 million kg | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 80 | Slovakia | 7.74 million kg | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 81 | Chad | 7.51 million kg | 2023 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Latvia | 7.34 million kg | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 83 | Slovenia | 7.32 million kg | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 84 | Uruguay | 7.21 million kg | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 6.85 million kg | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 86 | Nepal | 6.19 million kg | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 87 | China, Taiwan Province of | 6.06 million kg | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 88 | Honduras | 5.79 million kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 89 | Cuba | 5.47 million kg | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 90 | Estonia | 5.24 million kg | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 91 | Niger | 4.82 million kg | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Angola | 4.47 million kg | 2023 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Madagascar | 4.42 million kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 94 | Burkina Faso | 4.33 million kg | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 95 | South Africa | 4.09 million kg | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 96 | Mali | 4.08 million kg | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 3.95 million kg | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 98 | El Salvador | 3.93 million kg | 2023 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 99 | Paraguay | 3.87 million kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 100 | Haiti | 3.30 million kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 3.28 million kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 102 | Cameroon | 3.26 million kg | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 103 | Egypt | 2.60 million kg | 2023 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 104 | Guinea | 2.29 million kg | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Zambia | 2.12 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Panama | 2.03 million kg | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 107 | Zimbabwe | 2.02 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 2.00 million kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Montenegro | 1.88 million kg | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 110 | Morocco | 1.83 million kg | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 111 | Benin | 1.77 million kg | 2023 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 1.71 million kg | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 113 | Burundi | 1.68 million kg | 2023 | up 203.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Senegal | 1.66 million kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 115 | Somalia | 1.66 million kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 116 | Ghana | 1.56 million kg | 2023 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 117 | Iceland | 1.52 million kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | flat |
| 118 | Mozambique | 1.47 million kg | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 119 | Algeria | 1.30 million kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 120 | Sri Lanka | 1.26 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | Togo | 1.22 million kg | 2023 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Rwanda | 1.15 million kg | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Fiji | 1.02 million kg | 2023 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 124 | Namibia | 900,277 kg | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 125 | Eritrea | 899,053 kg | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 126 | Iraq | 844,041 kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 127 | Georgia | 828,572 kg | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 128 | Yemen | 786,121 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 129 | Mauritania | 732,179 kg | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 667,070 kg | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 131 | Puerto Rico | 658,444 kg | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 628,259 kg | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 133 | Armenia | 609,290 kg | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 134 | Cyprus | 563,061 kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Samoa | 554,144 kg | 2023 | down 41.6% | rising |
| 136 | Tunisia | 462,831 kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 137 | Israel | 445,054 kg | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 138 | Tonga | 426,463 kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 139 | Sierra Leone | 422,158 kg | 2023 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Guyana | 407,200 kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 141 | Malta | 402,395 kg | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 142 | New Caledonia | 353,347 kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 143 | Jamaica | 325,657 kg | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 144 | Solomon Islands | 318,786 kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 145 | Saudi Arabia | 312,170 kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 146 | Liberia | 278,900 kg | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 147 | Bhutan | 224,988 kg | 2023 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 148 | Gabon | 221,474 kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 149 | Oman | 216,899 kg | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Eswatini | 212,966 kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 151 | Lesotho | 203,062 kg | 2023 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 152 | Libya | 194,022 kg | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 153 | Botswana | 172,357 kg | 2023 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 154 | French Polynesia | 161,771 kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 155 | Congo | 150,785 kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 156 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 118,334 kg | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Cook Islands | 111,477 kg | 2023 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 109,910 kg | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 159 | Réunion | 93,524 kg | 2006 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 160 | Belize | 90,642 kg | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 161 | Lebanon | 87,725 kg | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 162 | Gambia | 87,478 kg | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 163 | Dominica | 82,516 kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 164 | Djibouti | 73,060 kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Brunei Darussalam | 73,051 kg | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 166 | Kiribati | 72,974 kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 167 | Tuvalu | 69,815 kg | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 168 | United Arab Emirates | 64,367 kg | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Barbados | 60,262 kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 170 | Jordan | 59,455 kg | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 171 | Suriname | 54,094 kg | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 172 | Faroe Islands | 44,738 kg | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 173 | Martinique | 43,369 kg | 2006 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 40,980 kg | 2023 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Palestine | 34,158 kg | 2023 | up 110.4% | rising |
| 176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30,583 kg | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 177 | Guadeloupe | 29,682 kg | 2006 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 178 | Mauritius | 22,386 kg | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 21,686 kg | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 180 | French Guiana | 18,930 kg | 2006 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 181 | Kuwait | 16,289 kg | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 182 | Comoros | 15,679 kg | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 183 | Grenada | 14,366 kg | 2023 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 184 | Nauru | 14,345 kg | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 185 | Qatar | 13,825 kg | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 186 | Bahamas | 13,650 kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 187 | Singapore | 13,350 kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13,318 kg | 2023 | down 27.9% | flat |
| 189 | Niue | 11,989 kg | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 190 | Tokelau | 11,025 kg | 2023 | up 132.8% | rising |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9,302 kg | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 192 | Equatorial Guinea | 8,528 kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 193 | Seychelles | 7,351 kg | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Bahrain | 5,807 kg | 2023 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 195 | China, Macao SAR | 2,429 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 6.84 billion kg
- Asia 2.58 billion kg
- Annex I countries 3.60 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 336.97 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 3.24 billion kg
- Europe 2.40 billion kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 35.86 million kg
- European Union (27) 1.64 billion kg
- Americas 1.52 billion kg
- Eastern Asia 1.40 billion kg
- Middle Africa 18.91 million kg
- Northern America 1.03 billion kg
- United States of America 909.23 million kg
- Western Europe 783.28 million kg
- Eastern Europe 769.61 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 547.59 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 527.99 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 485.21 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 471.18 million kg
- Southern Europe 441.83 million kg
- Northern Europe 408.53 million kg
- South America 372.13 million kg
- Southern Asia 363.54 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 359.81 million kg
- Central Asia 280.01 million kg
- Oceania 169.45 million kg
- Africa 164.29 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 146.73 million kg
- Central America 96.12 million kg
- Eastern Africa 83.12 million kg
- Western Africa 39.12 million kg
- Northern Africa 17.57 million kg
- Western Asia 17.15 million kg
- Southern Africa 5.58 million kg
About this data
The Livestock Manure domain of FAOSTAT contains estimates of nitrogen (N) inputs to agricultural soils from livestock manure. Data on the N losses to air and water are also disseminated. These estimates are compiled using official FAOSTAT statistics of animal stocks and by applying the internationally approved Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Data are available by country, with global coverage and updated annually.The following elements are disseminated: 1) Stocks; 2) Amount excreted in manure (N content); 3) Manure left on pasture (N content); 4) Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content); 5) Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content); 6) Manure treated (N content); 7) Losses from manure treated (N content); 8) Manure applied to soils (N content); 9) Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content); 10) Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content).