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All Animals — Manure applied to soils (N content), per square kilometre by country

All Animals — Manure applied to soils (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
4,531 kg per square kilometre
Belgium
Lowest
2.3 kg per square kilometre
Botswana
Median
277.88 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,878

What the numbers show

All Animals — Manure applied to soils (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 4,531 kg per square kilometre in Belgium; the lowest is 2.3 kg per square kilometre in Botswana.

The median across all reporting countries is 277.88 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 511.62 kg per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,972.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 268.0%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 40.5%).

All Animals: Manure applied to soils (N) … Animals square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belgium 4,531 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.9% falling
2 Barbados 3,905 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 23.8% rising
3 Denmark 3,831 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% falling
4 Tuvalu 3,767 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
5 Ireland 3,364 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% rising
6 Malta 2,677 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 39.7% rising
7 Luxembourg 2,673 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.8% flat
8 Bangladesh 2,104 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.9% rising
9 Germany 1,853 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.9% falling
10 Switzerland 1,824 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% falling
11 Trinidad and Tobago 1,818 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.1% volatile
12 Dominican Republic 1,757 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 40.9% volatile
13 Pakistan 1,501 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 57.4% volatile
14 Malawi 1,436 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 212.6% volatile
15 France 1,430 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% falling
16 Poland 1,329 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.0% falling
17 Singapore 1,177 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.5% volatile
18 Belarus 1,050 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% falling
19 Nauru 1,038 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
20 Italy 1,037 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.5% falling
21 Austria 1,021 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.1% falling
22 El Salvador 996.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 32.1% rising
23 Spain 967.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.7% rising
24 Tonga 959.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% rising
25 Burundi 955.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 220.6% volatile
26 Slovenia 914.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% falling
27 Czechia 856.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.1% falling
28 Haiti 853.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% falling
29 Costa Rica 823.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% rising
30 India 812.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
31 Hungary 811.91 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% falling
32 Albania 772.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 38.4% rising
33 Mauritius 764.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.3% volatile
34 Uzbekistan 752.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 42.6% rising
35 Romania 751.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% falling
36 Lebanon 750.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% volatile
37 Portugal 742.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.4% rising
38 Guatemala 737.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% volatile
39 Sao Tome and Principe 678.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 30.1% volatile
40 Serbia 674.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.3% falling
41 Grenada 640.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 28.7% rising
42 Jamaica 588.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% rising
43 Indonesia 585.7 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 72.4% volatile
44 China 558.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% rising
45 Rwanda 543.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.2% volatile
46 Nepal 534.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.1% rising
47 Philippines 531.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
48 Uganda 525.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 58.0% volatile
49 Dominica 513.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
50 Lithuania 499.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.3% falling
51 Israel 482.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% rising
52 Saint Lucia 479.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
53 Slovakia 477.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 19.4% falling
54 Cyprus 469.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 18.3% rising
55 Antigua and Barbuda 462.6 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% rising
56 Croatia 461.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.3% falling
57 Tajikistan 456.5 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% rising
58 Japan 454.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% rising
59 Nicaragua 438.18 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% rising
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 431.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 36.9% flat
61 Puerto Rico 424.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.3% falling
62 Cuba 424.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.8% flat
63 Kiribati 424 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 414.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.1% rising
65 Togo 405.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 42.6% volatile
66 North Macedonia 390.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 28.4% falling
67 Kuwait 385.92 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 33.4% volatile
68 Myanmar 364.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 36.1% rising
69 Ukraine 360.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 37.7% volatile
70 Ecuador 333.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% rising
71 Saint Kitts and Nevis 333.3 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.1% rising
72 Thailand 331.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% rising
73 Greece 329.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.2% falling
74 Honduras 320.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.9% rising
75 Samoa 318.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 36.9% rising
76 Montenegro 316.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% falling
77 Cambodia 310.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
78 Qatar 305.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 268.0% volatile
79 Colombia 298.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% rising
80 Latvia 296.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.2% falling
81 Seychelles 296.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 49.8% volatile
82 Bulgaria 285.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.1% volatile
83 Guinea-Bissau 285.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
84 Estonia 278.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% falling
85 Bahrain 278.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 45.8% volatile
86 Mexico 277.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.7% rising
87 Malaysia 276.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% rising
88 Kyrgyzstan 268.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.3% rising
89 New Zealand 252.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% rising
90 Panama 243.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.3% rising
91 Nigeria 238.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 32.0% volatile
92 Uruguay 237.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
93 Sri Lanka 205.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% falling
94 Fiji 202.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
95 Benin 194.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 81.7% rising
96 Brazil 191.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.8% rising
97 Turkmenistan 185.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.9% rising
98 Faroe Islands 169.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% falling
99 Burkina Faso 162.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.3% volatile
100 Armenia 152.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
101 Azerbaijan 147.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.7% rising
102 Finland 144.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% falling
103 Sweden 135.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.1% falling
104 Palestine 135.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.1% falling
105 Chile 131.63 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.5% rising
106 Norway 128.19 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% falling
107 Senegal 127.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 33.2% volatile
108 Kenya 125.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.1% rising
109 Ghana 121.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 44.6% volatile
110 French Polynesia 113.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% rising
111 Mongolia 111.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 59.7% rising
112 Ethiopia 111.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% rising
113 Afghanistan 109.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% rising
114 Tunisia 108.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.7% volatile
115 Eswatini 106.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
116 Sierra Leone 99.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 86.8% volatile
117 Peru 99.5 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.0% rising
118 Paraguay 96.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% rising
119 South Sudan 94.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.7% rising
120 Cameroon 91.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.3% rising
121 Comoros 88.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% rising
122 Madagascar 85.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% rising
123 Gambia 84.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
124 Morocco 83.8 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% rising
125 Vanuatu 82.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 33.4% rising
126 Georgia 81.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.5% falling
127 Bahamas 78.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% rising
128 Guinea 71.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 55.2% volatile
129 Argentina 69.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% flat
130 Lesotho 66.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 23.3% rising
131 Kazakhstan 58.91 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% falling
132 Iraq 57.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 64.0% rising
133 Chad 54.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 83.3% volatile
134 Jordan 54.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 39.7% rising
135 Liberia 51.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
136 Eritrea 51.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
137 Bhutan 50.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% rising
138 Angola 50.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 38.7% volatile
139 Belize 46.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
140 Sudan 45.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% flat
141 United Arab Emirates 45.63 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% volatile
142 Zimbabwe 44.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% rising
143 South Africa 41.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.2% rising
144 Iceland 39.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% falling
145 New Caledonia 39.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
146 Guyana 39.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% rising
147 Central African Republic 35.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% volatile
148 Zambia 35.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% volatile
149 Egypt 34.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% rising
150 Papua New Guinea 34.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.8% rising
151 Mali 33.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 53.8% volatile
152 Somalia 31.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% rising
153 Niger 28.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 41.9% rising
154 Djibouti 27.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
155 Canada 27.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% flat
156 Mozambique 27.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.9% volatile
157 Yemen 23.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% volatile
158 Australia 21.18 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% rising
159 Solomon Islands 18.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
160 Gabon 13.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
161 Algeria 13.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 23.9% volatile
162 Suriname 12.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
163 Saudi Arabia 11.92 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 20.3% volatile
164 Mauritania 9.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% rising
165 Namibia 7.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.9% rising
166 Congo 5.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.8% rising
167 Equatorial Guinea 5.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
168 Oman 5.3 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.1% volatile
169 Libya 3.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
170 Botswana 2.3 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 40.5% falling

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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 — Manure applied to soils (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 — Manure applied to soils (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
All Animals — Manure applied to soils (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 — Manure applied to soils (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.