All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per square kilometre by country
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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
1,359 kg per square kilometre
Belgium
Lowest
0.6892 kg per square kilometre
Botswana
Median
83.36 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,878
What the numbers show
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 1,359 kg per square kilometre in Belgium; the lowest is 0.6892 kg per square kilometre in Botswana.
The median across all reporting countries is 83.36 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 153.49 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 … applied square kilometre leaches: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 1,359 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 2 | Barbados | 1,171 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 1,149 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 1,130 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 1,009 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 6 | Malta | 803.24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 801.84 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 631.33 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 555.89 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 10 | Switzerland | 547.28 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 545.38 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 526.99 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Pakistan | 450.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Malawi | 430.73 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 212.6% | volatile |
| 15 | France | 428.98 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 16 | Poland | 398.58 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 17 | Singapore | 353.13 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Belarus | 315.04 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 19 | Nauru | 311.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 311.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 21 | Austria | 306.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 22 | El Salvador | 298.94 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 23 | Spain | 290.35 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 24 | Tonga | 288 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 25 | Burundi | 286.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 220.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Slovenia | 274.42 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 27 | Czechia | 256.83 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 28 | Haiti | 256.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 246.93 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 30 | India | 243.87 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 243.57 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 32 | Albania | 231.72 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 33 | Mauritius | 229.36 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 225.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 225.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 36 | Lebanon | 225.11 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 222.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 38 | Guatemala | 221.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 203.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Serbia | 202.24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 41 | Grenada | 192.12 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 42 | Jamaica | 176.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 43 | Indonesia | 175.71 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 44 | China | 167.49 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 45 | Rwanda | 163.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Nepal | 160.46 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 47 | Philippines | 159.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 48 | Uganda | 157.68 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Dominica | 154.03 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 50 | Lithuania | 149.93 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 51 | Israel | 144.62 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 52 | Saint Lucia | 143.83 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 53 | Slovakia | 143.27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 54 | Cyprus | 140.72 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 55 | Antigua and Barbuda | 138.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 56 | Croatia | 138.35 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 136.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 58 | Japan | 136.28 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 131.45 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 129.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.9% | flat |
| 61 | Puerto Rico | 127.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 62 | Cuba | 127.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 63 | Kiribati | 127.2 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 64 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 124.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 65 | Togo | 121.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 117.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 67 | Kuwait | 115.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Myanmar | 109.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 69 | Ukraine | 108.04 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Ecuador | 100.02 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 71 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 99.99 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 72 | Thailand | 99.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 73 | Greece | 98.72 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 74 | Honduras | 96.06 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 75 | Samoa | 95.55 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.9% | rising |
| 76 | Montenegro | 95.03 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 77 | Cambodia | 93.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 78 | Qatar | 91.58 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 268.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Colombia | 89.48 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 80 | Latvia | 88.98 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 81 | Seychelles | 88.94 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 85.63 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 85.53 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 84 | Estonia | 83.53 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 85 | Bahrain | 83.43 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Mexico | 83.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 87 | Malaysia | 82.93 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 80.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 89 | New Zealand | 75.67 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 90 | Panama | 73.11 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 91 | Nigeria | 71.52 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Uruguay | 71.19 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 61.73 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 94 | Fiji | 60.65 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 95 | Benin | 58.33 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 96 | Brazil | 57.41 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 55.75 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 98 | Faroe Islands | 50.99 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 48.84 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Armenia | 45.65 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 44.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 102 | Finland | 43.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 103 | Sweden | 40.63 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 104 | Palestine | 40.54 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 105 | Chile | 39.49 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 106 | Norway | 38.46 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 107 | Senegal | 38.39 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Kenya | 37.61 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 109 | Ghana | 36.33 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 110 | French Polynesia | 34.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 111 | Mongolia | 33.48 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 33.41 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 32.92 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 114 | Tunisia | 32.58 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Eswatini | 32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 29.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Peru | 29.85 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 118 | Paraguay | 29.03 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 119 | South Sudan | 28.24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 120 | Cameroon | 27.46 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 121 | Comoros | 26.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 122 | Madagascar | 25.75 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 123 | Gambia | 25.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 124 | Morocco | 25.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 125 | Vanuatu | 24.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 126 | Georgia | 24.5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 127 | Bahamas | 23.63 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 128 | Guinea | 21.56 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Argentina | 20.97 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 130 | Lesotho | 19.82 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 17.67 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 132 | Iraq | 17.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 133 | Chad | 16.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Jordan | 16.33 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 135 | Liberia | 15.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 136 | Eritrea | 15.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 137 | Bhutan | 15.06 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 138 | Angola | 15.02 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Belize | 13.88 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 140 | Sudan | 13.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 13.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 13.42 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 143 | South Africa | 12.49 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 144 | Iceland | 11.96 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 145 | New Caledonia | 11.81 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 146 | Guyana | 11.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 147 | Central African Republic | 10.63 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Zambia | 10.6 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Egypt | 10.42 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | 10.25 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 151 | Mali | 10.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Somalia | 9.43 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 153 | Niger | 8.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 154 | Djibouti | 8.24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 155 | Canada | 8.22 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 156 | Mozambique | 8.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Yemen | 6.92 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Australia | 6.35 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 5.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 160 | Gabon | 4.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 161 | Algeria | 4.04 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Suriname | 3.61 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 163 | Saudi Arabia | 3.58 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Mauritania | 2.82 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 165 | Namibia | 2.38 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 166 | Congo | 1.79 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 168 | Oman | 1.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Libya | 1.07 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 170 | Botswana | 0.6892 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 64.2 kg per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 19.55 kg per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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 that leaches (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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.