All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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
2.40 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
4,931 kg
Tokelau
Median
7.42 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,264
What the numbers show
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 2.40 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 4,931 kg in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.42 million kg, and the mean is 64.73 million kg.
Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 264.2%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 40.5%).
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that leaches: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 2.40 billion kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 2 | USSR | 1.71 billion kg | 1991 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 3 | China | 1.57 billion kg | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 107.31 million kg | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 1.56 billion kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 99.30 million kg | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 5 | India | 725.07 million kg | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 479.83 million kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 347.04 million kg | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 53.23 million kg | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 346.83 million kg | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 32.15 million kg | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Indonesia | 332.54 million kg | 2023 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Türkiye | 26.49 million kg | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 10 | France | 231.20 million kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 26.30 million kg | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 194.24 million kg | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 22.18 million kg | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 161.92 million kg | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 8.27 million kg | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 13 | Spain | 145.09 million kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 7.14 million kg | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 144.89 million kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 14 | Melanesia | 6.42 million kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 122.07 million kg | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.52 million kg | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 99.44 million kg | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 1.96 million kg | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 99.28 million kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.31 million kg | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 92.02 million kg | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 18 | Polynesia | 684,227 kg | 2023 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 19 | Yugoslav SFR | 89.54 million kg | 1991 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 228,024 kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 82.06 million kg | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 118,765 kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 81.55 million kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 72.27 million kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 23 | Myanmar | 71.35 million kg | 2023 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 24 | Ireland | 69.53 million kg | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 25 | Czechoslovakia | 68.85 million kg | 1992 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 26 | Australia and New Zealand | 68.80 million kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 27 | Nigeria | 65.13 million kg | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Belarus | 63.95 million kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 29 | Ukraine | 62.60 million kg | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Argentina | 57.38 million kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 30 | Caribbean | 52.65 million kg | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 57.04 million kg | 1999 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 32 | Mongolia | 52.18 million kg | 2023 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.20 million kg | 2023 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 51.84 million kg | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 358,004 kg | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Thailand | 50.74 million kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 35 | Japan | 49.69 million kg | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 36 | Australia | 48.88 million kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 47.71 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 38 | Philippines | 47.56 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 39 | Denmark | 45.97 million kg | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 40 | Belgium | 41.45 million kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 41 | Malawi | 40.61 million kg | 2023 | up 212.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Republic of Korea | 40.15 million kg | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Peru | 38.21 million kg | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 37.71 million kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 45 | Sudan (former) | 36.77 million kg | 2011 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Uganda | 31.62 million kg | 2023 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Chile | 29.33 million kg | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 48 | Malaysia | 27.25 million kg | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 49 | Serbia and Montenegro | 26.69 million kg | 2005 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 50 | Turkmenistan | 26.20 million kg | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 51 | Sudan | 25.71 million kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 25.40 million kg | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Austria | 25.26 million kg | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 54 | Ecuador | 24.84 million kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 23.71 million kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Nepal | 23.00 million kg | 2023 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 57 | Hungary | 22.23 million kg | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 58 | Kenya | 21.85 million kg | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 59 | Switzerland | 21.62 million kg | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 60 | Afghanistan | 21.47 million kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 61 | Chad | 20.71 million kg | 2023 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Portugal | 20.40 million kg | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 63 | New Zealand | 19.92 million kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 64 | Czechia | 19.82 million kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 19.01 million kg | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 66 | Angola | 18.73 million kg | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 67 | South Sudan | 17.84 million kg | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 68 | Ethiopia PDR | 17.53 million kg | 1992 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 69 | Serbia | 17.01 million kg | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 70 | Sweden | 16.55 million kg | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 71 | Cambodia | 16.45 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 15.82 million kg | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.48 million kg | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 74 | South Africa | 15.16 million kg | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 75 | Madagascar | 14.98 million kg | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 76 | China, Taiwan Province of | 14.12 million kg | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 77 | Norway | 14.01 million kg | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 78 | Burkina Faso | 13.36 million kg | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Cuba | 13.21 million kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 80 | Finland | 13.14 million kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 81 | Cameroon | 12.98 million kg | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 82 | Greece | 12.73 million kg | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 12.61 million kg | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 84 | Uruguay | 12.46 million kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 85 | Mali | 12.41 million kg | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Paraguay | 11.50 million kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 87 | Morocco | 11.22 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 88 | Niger | 10.95 million kg | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 89 | Honduras | 10.75 million kg | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 90 | Egypt | 10.37 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 91 | Algeria | 9.62 million kg | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Lithuania | 9.39 million kg | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 9.30 million kg | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Ghana | 8.27 million kg | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Zambia | 7.88 million kg | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Croatia | 7.74 million kg | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 7.69 million kg | 2023 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Iraq | 7.44 million kg | 2023 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 99 | Senegal | 7.39 million kg | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Burundi | 7.36 million kg | 2023 | up 220.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Haiti | 7.06 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 102 | Slovakia | 6.89 million kg | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 6.62 million kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.62 million kg | 2023 | down 36.9% | flat |
| 105 | Togo | 6.62 million kg | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Benin | 6.58 million kg | 2023 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 107 | Mozambique | 6.43 million kg | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Albania | 6.35 million kg | 2023 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 109 | El Salvador | 6.19 million kg | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 110 | Somalia | 5.92 million kg | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 111 | Latvia | 5.54 million kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 112 | Slovenia | 5.53 million kg | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 113 | Panama | 5.42 million kg | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 114 | Guinea | 5.30 million kg | 2023 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Zimbabwe | 5.19 million kg | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 116 | Tunisia | 5.06 million kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | 4.64 million kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 118 | Rwanda | 4.03 million kg | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 3.82 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 3.66 million kg | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 121 | Yemen | 3.65 million kg | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Estonia | 3.57 million kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 123 | Israel | 3.13 million kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 2.96 million kg | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 125 | Mauritania | 2.91 million kg | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.80 million kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Guyana | 2.49 million kg | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 128 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.40 million kg | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 129 | Lebanon | 2.30 million kg | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 2.16 million kg | 2023 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Luxembourg | 2.06 million kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 132 | Kuwait | 2.06 million kg | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Namibia | 1.96 million kg | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 134 | Jamaica | 1.91 million kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 135 | Libya | 1.89 million kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 136 | Eritrea | 1.85 million kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 137 | Georgia | 1.70 million kg | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 138 | Liberia | 1.49 million kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 139 | Jordan | 1.45 million kg | 2023 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.32 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Cyprus | 1.30 million kg | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 1.29 million kg | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 143 | Montenegro | 1.28 million kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 144 | Iceland | 1.21 million kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 1.13 million kg | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 146 | Fiji | 1.11 million kg | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 147 | Gabon | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 148 | Qatar | 1.05 million kg | 2023 | up 264.2% | volatile |
| 149 | United Arab Emirates | 972,279 kg | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Réunion | 701,909 kg | 2006 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 151 | Congo | 611,801 kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 152 | Lesotho | 601,877 kg | 2023 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 153 | Suriname | 579,356 kg | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 154 | Bhutan | 574,440 kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 155 | Eswatini | 550,332 kg | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 156 | Barbados | 503,738 kg | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 157 | Oman | 492,248 kg | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Mauritius | 458,029 kg | 2023 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 159 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 404,224 kg | 2023 | up 35.4% | falling |
| 160 | Botswana | 390,591 kg | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 161 | Belize | 316,589 kg | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 301,010 kg | 2023 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 163 | Samoa | 265,623 kg | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 164 | Malta | 257,038 kg | 2023 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 165 | Gambia | 255,314 kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 166 | Singapore | 253,548 kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Palestine | 244,261 kg | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 168 | Bahamas | 236,493 kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 169 | New Caledonia | 215,940 kg | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 170 | Tonga | 207,359 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 195,492 kg | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Djibouti | 191,062 kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 154,290 kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 174 | Martinique | 140,804 kg | 2006 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 175 | Guadeloupe | 123,711 kg | 2006 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 176 | French Polynesia | 118,513 kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 177 | Dominica | 115,521 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 178 | Kiribati | 103,033 kg | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 87,738 kg | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 180 | Faroe Islands | 69,857 kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 181 | French Guiana | 67,512 kg | 2006 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 182 | Bahrain | 66,746 kg | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Grenada | 65,319 kg | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 61,063 kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 185 | China, Macao SAR | 51,322 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 186 | Comoros | 49,672 kg | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 187 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48,530 kg | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 188 | Equatorial Guinea | 47,518 kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 47,210 kg | 2023 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 190 | Seychelles | 40,913 kg | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Tuvalu | 33,906 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 25,998 kg | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 193 | Niue | 6,685 kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 194 | Nauru | 6,226 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 195 | Tokelau | 4,931 kg | 2023 | up 99.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 8.33 billion kg
- Asia 3.98 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 5.61 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 602.15 million kg
- Annex I countries 2.72 billion kg
- Europe 1.95 billion kg
- Americas 1.79 billion kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 69.08 million kg
- Eastern Asia 1.72 billion kg
- Middle Africa 66.49 million kg
- Southern Asia 1.31 billion kg
- European Union (27) 1.26 billion kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.22 billion kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.13 billion kg
- South America 841.27 million kg
- Eastern Europe 713.80 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 670.90 million kg
- Northern America 663.53 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 604.87 million kg
- Western Europe 597.39 million kg
- United States of America 591.26 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 579.88 million kg
- Africa 531.11 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 467.23 million kg
- Northern Europe 323.86 million kg
- Southern Europe 317.96 million kg
- Central America 236.74 million kg
- Eastern Africa 230.30 million kg
- Central Asia 207.83 million kg
- Western Africa 151.78 million kg
- Oceania 76.14 million kg
- Western Asia 66.30 million kg
- Northern Africa 63.87 million kg
- Southern Africa 18.66 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).