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

All Animals — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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
906.21 kg per square kilometre
Belgium
Lowest
0.4595 kg per square kilometre
Botswana
Median
55.58 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,878

What the numbers show

All Animals — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 906.21 kg per square kilometre in Belgium; the lowest is 0.4595 kg per square kilometre in Botswana.

The median across all reporting countries is 55.58 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 102.32 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 volatilises: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belgium 906.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.9% falling
2 Barbados 780.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 23.8% rising
3 Denmark 766.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% falling
4 Tuvalu 753.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
5 Ireland 672.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% rising
6 Malta 535.5 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 39.7% rising
7 Luxembourg 534.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.8% flat
8 Bangladesh 420.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.9% rising
9 Germany 370.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.9% falling
10 Switzerland 364.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% falling
11 Trinidad and Tobago 363.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.1% volatile
12 Dominican Republic 351.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 40.9% volatile
13 Pakistan 300.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 57.4% volatile
14 Malawi 287.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 212.6% volatile
15 France 285.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% falling
16 Poland 265.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.0% falling
17 Singapore 235.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.5% volatile
18 Belarus 210.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% falling
19 Nauru 207.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
20 Italy 207.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.5% falling
21 Austria 204.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.1% falling
22 El Salvador 199.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 32.1% rising
23 Spain 193.57 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.7% rising
24 Tonga 192 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% rising
25 Burundi 191.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 220.6% volatile
26 Slovenia 182.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% falling
27 Czechia 171.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.1% falling
28 Haiti 170.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% falling
29 Costa Rica 164.62 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% rising
30 India 162.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
31 Hungary 162.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% falling
32 Albania 154.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 38.4% rising
33 Mauritius 152.91 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.3% volatile
34 Uzbekistan 150.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 42.6% rising
35 Romania 150.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% falling
36 Lebanon 150.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% volatile
37 Portugal 148.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.4% rising
38 Guatemala 147.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% volatile
39 Sao Tome and Principe 135.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 30.1% volatile
40 Serbia 134.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.3% falling
41 Grenada 128.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 28.7% rising
42 Jamaica 117.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% rising
43 Indonesia 117.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 72.4% volatile
44 China 111.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% rising
45 Rwanda 108.78 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.2% volatile
46 Nepal 106.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.1% rising
47 Philippines 106.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
48 Uganda 105.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 58.0% volatile
49 Dominica 102.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
50 Lithuania 99.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.3% falling
51 Israel 96.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% rising
52 Saint Lucia 95.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
53 Slovakia 95.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 19.4% falling
54 Cyprus 93.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 18.3% rising
55 Antigua and Barbuda 92.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% rising
56 Croatia 92.23 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.3% falling
57 Tajikistan 91.3 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% rising
58 Japan 90.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% rising
59 Nicaragua 87.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% rising
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 36.9% flat
61 Puerto Rico 84.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.3% falling
62 Cuba 84.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.8% flat
63 Kiribati 84.8 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 82.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.1% rising
65 Togo 81.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 42.6% volatile
66 North Macedonia 78.17 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 28.4% falling
67 Kuwait 77.18 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 33.4% volatile
68 Myanmar 72.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 36.1% rising
69 Ukraine 72.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 37.7% volatile
70 Ecuador 66.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% rising
71 Saint Kitts and Nevis 66.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.1% rising
72 Thailand 66.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% rising
73 Greece 65.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.2% falling
74 Honduras 64.04 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.9% rising
75 Samoa 63.7 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 36.9% rising
76 Montenegro 63.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% falling
77 Cambodia 62.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
78 Qatar 61.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 268.0% volatile
79 Colombia 59.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% rising
80 Latvia 59.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.2% falling
81 Seychelles 59.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 49.8% volatile
82 Bulgaria 57.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.1% volatile
83 Guinea-Bissau 57.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
84 Estonia 55.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% falling
85 Bahrain 55.62 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 45.8% volatile
86 Mexico 55.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.7% rising
87 Malaysia 55.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% rising
88 Kyrgyzstan 53.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.3% rising
89 New Zealand 50.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% rising
90 Panama 48.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.3% rising
91 Nigeria 47.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 32.0% volatile
92 Uruguay 47.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
93 Sri Lanka 41.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% falling
94 Fiji 40.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
95 Benin 38.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 81.7% rising
96 Brazil 38.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.8% rising
97 Turkmenistan 37.17 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.9% rising
98 Faroe Islands 33.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% falling
99 Burkina Faso 32.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.3% volatile
100 Armenia 30.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
101 Azerbaijan 29.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.7% rising
102 Finland 28.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% falling
103 Sweden 27.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.1% falling
104 Palestine 27.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.1% falling
105 Chile 26.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.5% rising
106 Norway 25.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% falling
107 Senegal 25.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 33.2% volatile
108 Kenya 25.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.1% rising
109 Ghana 24.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 44.6% volatile
110 French Polynesia 22.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% rising
111 Mongolia 22.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 59.7% rising
112 Ethiopia 22.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% rising
113 Afghanistan 21.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% rising
114 Tunisia 21.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.7% volatile
115 Eswatini 21.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
116 Sierra Leone 19.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 86.8% volatile
117 Peru 19.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.0% rising
118 Paraguay 19.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% rising
119 South Sudan 18.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.7% rising
120 Cameroon 18.3 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.3% rising
121 Comoros 17.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% rising
122 Madagascar 17.17 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% rising
123 Gambia 16.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
124 Morocco 16.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% rising
125 Vanuatu 16.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 33.4% rising
126 Georgia 16.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.5% falling
127 Bahamas 15.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% rising
128 Guinea 14.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 55.2% volatile
129 Argentina 13.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% flat
130 Lesotho 13.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 23.3% rising
131 Kazakhstan 11.78 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% falling
132 Iraq 11.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 64.0% rising
133 Chad 10.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 83.3% volatile
134 Jordan 10.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 39.7% rising
135 Liberia 10.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
136 Eritrea 10.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
137 Bhutan 10.04 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% rising
138 Angola 10.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 38.7% volatile
139 Belize 9.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
140 Sudan 9.18 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% flat
141 United Arab Emirates 9.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% volatile
142 Zimbabwe 8.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% rising
143 South Africa 8.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.2% rising
144 Iceland 7.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% falling
145 New Caledonia 7.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
146 Guyana 7.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% rising
147 Central African Republic 7.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% volatile
148 Zambia 7.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% volatile
149 Egypt 6.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% rising
150 Papua New Guinea 6.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.8% rising
151 Mali 6.78 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 53.8% volatile
152 Somalia 6.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% rising
153 Niger 5.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 41.9% rising
154 Djibouti 5.5 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
155 Canada 5.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% flat
156 Mozambique 5.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.9% volatile
157 Yemen 4.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% volatile
158 Australia 4.24 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% rising
159 Solomon Islands 3.67 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
160 Gabon 2.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
161 Algeria 2.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 23.9% volatile
162 Suriname 2.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
163 Saudi Arabia 2.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 20.3% volatile
164 Mauritania 1.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% rising
165 Namibia 1.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.9% rising
166 Congo 1.19 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.8% rising
167 Equatorial Guinea 1.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
168 Oman 1.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.1% volatile
169 Libya 0.7157 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
170 Botswana 0.4595 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 that volatilises (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 volatilises (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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