All Animals — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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
1.60 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
3,287 kg
Tokelau
Median
4.94 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,264
What the numbers show
All Animals — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 1.60 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 3,287 kg in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.94 million kg, and the mean is 43.15 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 volatilises: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 1.60 billion kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 2 | USSR | 1.14 billion kg | 1991 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 3 | China | 1.05 billion kg | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 71.54 million kg | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 1.04 billion kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 66.20 million kg | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 5 | India | 483.38 million kg | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 319.89 million kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 231.36 million kg | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 35.48 million kg | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 231.22 million kg | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 21.43 million kg | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Indonesia | 221.69 million kg | 2023 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Türkiye | 17.66 million kg | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 10 | France | 154.13 million kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 17.53 million kg | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 129.50 million kg | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 14.78 million kg | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 107.95 million kg | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 5.52 million kg | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 13 | Spain | 96.72 million kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4.76 million kg | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 96.60 million kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 14 | Melanesia | 4.28 million kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 81.38 million kg | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.68 million kg | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 66.29 million kg | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 1.31 million kg | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 66.19 million kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 872,400 kg | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 61.35 million kg | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 18 | Polynesia | 456,152 kg | 2023 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 19 | Yugoslav SFR | 59.69 million kg | 1991 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 152,016 kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 54.71 million kg | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 79,177 kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 54.36 million kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 48.18 million kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 23 | Myanmar | 47.57 million kg | 2023 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 24 | Ireland | 46.35 million kg | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 25 | Czechoslovakia | 45.90 million kg | 1992 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 26 | Australia and New Zealand | 45.87 million kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 27 | Nigeria | 43.42 million kg | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Belarus | 42.63 million kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 29 | Ukraine | 41.73 million kg | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Argentina | 38.26 million kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 30 | Caribbean | 35.10 million kg | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 38.02 million kg | 1999 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 32 | Mongolia | 34.79 million kg | 2023 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.13 million kg | 2023 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 34.56 million kg | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 238,669 kg | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Thailand | 33.83 million kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 35 | Japan | 33.12 million kg | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 36 | Australia | 32.59 million kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 31.81 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 38 | Philippines | 31.71 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 39 | Denmark | 30.65 million kg | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 40 | Belgium | 27.63 million kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 41 | Malawi | 27.07 million kg | 2023 | up 212.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Republic of Korea | 26.77 million kg | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Peru | 25.47 million kg | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 25.14 million kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 45 | Sudan (former) | 24.51 million kg | 2011 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Uganda | 21.08 million kg | 2023 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Chile | 19.56 million kg | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 48 | Malaysia | 18.16 million kg | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 49 | Serbia and Montenegro | 17.80 million kg | 2005 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 50 | Turkmenistan | 17.47 million kg | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 51 | Sudan | 17.14 million kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 16.93 million kg | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Austria | 16.84 million kg | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 54 | Ecuador | 16.56 million kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 15.81 million kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Nepal | 15.33 million kg | 2023 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 57 | Hungary | 14.82 million kg | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 58 | Kenya | 14.57 million kg | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 59 | Switzerland | 14.42 million kg | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 60 | Afghanistan | 14.31 million kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 61 | Chad | 13.80 million kg | 2023 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Portugal | 13.60 million kg | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 63 | New Zealand | 13.28 million kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 64 | Czechia | 13.21 million kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 12.67 million kg | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 66 | Angola | 12.49 million kg | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 67 | South Sudan | 11.90 million kg | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 68 | Ethiopia PDR | 11.68 million kg | 1992 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 69 | Serbia | 11.34 million kg | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 70 | Sweden | 11.03 million kg | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 71 | Cambodia | 10.96 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 10.55 million kg | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.32 million kg | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 74 | South Africa | 10.10 million kg | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 75 | Madagascar | 9.99 million kg | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 76 | China, Taiwan Province of | 9.41 million kg | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 77 | Norway | 9.34 million kg | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 78 | Burkina Faso | 8.91 million kg | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Cuba | 8.80 million kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 80 | Finland | 8.76 million kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 81 | Cameroon | 8.65 million kg | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 82 | Greece | 8.48 million kg | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 8.41 million kg | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 84 | Uruguay | 8.31 million kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 85 | Mali | 8.27 million kg | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Paraguay | 7.66 million kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 87 | Morocco | 7.48 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 88 | Niger | 7.30 million kg | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 89 | Honduras | 7.17 million kg | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 90 | Egypt | 6.91 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 91 | Algeria | 6.41 million kg | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Lithuania | 6.26 million kg | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 6.20 million kg | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Ghana | 5.51 million kg | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Zambia | 5.25 million kg | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Croatia | 5.16 million kg | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 5.12 million kg | 2023 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Iraq | 4.96 million kg | 2023 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 99 | Senegal | 4.93 million kg | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Burundi | 4.91 million kg | 2023 | up 220.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Haiti | 4.71 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 102 | Slovakia | 4.59 million kg | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 4.42 million kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.41 million kg | 2023 | down 36.9% | flat |
| 105 | Togo | 4.41 million kg | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Benin | 4.39 million kg | 2023 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 107 | Mozambique | 4.29 million kg | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Albania | 4.23 million kg | 2023 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 109 | El Salvador | 4.13 million kg | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 110 | Somalia | 3.95 million kg | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 111 | Latvia | 3.69 million kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 112 | Slovenia | 3.68 million kg | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 113 | Panama | 3.62 million kg | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 114 | Guinea | 3.53 million kg | 2023 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Zimbabwe | 3.46 million kg | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 116 | Tunisia | 3.37 million kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | 3.09 million kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 118 | Rwanda | 2.68 million kg | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 2.55 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 2.44 million kg | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 121 | Yemen | 2.44 million kg | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Estonia | 2.38 million kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 123 | Israel | 2.09 million kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 1.97 million kg | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 125 | Mauritania | 1.94 million kg | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.87 million kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Guyana | 1.66 million kg | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 128 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.60 million kg | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 129 | Lebanon | 1.54 million kg | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 1.44 million kg | 2023 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Luxembourg | 1.38 million kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 132 | Kuwait | 1.38 million kg | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Namibia | 1.31 million kg | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 134 | Jamaica | 1.28 million kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 135 | Libya | 1.26 million kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 136 | Eritrea | 1.24 million kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 137 | Georgia | 1.13 million kg | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 138 | Liberia | 995,640 kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 139 | Jordan | 966,720 kg | 2023 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Brunei Darussalam | 881,757 kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Cyprus | 866,852 kg | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 858,189 kg | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 143 | Montenegro | 852,099 kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 144 | Iceland | 803,819 kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 752,847 kg | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 146 | Fiji | 738,657 kg | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 147 | Gabon | 718,787 kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 148 | Qatar | 701,534 kg | 2023 | up 264.2% | volatile |
| 149 | United Arab Emirates | 648,186 kg | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Réunion | 467,939 kg | 2006 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 151 | Congo | 407,867 kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 152 | Lesotho | 401,251 kg | 2023 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 153 | Suriname | 386,237 kg | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 154 | Bhutan | 382,960 kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 155 | Eswatini | 366,888 kg | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 156 | Barbados | 335,825 kg | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 157 | Oman | 328,165 kg | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Mauritius | 305,353 kg | 2023 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 159 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 269,483 kg | 2023 | up 35.4% | falling |
| 160 | Botswana | 260,394 kg | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 161 | Belize | 211,059 kg | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 200,673 kg | 2023 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 163 | Samoa | 177,082 kg | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 164 | Malta | 171,359 kg | 2023 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 165 | Gambia | 170,209 kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 166 | Singapore | 169,032 kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Palestine | 162,840 kg | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 168 | Bahamas | 157,662 kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 169 | New Caledonia | 143,960 kg | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 170 | Tonga | 138,239 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 130,328 kg | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Djibouti | 127,375 kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 102,860 kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 174 | Martinique | 93,870 kg | 2006 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 175 | Guadeloupe | 82,474 kg | 2006 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 176 | French Polynesia | 79,009 kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 177 | Dominica | 77,014 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 178 | Kiribati | 68,689 kg | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 58,492 kg | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 180 | Faroe Islands | 46,572 kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 181 | French Guiana | 45,008 kg | 2006 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 182 | Bahrain | 44,498 kg | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Grenada | 43,546 kg | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 40,709 kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 185 | China, Macao SAR | 34,215 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 186 | Comoros | 33,115 kg | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 187 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32,353 kg | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 188 | Equatorial Guinea | 31,679 kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 31,474 kg | 2023 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 190 | Seychelles | 27,275 kg | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Tuvalu | 22,604 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17,332 kg | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 193 | Niue | 4,457 kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 194 | Nauru | 4,151 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 195 | Tokelau | 3,287 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 5.55 billion kg
- Asia 2.65 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 3.74 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 401.43 million kg
- Annex I countries 1.81 billion kg
- Europe 1.30 billion kg
- Americas 1.20 billion kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 46.05 million kg
- Eastern Asia 1.15 billion kg
- Middle Africa 44.33 million kg
- Southern Asia 873.56 million kg
- European Union (27) 837.76 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 812.95 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 753.78 million kg
- South America 560.85 million kg
- Eastern Europe 475.87 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 447.26 million kg
- Northern America 442.35 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 403.25 million kg
- Western Europe 398.26 million kg
- United States of America 394.17 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 386.59 million kg
- Africa 354.07 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 311.49 million kg
- Northern Europe 215.90 million kg
- Southern Europe 211.97 million kg
- Central America 157.83 million kg
- Eastern Africa 153.53 million kg
- Central Asia 138.55 million kg
- Western Africa 101.19 million kg
- Oceania 50.76 million kg
- Western Asia 44.20 million kg
- Northern Africa 42.58 million kg
- Southern Africa 12.44 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).