All Animals — Manure left on pasture (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
14.79 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
64.85 kg
Tokelau
Median
80.18 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,264
What the numbers show
All Animals — Manure left on pasture (N content) is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 14.79 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 64.85 kg in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 80.18 million kg, and the mean is 596.05 million kg.
Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 111.3%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 62.2%).
All Animals — Manure left on pasture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 14.79 billion kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 2 | Brazil | 10.30 billion kg | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 3 | China | 7.50 billion kg | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 7.48 billion kg | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.12 billion kg | 2023 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 5 | India | 7.42 billion kg | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 1.62 billion kg | 2023 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 4.53 billion kg | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.07 billion kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 4.23 billion kg | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 692.31 million kg | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 3.41 billion kg | 2023 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 692.29 million kg | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 9 | Chad | 3.32 billion kg | 2023 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Australia | 3.18 billion kg | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 333.69 million kg | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 11 | USSR | 3.17 billion kg | 1991 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 308.70 million kg | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 12 | Sudan (former) | 3.10 billion kg | 2011 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 148.80 million kg | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 13 | Nigeria | 2.90 billion kg | 2023 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 101.67 million kg | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 14 | Sudan | 2.61 billion kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 74.80 million kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 2.47 billion kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 15 | Melanesia | 29.11 million kg | 2023 | down 34.3% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 2.16 billion kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 12.11 million kg | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 17 | Ethiopia PDR | 2.08 billion kg | 1992 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 9.06 million kg | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 18 | Kenya | 1.88 billion kg | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 4.43 million kg | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 19 | Indonesia | 1.50 billion kg | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 1.09 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Mali | 1.43 billion kg | 2023 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 21 | Niger | 1.28 billion kg | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 22 | Colombia | 1.27 billion kg | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 23 | South Sudan | 1.09 billion kg | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 24 | New Zealand | 1.04 billion kg | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 25 | Uganda | 972.40 million kg | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Mongolia | 943.18 million kg | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 27 | South Africa | 882.25 million kg | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 860.29 million kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 756.78 million kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Somalia | 756.45 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 31 | Algeria | 627.39 million kg | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 31 | Caribbean | 536.86 million kg | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 612.77 million kg | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 207.84 million kg | 2023 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Morocco | 586.74 million kg | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 4.27 million kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 34 | Peru | 574.54 million kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 35 | Uruguay | 556.18 million kg | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 36 | Paraguay | 554.25 million kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 536.85 million kg | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 495.14 million kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 486.72 million kg | 2023 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 484.54 million kg | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 41 | Guinea | 475.67 million kg | 2023 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Yemen | 415.27 million kg | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 43 | Senegal | 412.30 million kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 44 | Canada | 402.44 million kg | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 45 | France | 398.24 million kg | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 46 | Mauritania | 391.12 million kg | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 47 | Cameroon | 390.75 million kg | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 381.78 million kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 49 | Madagascar | 369.89 million kg | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 50 | Egypt | 367.87 million kg | 2023 | down 37.8% | rising |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 358.53 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 52 | Ghana | 332.22 million kg | 2023 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Myanmar | 328.19 million kg | 2023 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 323.30 million kg | 2023 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 55 | Nepal | 321.63 million kg | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 56 | Angola | 303.96 million kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 57 | Central African Republic | 290.75 million kg | 2023 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Malawi | 282.92 million kg | 2023 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Zambia | 267.18 million kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 60 | Turkmenistan | 265.39 million kg | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 61 | Iraq | 262.15 million kg | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 62 | Germany | 235.07 million kg | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 229.84 million kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 64 | Philippines | 228.81 million kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 222.43 million kg | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 66 | Italy | 207.83 million kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 67 | Namibia | 203.62 million kg | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 68 | Benin | 198.30 million kg | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 69 | Cuba | 197.84 million kg | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 70 | Yugoslav SFR | 193.31 million kg | 1991 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 71 | Tunisia | 189.66 million kg | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 72 | Thailand | 179.76 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 179.35 million kg | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 74 | Guatemala | 179.27 million kg | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 75 | Ecuador | 178.30 million kg | 2023 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 76 | Chile | 169.75 million kg | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 77 | Mozambique | 165.50 million kg | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 78 | Romania | 164.82 million kg | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 79 | Eritrea | 164.68 million kg | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 80 | Ireland | 161.92 million kg | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 81 | Greece | 161.27 million kg | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 82 | Libya | 157.15 million kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 83 | Togo | 141.71 million kg | 2023 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Japan | 138.55 million kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 85 | Honduras | 126.36 million kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 86 | Republic of Korea | 123.72 million kg | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 120.82 million kg | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 118.16 million kg | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 89 | Haiti | 117.44 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 90 | Burundi | 112.40 million kg | 2023 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 91 | United Arab Emirates | 93.38 million kg | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 90.79 million kg | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 93 | Rwanda | 87.28 million kg | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 85.88 million kg | 2023 | up 70.2% | falling |
| 95 | Malaysia | 84.83 million kg | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 96 | Oman | 80.54 million kg | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Poland | 79.81 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 98 | Sierra Leone | 78.58 million kg | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Cambodia | 74.42 million kg | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 100 | Panama | 67.21 million kg | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 101 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 63.03 million kg | 1999 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 102 | Jordan | 62.99 million kg | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 103 | Georgia | 61.77 million kg | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 104 | Botswana | 60.95 million kg | 2023 | down 46.9% | rising |
| 105 | Portugal | 60.60 million kg | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 106 | Czechoslovakia | 59.90 million kg | 1992 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 107 | Israel | 53.54 million kg | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 108 | Serbia and Montenegro | 50.15 million kg | 2005 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 109 | Lesotho | 49.42 million kg | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 110 | Belarus | 48.87 million kg | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 111 | Guinea-Bissau | 48.61 million kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 112 | Ukraine | 46.65 million kg | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Norway | 46.54 million kg | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 114 | Belgium | 39.38 million kg | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 115 | Austria | 39.14 million kg | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 116 | Serbia | 39.12 million kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 117 | Lebanon | 36.92 million kg | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 118 | Armenia | 36.66 million kg | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 119 | Switzerland | 35.60 million kg | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 120 | Albania | 33.73 million kg | 2023 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 121 | El Salvador | 32.57 million kg | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 122 | Kuwait | 31.02 million kg | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Eswatini | 30.24 million kg | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 124 | Qatar | 29.94 million kg | 2023 | up 111.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Djibouti | 28.35 million kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 126 | Denmark | 28.06 million kg | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 127 | Sweden | 27.99 million kg | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 128 | Sri Lanka | 27.44 million kg | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 129 | China, Taiwan Province of | 26.39 million kg | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 130 | Gambia | 22.25 million kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 131 | Hungary | 22.20 million kg | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 132 | Bulgaria | 21.92 million kg | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.24 million kg | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 134 | Congo | 19.92 million kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Jamaica | 17.89 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 136 | Czechia | 17.28 million kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 137 | Palestine | 17.22 million kg | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 138 | Finland | 15.94 million kg | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 139 | Croatia | 15.65 million kg | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 140 | Lithuania | 13.55 million kg | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 141 | Liberia | 13.31 million kg | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 142 | Fiji | 13.02 million kg | 2023 | down 42.7% | rising |
| 143 | North Macedonia | 12.32 million kg | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 144 | Guyana | 11.33 million kg | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 145 | Slovenia | 9.87 million kg | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 9.44 million kg | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.44 million kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 148 | Latvia | 8.11 million kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 149 | Slovakia | 8.01 million kg | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 150 | Iceland | 7.80 million kg | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 151 | Réunion | 7.20 million kg | 2006 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 152 | Gabon | 7.19 million kg | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 153 | Mauritius | 5.68 million kg | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 154 | Bhutan | 5.43 million kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 5.29 million kg | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 5.23 million kg | 2023 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 157 | Estonia | 5.11 million kg | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 158 | Belize | 4.87 million kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 159 | New Caledonia | 4.71 million kg | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 160 | Comoros | 4.51 million kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 161 | Cyprus | 4.31 million kg | 2023 | down 62.2% | flat |
| 162 | Montenegro | 4.21 million kg | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 163 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.72 million kg | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Guadeloupe | 3.57 million kg | 2006 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 3.24 million kg | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 166 | Suriname | 2.48 million kg | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 167 | Samoa | 2.36 million kg | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 168 | Bahrain | 2.09 million kg | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 169 | Barbados | 1.67 million kg | 2023 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 170 | Martinique | 1.29 million kg | 2006 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 171 | Tonga | 1.21 million kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 172 | Faroe Islands | 1.07 million kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.00 million kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 891,464 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 175 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 873,791 kg | 2023 | up 106.9% | falling |
| 176 | Solomon Islands | 867,691 kg | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 177 | Grenada | 845,412 kg | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 178 | Bahamas | 825,610 kg | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 787,060 kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 180 | Dominica | 728,440 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 712,609 kg | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 182 | Singapore | 705,418 kg | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 183 | French Guiana | 617,233 kg | 2006 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Malta | 555,456 kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 404,115 kg | 2023 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 377,513 kg | 2023 | up 52.8% | falling |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 308,507 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 188 | Seychelles | 211,816 kg | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 189 | China, Macao SAR | 140,379 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 190 | Cook Islands | 62,467 kg | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Kiribati | 7,687 kg | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Niue | 6,882 kg | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 687.29 kg | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Nauru | 64.85 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 194 | Tokelau | 64.85 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 94.99 billion kg
- Asia 30.49 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 81.86 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 25.53 billion kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 35.35 billion kg
- Middle Africa 4.48 billion kg
- Africa 32.12 billion kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 27.58 billion kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 27.58 billion kg
- Americas 24.54 billion kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 20.89 billion kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 19.72 billion kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 666.59 million kg
- South America 17.47 billion kg
- Southern Asia 13.50 billion kg
- Eastern Africa 13.19 billion kg
- Annex I countries 13.11 billion kg
- Eastern Asia 8.78 billion kg
- Western Africa 8.68 billion kg
- Northern Africa 4.54 billion kg
- Oceania 4.26 billion kg
- Western Asia 3.84 billion kg
- Northern America 3.65 billion kg
- Europe 3.57 billion kg
- United States of America 3.25 billion kg
- Central America 2.88 billion kg
- South-Eastern Asia 2.85 billion kg
- European Union (27) 2.16 billion kg
- Central Asia 1.53 billion kg
- Southern Africa 1.23 billion kg
- Northern Europe 928.88 million kg
- Eastern Europe 913.75 million kg
- Southern Europe 888.69 million kg
- Western Europe 841.46 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).