All Animals — Manure management (manure treated, 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
10.90 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
27,372 kg
Tokelau
Median
29.13 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,264
What the numbers show
All Animals — Manure management (manure treated, N content) is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 10.90 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 27,372 kg in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 29.13 million kg, and the mean is 271.78 million kg.
Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 262.6%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 41.7%).
All Animals — Manure management: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 10.90 billion kg | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 2 | USSR | 7.42 billion kg | 1991 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 3 | China | 6.50 billion kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 416.97 million kg | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 6.44 billion kg | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 365.80 million kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 5 | India | 2.66 billion kg | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 1.81 billion kg | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 1.48 billion kg | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 209.97 million kg | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 8 | Indonesia | 1.27 billion kg | 2023 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 113.24 million kg | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Pakistan | 1.23 billion kg | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 105.35 million kg | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 10 | France | 1.02 billion kg | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 100.34 million kg | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 889.99 million kg | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 11 | Türkiye | 97.24 million kg | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 669.63 million kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 12 | Melanesia | 34.00 million kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 618.94 million kg | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 30.38 million kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 590.20 million kg | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 30.17 million kg | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 521.15 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19.55 million kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 477.61 million kg | 2023 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 9.70 million kg | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 432.57 million kg | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.91 million kg | 2023 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 18 | Yugoslav SFR | 411.97 million kg | 1991 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 3.62 million kg | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 384.31 million kg | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 1.09 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Colombia | 378.98 million kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 643,970 kg | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 371.77 million kg | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 361.93 million kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 23 | Myanmar | 347.96 million kg | 2023 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 24 | Ireland | 322.96 million kg | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 25 | Czechoslovakia | 308.68 million kg | 1992 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 298.28 million kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 27 | Belarus | 273.90 million kg | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 28 | Ukraine | 260.18 million kg | 2023 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 259.14 million kg | 1999 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 30 | Australia | 252.30 million kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 30 | Caribbean | 191.89 million kg | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 31 | Nigeria | 230.40 million kg | 2023 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Mongolia | 222.48 million kg | 2023 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 21.58 million kg | 2023 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 33 | Thailand | 218.47 million kg | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 1.26 million kg | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 217.98 million kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 35 | Denmark | 216.04 million kg | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 36 | Argentina | 213.81 million kg | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 37 | Romania | 210.66 million kg | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 38 | Japan | 209.40 million kg | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 39 | Philippines | 206.08 million kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 40 | Belgium | 186.82 million kg | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 41 | Republic of Korea | 174.01 million kg | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 143.68 million kg | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 43 | Malawi | 143.44 million kg | 2023 | up 212.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Peru | 140.85 million kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 45 | Sudan (former) | 139.56 million kg | 2011 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 46 | New Zealand | 132.02 million kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 47 | Serbia and Montenegro | 123.59 million kg | 2005 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 48 | Austria | 119.68 million kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 49 | Uganda | 114.54 million kg | 2023 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Turkmenistan | 114.29 million kg | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 51 | Chile | 106.60 million kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 52 | Switzerland | 100.49 million kg | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 53 | Malaysia | 99.00 million kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 54 | Sudan | 96.34 million kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 55 | Hungary | 94.26 million kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 56 | Portugal | 92.90 million kg | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 57 | Ecuador | 92.43 million kg | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 91.37 million kg | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 91.35 million kg | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 60 | Guatemala | 89.79 million kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Czechia | 86.96 million kg | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 62 | Nepal | 82.59 million kg | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 63 | Cambodia | 81.24 million kg | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 64 | Kenya | 80.61 million kg | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 65 | Afghanistan | 80.04 million kg | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 66 | Serbia | 77.69 million kg | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 67 | Sweden | 77.26 million kg | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 68 | Chad | 76.44 million kg | 2023 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.55 million kg | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 70 | South Sudan | 67.68 million kg | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 71 | Angola | 66.60 million kg | 2023 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Ethiopia PDR | 66.09 million kg | 1992 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 63.69 million kg | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 74 | Norway | 60.90 million kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 75 | Finland | 58.87 million kg | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 76 | South Africa | 54.44 million kg | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 77 | Madagascar | 54.09 million kg | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 78 | China, Taiwan Province of | 53.13 million kg | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 79 | Greece | 52.44 million kg | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 50.79 million kg | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 81 | Cuba | 49.25 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 82 | Uruguay | 48.68 million kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 48.64 million kg | 2023 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Cameroon | 46.34 million kg | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 85 | Mali | 45.29 million kg | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Lithuania | 42.69 million kg | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 87 | Paraguay | 42.01 million kg | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 88 | Honduras | 41.52 million kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 89 | Niger | 41.12 million kg | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 40.79 million kg | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 91 | Morocco | 39.12 million kg | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 92 | Egypt | 37.05 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 93 | Croatia | 33.73 million kg | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 94 | Algeria | 33.30 million kg | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Slovakia | 29.45 million kg | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.25 million kg | 2023 | down 36.3% | flat |
| 97 | Ghana | 29.01 million kg | 2023 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Albania | 28.93 million kg | 2023 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 99 | Zambia | 28.26 million kg | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Haiti | 26.69 million kg | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 101 | Senegal | 26.21 million kg | 2023 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Burundi | 26.09 million kg | 2023 | up 219.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 25.90 million kg | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Papua New Guinea | 25.73 million kg | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 105 | Iraq | 25.59 million kg | 2023 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 106 | Latvia | 25.05 million kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 107 | Slovenia | 24.90 million kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 108 | El Salvador | 24.52 million kg | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 109 | Central African Republic | 23.97 million kg | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Benin | 23.58 million kg | 2023 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 111 | Togo | 23.19 million kg | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Mozambique | 22.83 million kg | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Somalia | 21.31 million kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 114 | Panama | 20.04 million kg | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 115 | Guinea | 19.87 million kg | 2023 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 19.22 million kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 117 | Tunisia | 17.31 million kg | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 118 | Estonia | 16.62 million kg | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 119 | Rwanda | 14.49 million kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Sri Lanka | 13.97 million kg | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 13.72 million kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 122 | North Macedonia | 13.46 million kg | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 123 | Yemen | 12.91 million kg | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Israel | 10.86 million kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 125 | Mauritania | 10.40 million kg | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 126 | Luxembourg | 9.80 million kg | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.43 million kg | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Guyana | 8.70 million kg | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.60 million kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 130 | Lebanon | 7.76 million kg | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Sierra Leone | 7.60 million kg | 2023 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Namibia | 7.41 million kg | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 133 | Eritrea | 7.03 million kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 134 | Kuwait | 6.89 million kg | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Jamaica | 6.67 million kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 136 | Libya | 6.48 million kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 137 | Georgia | 6.44 million kg | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 138 | Montenegro | 5.97 million kg | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 139 | Iceland | 5.38 million kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 140 | Liberia | 5.23 million kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 141 | Cyprus | 4.89 million kg | 2023 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 142 | Jordan | 4.89 million kg | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 143 | Armenia | 4.87 million kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 144 | Fiji | 4.71 million kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 145 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.48 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 4.41 million kg | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 147 | Gabon | 3.80 million kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 148 | Qatar | 3.52 million kg | 2023 | up 262.6% | volatile |
| 149 | United Arab Emirates | 3.30 million kg | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Réunion | 2.43 million kg | 2006 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 151 | Lesotho | 2.20 million kg | 2023 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 152 | Congo | 2.18 million kg | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 153 | Bhutan | 2.13 million kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 154 | Eswatini | 2.04 million kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 155 | Suriname | 1.98 million kg | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 156 | Oman | 1.84 million kg | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Barbados | 1.74 million kg | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 1.67 million kg | 2023 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 159 | Mauritius | 1.55 million kg | 2023 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Botswana | 1.47 million kg | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 161 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1.47 million kg | 2023 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 162 | Samoa | 1.44 million kg | 2023 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 163 | Malta | 1.22 million kg | 2023 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 164 | Belize | 1.14 million kg | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 165 | Tonga | 1.11 million kg | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 166 | New Caledonia | 1.07 million kg | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 167 | Gambia | 934,769 kg | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 168 | Singapore | 858,509 kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Palestine | 844,648 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 830,965 kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 171 | Bahamas | 801,280 kg | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 172 | Djibouti | 708,110 kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 689,244 kg | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 555,696 kg | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 175 | Martinique | 509,314 kg | 2006 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 176 | Dominica | 466,423 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 177 | Guadeloupe | 439,457 kg | 2006 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 178 | Kiribati | 415,831 kg | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 312,733 kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 180 | Faroe Islands | 273,508 kg | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 181 | Cook Islands | 267,955 kg | 2023 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 182 | French Guiana | 242,536 kg | 2006 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 233,317 kg | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 184 | Grenada | 231,439 kg | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 185 | Bahrain | 227,645 kg | 2023 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Tuvalu | 182,275 kg | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 187 | Comoros | 180,569 kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 174,281 kg | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 189 | China, Macao SAR | 173,502 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 190 | Equatorial Guinea | 166,315 kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 191 | Seychelles | 143,124 kg | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 95,508 kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 193 | Nauru | 34,982 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 194 | Niue | 34,184 kg | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 195 | Tokelau | 27,372 kg | 2023 | up 111.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 34.28 billion kg
- Asia 15.84 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 21.91 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.34 billion kg
- Annex I countries 12.37 billion kg
- Europe 8.63 billion kg
- Americas 7.46 billion kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 265.38 million kg
- Eastern Asia 7.13 billion kg
- Middle Africa 239.73 million kg
- European Union (27) 5.65 billion kg
- Southern Asia 4.73 billion kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.60 billion kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 4.24 billion kg
- Northern America 3.22 billion kg
- South America 3.17 billion kg
- Eastern Europe 3.03 billion kg
- United States of America 2.86 billion kg
- South-Eastern Asia 2.76 billion kg
- Western Europe 2.70 billion kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.48 billion kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.29 billion kg
- Africa 1.93 billion kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.70 billion kg
- Southern Europe 1.46 billion kg
- Northern Europe 1.44 billion kg
- Central Asia 972.78 million kg
- Central America 881.70 million kg
- Eastern Africa 846.17 million kg
- Western Africa 542.94 million kg
- Oceania 423.03 million kg
- Western Asia 236.60 million kg
- Northern Africa 229.59 million kg
- Southern Africa 67.56 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).