Buffalo — Amount excreted in manure (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
69
Highest
3.86 billion kg
India
Lowest
0 kg
Albania
Median
421,027 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
4,384

What the numbers show

Buffalo — Amount excreted in manure (N content) is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 3.86 billion kg in India; the lowest is 0 kg in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 421,027 kg, and the mean is 132.36 million kg.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 330.1%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Buffalo — Amount excreted in manure: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 3.86 billion kg 2023 up 2.4% rising
2 Pakistan 1.55 billion kg 2023 up 34.0% volatile
3 China 1.40 billion kg 2023 up 16.9% rising
4 China, mainland 1.40 billion kg 2023 up 16.9% rising
5 Philippines 123.22 million kg 2023 down 4.7% falling
6 Nepal 106.16 million kg 2023 down 41.2% rising
7 Viet Nam 94.80 million kg 2023 down 16.5% rising
8 Myanmar 92.10 million kg 2023 down 37.5% rising
9 Brazil 74.25 million kg 2023 up 25.6% volatile
10 Egypt 64.17 million kg 2023 down 63.1% rising
11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 53.79 million kg 2023 up 1.8% rising
12 Bangladesh 52.24 million kg 2023 up 3.5% rising
13 Indonesia 45.12 million kg 2023 down 8.4% falling
14 Thailand 39.49 million kg 2023 down 31.0% volatile
15 Cambodia 29.53 million kg 2023 down 1.6% rising
16 OECD 26.77 million kg 2023 up 16.5% falling
17 Colombia 25.00 million kg 2023 up 330.1% rising
18 Italy 18.46 million kg 2023 up 3.3% volatile
19 USSR 18.42 million kg 1991 up 22.1% falling
20 Iraq 11.56 million kg 2023 up 44.2% flat
21 Sri Lanka 11.27 million kg 2023 down 14.1% falling
22 Türkiye 7.18 million kg 2023 up 50.6% volatile
23 Timor-Leste 6.00 million kg 2023 up 24.2% rising
24 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5.51 million kg 2023 down 20.8% falling
25 Azerbaijan 4.80 million kg 2023 down 58.6% falling
26 Malaysia 3.22 million kg 2023 down 41.3% falling
27 Bhutan 2.04 million kg 2023 up 25.7% volatile
28 Yugoslav SFR 1.64 million kg 1991 down 38.3% falling
29 Serbia and Montenegro 1.27 million kg 2005 up 59.4% rising
30 Bulgaria 929,401 kg 2023 up 127.3% volatile
31 Georgia 872,501 kg 2023 up 8.0% falling
32 Romania 750,090 kg 2023 down 10.6% falling
33 Tajikistan 695,719 kg 2023 up 4.5% rising
34 Germany 539,266 kg 2023 up 121.9% rising
35 Kazakhstan 421,027 kg 2023 down 5.1% flat
36 Hungary 337,318 kg 2023 up 8.6% rising
37 Trinidad and Tobago 288,895 kg 2023 up 6.7% falling
37 Caribbean 288,895 kg 2023 up 6.7% falling
39 Syrian Arab Republic 288,585 kg 2023 down 14.4% volatile
40 Russian Federation 227,335 kg 2023 down 14.7% falling
41 Greece 186,413 kg 2023 up 93.8% volatile
42 China, Taiwan Province of 89,256 kg 2023 down 36.7% volatile
43 Suriname 45,405 kg 2023 up 37.7% volatile
44 Brunei Darussalam 45,094 kg 2023 down 56.8% volatile
45 Spain 38,614 kg 2023 down 23.0% falling
46 North Macedonia 28,184 kg 2023 down 2.3% falling
47 Poland 27,518 kg 2023 volatile
48 Armenia 24,056 kg 2023 up 2.1% rising
49 China, Hong Kong SAR 14,869 kg 2023 up 11.7% volatile
50 Micronesia (Federated States of) 7,457 kg 2023 up 5.0% rising
50 Micronesia 7,457 kg 2023 up 5.0% rising
52 Jordan 4,128 kg 2023 down 7.0% falling
53 Mauritius 1,110 kg 2023 unchanged rising
54 Singapore 887.68 kg 1991 down 95.0% volatile
55 Slovenia 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Sweden 0 kg 2022 flat
55 Slovakia 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Portugal 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Malta 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Latvia 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Luxembourg 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Lithuania 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Ireland 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Finland 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Estonia 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Denmark 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Czechia 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Cyprus 0 kg 2023 flat
55 Albania 0 kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Buffalo — Amount excreted in manure (N content)
Unit
kg
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
97 places, 4,384 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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).