Buffalo — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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
282.61 million kg
India
Lowest
0 kg
Albania
Median
59,693 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
4,384

What the numbers show

Buffalo — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 282.61 million kg in India; the lowest is 0 kg in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 59,693 kg, and the mean is 10.27 million kg.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 330.1%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Buffalo — Manure applied to soils that leaches: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 282.61 million kg 2023 up 2.4% rising
2 China 120.06 million kg 2023 up 16.9% rising
3 China, mainland 120.05 million kg 2023 up 16.9% rising
4 Pakistan 113.43 million kg 2023 up 34.0% volatile
5 Philippines 10.57 million kg 2023 down 4.7% falling
6 Viet Nam 8.13 million kg 2023 down 16.5% rising
7 Myanmar 7.90 million kg 2023 down 37.5% rising
8 Nepal 7.77 million kg 2023 down 41.2% rising
9 OECD 4.78 million kg 2023 up 13.2% falling
10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.62 million kg 2023 up 1.8% rising
11 USSR 3.92 million kg 1991 up 22.1% falling
12 Indonesia 3.87 million kg 2023 down 8.4% falling
13 Bangladesh 3.82 million kg 2023 up 3.5% rising
14 Italy 3.73 million kg 2023 up 3.3% volatile
15 Thailand 3.39 million kg 2023 down 31.0% volatile
16 Cambodia 2.53 million kg 2023 down 1.6% rising
17 Iraq 1.32 million kg 2023 up 44.2% flat
18 Sri Lanka 824,778 kg 2023 down 14.1% falling
19 Türkiye 818,414 kg 2023 up 50.6% volatile
20 Azerbaijan 546,926 kg 2023 down 58.6% falling
21 Timor-Leste 514,572 kg 2023 up 24.2% rising
22 Egypt 510,142 kg 2023 down 63.1% rising
23 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 403,549 kg 2023 down 20.8% falling
24 Yugoslav SFR 332,054 kg 1991 down 38.3% falling
25 Malaysia 276,338 kg 2023 down 41.3% falling
26 Serbia and Montenegro 257,567 kg 2005 up 59.4% rising
27 Brazil 222,757 kg 2023 up 25.6% volatile
28 Bulgaria 197,962 kg 2023 up 127.3% volatile
29 Romania 159,769 kg 2023 down 10.6% falling
30 Bhutan 149,537 kg 2023 up 25.7% volatile
31 Germany 109,040 kg 2023 up 121.9% rising
32 Georgia 99,465 kg 2023 up 8.0% falling
33 Colombia 75,014 kg 2023 up 330.1% rising
34 Hungary 71,849 kg 2023 up 8.6% rising
35 Tajikistan 59,693 kg 2023 up 4.5% rising
36 Russian Federation 48,422 kg 2023 down 14.7% falling
37 Greece 37,693 kg 2023 up 93.8% volatile
38 Kazakhstan 36,124 kg 2023 down 5.1% flat
39 Syrian Arab Republic 32,899 kg 2023 down 14.4% volatile
40 Spain 7,808 kg 2023 down 23.0% falling
41 China, Taiwan Province of 7,658 kg 2023 down 36.7% volatile
42 Poland 5,861 kg 2023 volatile
43 North Macedonia 5,699 kg 2023 down 2.3% falling
44 Brunei Darussalam 3,869 kg 2023 down 56.8% volatile
45 Armenia 2,742 kg 2023 up 2.1% rising
46 China, Hong Kong SAR 1,276 kg 2023 up 11.7% volatile
47 Caribbean 866.69 kg 2023 up 6.7% falling
47 Trinidad and Tobago 866.69 kg 2023 up 6.7% falling
49 Jordan 470.56 kg 2023 down 7.0% falling
50 Suriname 136.21 kg 2023 up 37.7% volatile
51 Singapore 76.16 kg 1991 down 95.0% volatile
52 Mauritius 8.82 kg 2023 unchanged rising
53 Slovenia 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Micronesia 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Sweden 0 kg 2022 flat
53 Slovakia 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Portugal 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Malta 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Latvia 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Luxembourg 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Lithuania 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Ireland 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Finland 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Estonia 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Denmark 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Czechia 0 kg 2023 flat
53 Cyprus 0 kg 2023 flat
53 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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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).