Buffalo — 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
68
Highest
188.41 million kg
India
Lowest
0 kg
Albania
Median
43,847 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
4,384

What the numbers show

Buffalo — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 188.41 million kg in India; the lowest is 0 kg in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 43,847 kg, and the mean is 6.94 million kg.

Over the past decade 26 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 volatilises: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 188.41 million kg 2023 up 2.4% rising
2 China 80.04 million kg 2023 up 16.9% rising
3 China, mainland 80.04 million kg 2023 up 16.9% rising
4 Pakistan 75.62 million kg 2023 up 34.0% volatile
5 Philippines 7.05 million kg 2023 down 4.7% falling
6 Viet Nam 5.42 million kg 2023 down 16.5% rising
7 Myanmar 5.27 million kg 2023 down 37.5% rising
8 Nepal 5.18 million kg 2023 down 41.2% rising
9 OECD 3.19 million kg 2023 up 13.2% falling
10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.08 million kg 2023 up 1.8% rising
11 USSR 2.62 million kg 1991 up 22.1% falling
12 Indonesia 2.58 million kg 2023 down 8.4% falling
13 Bangladesh 2.55 million kg 2023 up 3.5% rising
14 Italy 2.49 million kg 2023 up 3.3% volatile
15 Thailand 2.26 million kg 2023 down 31.0% volatile
16 Cambodia 1.69 million kg 2023 down 1.6% rising
17 Iraq 878,930 kg 2023 up 44.2% flat
18 Sri Lanka 549,852 kg 2023 down 14.1% falling
19 Türkiye 545,609 kg 2023 up 50.6% volatile
20 Azerbaijan 364,618 kg 2023 down 58.6% falling
21 Timor-Leste 343,048 kg 2023 up 24.2% rising
22 Egypt 340,095 kg 2023 down 63.1% rising
23 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 269,032 kg 2023 down 20.8% falling
24 Yugoslav SFR 221,370 kg 1991 down 38.3% falling
25 Malaysia 184,225 kg 2023 down 41.3% falling
26 Serbia and Montenegro 171,711 kg 2005 up 59.4% rising
27 Brazil 148,505 kg 2023 up 25.6% volatile
28 Bulgaria 131,975 kg 2023 up 127.3% volatile
29 Romania 106,513 kg 2023 down 10.6% falling
30 Bhutan 99,692 kg 2023 up 25.7% volatile
31 Germany 72,693 kg 2023 up 121.9% rising
32 Georgia 66,310 kg 2023 up 8.0% falling
33 Colombia 50,009 kg 2023 up 330.1% rising
34 Hungary 47,899 kg 2023 up 8.6% rising
35 Tajikistan 39,795 kg 2023 up 4.5% rising
36 Russian Federation 32,282 kg 2023 down 14.7% falling
37 Greece 25,128 kg 2023 up 93.8% volatile
38 Kazakhstan 24,083 kg 2023 down 5.1% flat
39 Syrian Arab Republic 21,932 kg 2023 down 14.4% volatile
40 Spain 5,205 kg 2023 down 23.0% falling
41 China, Taiwan Province of 5,105 kg 2023 down 36.7% volatile
42 Poland 3,908 kg 2023 volatile
43 North Macedonia 3,799 kg 2023 down 2.3% falling
44 Brunei Darussalam 2,579 kg 2023 down 56.8% volatile
45 Armenia 1,828 kg 2023 up 2.1% rising
46 China, Hong Kong SAR 850.49 kg 2023 up 11.7% volatile
47 Trinidad and Tobago 577.79 kg 2023 up 6.7% falling
49 Jordan 313.71 kg 2023 down 7.0% falling
50 Suriname 90.81 kg 2023 up 37.7% volatile
51 Singapore 50.78 kg 1991 down 95.0% volatile
52 Mauritius 5.88 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 volatilises (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).