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Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre by country

Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
167
Highest
5,988 kg per square kilometre
Ireland
Lowest
5.2 kg per square kilometre
Bahamas
Median
529.42 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,689

What the numbers show

Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 5,988 kg per square kilometre in Ireland; the lowest is 5.2 kg per square kilometre in Bahamas.

The median across all reporting countries is 529.42 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 871.37 kg per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,152.

Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 127.2%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 57.5%).

Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 5,988 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% rising
2 Bangladesh 4,854 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
3 Luxembourg 4,776 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% flat
4 Belgium 4,683 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.8% falling
5 Uganda 3,421 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.8% volatile
6 Malta 3,260 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
7 Dominican Republic 2,916 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
8 Uruguay 2,838 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
9 Switzerland 2,681 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.5% falling
10 Ethiopia 2,669 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.8% rising
11 Rwanda 2,621 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 27.1% rising
12 Denmark 2,560 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% falling
13 New Zealand 2,534 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.5% rising
14 Haiti 2,479 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% rising
15 Costa Rica 2,200 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 48.3% rising
16 Germany 2,148 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.8% falling
17 Nicaragua 2,102 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.1% rising
18 El Salvador 1,959 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% falling
19 Burundi 1,925 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 53.3% rising
20 France 1,898 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.4% falling
21 Azerbaijan 1,766 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% rising
22 Guatemala 1,764 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 20.1% rising
23 Pakistan 1,693 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 44.8% volatile
24 Kenya 1,675 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.6% rising
25 India 1,610 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.3% rising
26 Burkina Faso 1,600 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.3% volatile
27 Uzbekistan 1,535 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 39.3% rising
28 Guinea 1,508 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 51.9% volatile
29 Austria 1,484 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% falling
30 Israel 1,446 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.2% rising
31 Slovenia 1,402 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% falling
32 Cuba 1,401 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.1% falling
33 Paraguay 1,385 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
34 Italy 1,360 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% falling
35 Eswatini 1,328 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.6% flat
36 Puerto Rico 1,222 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.3% falling
37 Chad 1,211 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 67.9% volatile
38 Comoros 1,205 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% falling
39 Barbados 1,203 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.6% falling
40 Brazil 1,200 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% rising
41 Honduras 1,187 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
42 Belarus 1,177 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.1% falling
43 Gambia 1,171 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 35.7% rising
44 Poland 1,171 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% falling
45 South Sudan 1,169 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.4% rising
46 Colombia 1,150 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.9% rising
47 Guinea-Bissau 1,126 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.1% rising
48 Armenia 1,048 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 23.8% rising
49 Dominica 1,048 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
50 Tonga 1,024 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% rising
51 Benin 995.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.0% volatile
52 Czechia 980.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% falling
53 Portugal 973.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
54 Albania 968.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 40.5% rising
55 Nigeria 963.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.1% rising
56 Malawi 950.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 73.9% rising
57 Tajikistan 916.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.9% rising
58 Samoa 880.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.8% rising
59 Panama 879.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% rising
60 Grenada 856.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.7% falling
61 Senegal 853.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% rising
62 Eritrea 824.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
63 Argentina 811.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% rising
64 Mexico 796.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% rising
65 Sudan 741.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% flat
66 Georgia 739.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 29.3% falling
67 Saint Lucia 728.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.4% rising
68 Spain 723 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.0% rising
69 Ecuador 702.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 27.2% rising
70 Myanmar 695.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.3% rising
71 Lithuania 688.54 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.9% falling
72 Nepal 666.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 28.5% rising
73 Serbia 666.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.4% falling
74 Zimbabwe 646.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% rising
75 Lesotho 613.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.2% rising
76 Cambodia 599.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.1% rising
77 Niger 579.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 58.6% volatile
78 Jamaica 571.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.3% falling
79 Madagascar 565.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.7% flat
80 Djibouti 556.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% volatile
81 Bahrain 551.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 35.3% rising
82 Lebanon 545.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% rising
83 Hungary 535.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.2% falling
84 Cyprus 529.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 48.6% rising
85 Cameroon 516.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
86 Antigua and Barbuda 508.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 26.1% falling
87 Slovakia 494.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.5% falling
88 Romania 487.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.6% falling
89 Japan 485.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% rising
90 Mali 480.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 40.6% rising
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 478.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 32.6% falling
92 Vanuatu 469.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 46.6% rising
93 North Macedonia 469.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 37.6% falling
94 Kyrgyzstan 468.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 27.8% rising
95 Montenegro 460.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 19.1% falling
96 Palestine 458.91 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 45.6% rising
97 Fiji 451.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 57.5% rising
98 Croatia 444.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.8% falling
99 Ghana 435.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 42.2% rising
100 Sri Lanka 433.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% falling
101 South Africa 416.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% rising
102 Latvia 403.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.0% falling
103 Sierra Leone 401 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% rising
104 Indonesia 399.91 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 46.8% rising
105 Estonia 392.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.8% falling
106 Thailand 369.8 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% rising
107 Togo 367.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.3% rising
108 China 346.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.4% rising
109 Philippines 343.62 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% rising
110 Morocco 329.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% rising
111 Somalia 325 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
112 Saint Kitts and Nevis 324.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 36.4% falling
113 Trinidad and Tobago 323.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% falling
114 Central African Republic 320.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% volatile
115 Afghanistan 307.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% rising
116 Bulgaria 302.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% falling
117 Greece 282.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.9% falling
118 Iraq 267.24 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.6% rising
119 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 263.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 48.0% falling
120 New Caledonia 263.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.3% falling
121 Turkmenistan 262.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.0% rising
122 Zambia 256.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% rising
123 Ukraine 245.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 49.8% volatile
124 Australia 237.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
125 Sweden 208.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.0% falling
126 Peru 205.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% rising
127 Tunisia 204.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% rising
128 Qatar 200.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 127.2% volatile
129 Yemen 194.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% rising
130 Belize 188.04 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.4% rising
131 Chile 181.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% rising
132 Namibia 181.17 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 36.4% rising
133 Finland 175.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.5% falling
134 Angola 172.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% rising
135 Egypt 158.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 28.7% rising
136 Mongolia 152.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 81.4% rising
137 Norway 152.19 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% falling
138 French Polynesia 150.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.3% falling
139 Bhutan 128.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.1% rising
140 Mozambique 121.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 43.2% rising
141 Faroe Islands 113.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% falling
142 Kazakhstan 107.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% falling
143 Kuwait 105.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 29.9% volatile
144 Mauritius 98.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 48.1% volatile
145 Malaysia 90.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% rising
146 United Arab Emirates 89.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 27.0% volatile
147 Mauritania 84.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.7% flat
148 Oman 79.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.8% volatile
149 Botswana 70.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 52.0% falling
150 Sao Tome and Principe 69.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 27.5% falling
151 Canada 62.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.1% falling
152 Iceland 55.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.3% rising
153 Jordan 55.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.8% rising
154 Seychelles 54.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 55.4% volatile
155 Algeria 38.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.1% rising
156 Congo 38.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.6% volatile
157 Solomon Islands 34.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
158 Guyana 25 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.1% falling
159 Liberia 19.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
160 Saudi Arabia 16.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 29.7% rising
161 Papua New Guinea 12.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% rising
162 Singapore 10.17 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.2% volatile
163 Equatorial Guinea 8.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% rising
164 Suriname 8.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 31.2% rising
165 Gabon 6.8 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% volatile
166 Libya 6.23 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
167 Bahamas 5.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% volatile

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

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Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre
Unit
kg per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
169 places, 9,689 data points, 1961–2023
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Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.