Cattle — 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
206
Highest
15.66 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
7,301 kg
Singapore
Median
86.01 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,919
What the numbers show
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 15.66 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 7,301 kg in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 86.01 million kg, and the mean is 455.75 million kg.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 124.8%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 58.5%).
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 15.66 billion kg | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 2 | Brazil | 10.03 billion kg | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 3 | USSR | 6.63 billion kg | 1991 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 4 | India | 4.79 billion kg | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 5 | China | 3.25 billion kg | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 6 | China, mainland | 3.24 billion kg | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 3.01 billion kg | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 8 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.49 billion kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 9 | Argentina | 2.22 billion kg | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 10 | Sudan (former) | 1.95 billion kg | 2011 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Australia | 1.83 billion kg | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.69 billion kg | 2023 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 1.55 billion kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 14 | Chad | 1.52 billion kg | 2023 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Sudan | 1.38 billion kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 16 | Ethiopia PDR | 1.31 billion kg | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 17 | Pakistan | 1.31 billion kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Colombia | 1.28 billion kg | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 19 | France | 1.02 billion kg | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 1.00 billion kg | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 21 | Kenya | 973.03 million kg | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 22 | Türkiye | 961.35 million kg | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 23 | Nigeria | 877.27 million kg | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 24 | Indonesia | 756.85 million kg | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 25 | Germany | 750.66 million kg | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 26 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 748.71 million kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 27 | South Sudan | 738.86 million kg | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 28 | Niger | 734.26 million kg | 2023 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Uganda | 686.02 million kg | 2023 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 676.21 million kg | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 31 | New Zealand | 667.32 million kg | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 630.98 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 33 | Mali | 586.85 million kg | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 34 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 584.91 million kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 35 | Paraguay | 548.39 million kg | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 36 | Canada | 548.26 million kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 37 | Uruguay | 496.79 million kg | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 38 | Myanmar | 454.14 million kg | 2023 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 39 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 451.71 million kg | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 437.63 million kg | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Ireland | 412.53 million kg | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 42 | Italy | 402.07 million kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 43 | Caribbean | 375.42 million kg | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 44 | Guinea | 370.44 million kg | 2023 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Spain | 361.28 million kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 46 | Poland | 358.63 million kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 47 | Yugoslav SFR | 356.23 million kg | 1991 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 48 | Madagascar | 328.78 million kg | 2023 | down 24.7% | flat |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 289.46 million kg | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 50 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 273.78 million kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 51 | Peru | 263.51 million kg | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 52 | Viet Nam | 257.25 million kg | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 252.93 million kg | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 249.96 million kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 55 | Czechoslovakia | 246.29 million kg | 1992 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 56 | Cameroon | 244.27 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 57 | Belarus | 238.98 million kg | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 58 | Mongolia | 237.74 million kg | 2023 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 59 | Angola | 215.25 million kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 60 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 208.78 million kg | 1999 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 61 | Somalia | 203.89 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 62 | Afghanistan | 200.79 million kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 63 | Zambia | 190.41 million kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 64 | Guatemala | 189.08 million kg | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 65 | Thailand | 188.93 million kg | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 66 | Japan | 177.17 million kg | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 67 | Ecuador | 174.46 million kg | 2023 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 68 | Senegal | 164.31 million kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 69 | Republic of Korea | 163.69 million kg | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 70 | Egypt | 157.62 million kg | 2023 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 71 | Namibia | 149.16 million kg | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 72 | Morocco | 147.03 million kg | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 145.97 million kg | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 145.39 million kg | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 75 | Belgium | 142.81 million kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 76 | Ukraine | 142.19 million kg | 2023 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 142.00 million kg | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 140.54 million kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 79 | Chile | 134.73 million kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 80 | Honduras | 132.87 million kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 127.24 million kg | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 123.37 million kg | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 83 | Austria | 122.47 million kg | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 84 | Iraq | 116.02 million kg | 2023 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 112.31 million kg | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 86 | Benin | 112.27 million kg | 2023 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Romania | 112.11 million kg | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 88 | Switzerland | 105.91 million kg | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 89 | Cambodia | 105.75 million kg | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 90 | Philippines | 102.46 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 91 | Yemen | 102.45 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 92 | Denmark | 102.41 million kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 93 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 101.70 million kg | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Eritrea | 99.97 million kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 95 | Ghana | 99.12 million kg | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 96 | Mozambique | 95.80 million kg | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 97 | Nepal | 95.58 million kg | 2023 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 98 | Serbia and Montenegro | 94.52 million kg | 2005 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 99 | Algeria | 91.74 million kg | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 89.80 million kg | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 101 | Malawi | 89.57 million kg | 2023 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 102 | Portugal | 89.22 million kg | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 103 | Mauritania | 87.01 million kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 104 | Sweden | 85.02 million kg | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 105 | Côte d'Ivoire | 80.99 million kg | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 106 | Czechia | 75.68 million kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 107 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 73.13 million kg | 2023 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 108 | Haiti | 68.32 million kg | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 109 | Panama | 65.23 million kg | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 110 | Rwanda | 64.65 million kg | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 111 | Serbia | 56.04 million kg | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 112 | Norway | 55.44 million kg | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 113 | Finland | 53.29 million kg | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 114 | Syrian Arab Republic | 51.57 million kg | 2023 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 115 | Georgia | 51.38 million kg | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 116 | Burundi | 49.43 million kg | 2023 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 117 | Hungary | 48.83 million kg | 2023 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 118 | Lithuania | 43.10 million kg | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 119 | El Salvador | 40.60 million kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 120 | Botswana | 39.87 million kg | 2023 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 121 | Greece | 36.36 million kg | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 122 | Saudi Arabia | 36.13 million kg | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 32.80 million kg | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 124 | Tunisia | 31.71 million kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.67 million kg | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 126 | Israel | 31.30 million kg | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 127 | Malaysia | 29.60 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 128 | Armenia | 29.56 million kg | 2023 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 129 | Sierra Leone | 28.94 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 130 | Slovenia | 28.23 million kg | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 26.83 million kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 132 | Albania | 26.54 million kg | 2023 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 133 | Melanesia | 25.33 million kg | 2023 | down 40.1% | rising |
| 134 | Latvia | 25.11 million kg | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 135 | Croatia | 24.87 million kg | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 136 | Oman | 24.66 million kg | 2023 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.48 million kg | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 138 | Slovakia | 23.80 million kg | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 139 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 23.44 million kg | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 140 | Eswatini | 22.84 million kg | 2023 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 141 | Togo | 20.01 million kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 142 | Lesotho | 18.63 million kg | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 143 | Estonia | 16.76 million kg | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 144 | Congo | 13.11 million kg | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Djibouti | 12.90 million kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Luxembourg | 12.30 million kg | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 147 | Gambia | 11.86 million kg | 2023 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 148 | North Macedonia | 11.83 million kg | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 149 | Libya | 10.96 million kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 150 | Puerto Rico | 10.84 million kg | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 151 | Timor-Leste | 9.90 million kg | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Fiji | 8.26 million kg | 2023 | down 57.5% | rising |
| 153 | China, Taiwan Province of | 7.57 million kg | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 154 | United Arab Emirates | 6.39 million kg | 2023 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Republic of Moldova | 6.33 million kg | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Montenegro | 6.19 million kg | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 157 | Jamaica | 6.19 million kg | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 5.72 million kg | 2023 | down 46.6% | rising |
| 159 | Lebanon | 5.58 million kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 5.56 million kg | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 161 | Iceland | 5.55 million kg | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 162 | Guyana | 5.28 million kg | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 163 | Bhutan | 4.91 million kg | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 164 | Cyprus | 4.89 million kg | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 165 | Jordan | 4.89 million kg | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 166 | New Caledonia | 4.81 million kg | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 167 | Belize | 4.29 million kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 168 | Polynesia | 3.73 million kg | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 169 | Guadeloupe | 3.05 million kg | 2006 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 170 | Palestine | 2.76 million kg | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 171 | Samoa | 2.45 million kg | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 172 | Qatar | 2.30 million kg | 2023 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Comoros | 2.24 million kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 174 | Liberia | 1.92 million kg | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 175 | Kuwait | 1.88 million kg | 2023 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Gabon | 1.75 million kg | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.66 million kg | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 178 | Cabo Verde | 1.35 million kg | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 179 | Suriname | 1.31 million kg | 2023 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 180 | Micronesia | 1.13 million kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 180 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.13 million kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 182 | Malta | 1.04 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 183 | Martinique | 982,863 kg | 2006 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 184 | Solomon Islands | 975,765 kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 185 | Dominica | 786,101 kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 186 | Tonga | 737,114 kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 187 | French Guiana | 549,132 kg | 2006 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 188 | French Polynesia | 520,705 kg | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 189 | Barbados | 517,265 kg | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 444,524 kg | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 191 | Bahrain | 441,460 kg | 2023 | down 32.8% | rising |
| 192 | Grenada | 291,046 kg | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 193 | Equatorial Guinea | 230,147 kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 223,531 kg | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 195 | Mauritius | 197,405 kg | 2023 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Faroe Islands | 155,931 kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 197 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 102,719 kg | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 198 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 84,323 kg | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 199 | Sao Tome and Principe | 67,049 kg | 2023 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 200 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 62,166 kg | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 201 | Bahamas | 52,012 kg | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Seychelles | 24,898 kg | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 203 | Cook Islands | 14,680 kg | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 204 | Brunei Darussalam | 13,985 kg | 2023 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 205 | Niue | 8,311 kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 206 | Singapore | 7,301 kg | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 66.39 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 50.98 billion kg
- Americas 24.03 billion kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 19.71 billion kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 19.08 billion kg
- Africa 16.97 billion kg
- South America 16.35 billion kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 16.02 billion kg
- Asia 15.94 billion kg
- Annex I countries 15.41 billion kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 15.15 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 15.04 billion 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).