Cattle, dairy — Manure applied to soils (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
209
Highest
1.86 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
360.81 kg
Singapore
Median
4.55 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,919
What the numbers show
Cattle, dairy — Manure applied to soils (N content) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 1.86 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 360.81 kg in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.55 million kg, and the mean is 44.78 million kg.
Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 167.2%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 71.6%).
Cattle, dairy — Manure applied to soils: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 1.86 billion kg | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 2 | USSR | 1.66 billion kg | 1991 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 544.97 million kg | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 3 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 100.18 million kg | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 4 | India | 492.64 million kg | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 47.09 million kg | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 5 | China | 470.40 million kg | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 6 | China, mainland | 468.49 million kg | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Türkiye | 17.45 million kg | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 254.20 million kg | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 7 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 15.50 million kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 202.60 million kg | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 9 | France | 172.69 million kg | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 9.34 million kg | 2023 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 165.09 million kg | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 7.97 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Yugoslav SFR | 127.96 million kg | 1991 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 2.50 million kg | 2023 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Pakistan | 126.72 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.47 million kg | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 13 | Colombia | 122.59 million kg | 2023 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.18 million kg | 2023 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 101.58 million kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.05 million kg | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 15 | Italy | 98.66 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 15 | Melanesia | 509,650 kg | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 94.44 million kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 489,250 kg | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Poland | 88.94 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 58,144 kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 18 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 84.69 million kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 18 | Micronesia | 23,458 kg | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 23,458 kg | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 19 | Ireland | 82.45 million kg | 2023 | up 29.9% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan (former) | 76.59 million kg | 2011 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Polynesia | 20,175 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 67.39 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 22 | Belarus | 57.23 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 23 | Czechoslovakia | 57.00 million kg | 1992 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 24 | Argentina | 53.80 million kg | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 25 | Ukraine | 52.62 million kg | 2023 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Canada | 50.79 million kg | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 27 | Australia and New Zealand | 50.67 million kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 48.67 million kg | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 29 | South Sudan | 44.82 million kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 29 | Caribbean | 40.48 million kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 30 | Spain | 42.87 million kg | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 31 | Romania | 41.90 million kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 32 | Sudan | 41.37 million kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.69 million kg | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 33 | New Zealand | 39.07 million kg | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 41,783 kg | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 39.05 million kg | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 35 | Myanmar | 37.73 million kg | 2023 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 37.05 million kg | 1999 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 37 | Mongolia | 36.78 million kg | 2023 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 35.26 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Tajikistan | 34.21 million kg | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia and Montenegro | 34.05 million kg | 2005 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 41 | Peru | 32.48 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 32.26 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 43 | Denmark | 29.84 million kg | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 44 | Austria | 29.63 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 45 | Ecuador | 29.29 million kg | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 46 | Belgium | 29.22 million kg | 2023 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 47 | Afghanistan | 28.74 million kg | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Switzerland | 28.60 million kg | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 28.16 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.19 million kg | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 51 | Kenya | 26.03 million kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 52 | Guatemala | 25.14 million kg | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 53 | Japan | 24.28 million kg | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 54 | Uruguay | 24.12 million kg | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 55 | Uganda | 20.29 million kg | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 19.71 million kg | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 57 | Serbia | 19.36 million kg | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 58 | Ethiopia PDR | 19.30 million kg | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 59 | Chile | 18.99 million kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 60 | Honduras | 17.81 million kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 61 | Indonesia | 16.18 million kg | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Sweden | 15.77 million kg | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 63 | Czechia | 14.18 million kg | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 64 | Niger | 13.44 million kg | 2023 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Albania | 13.23 million kg | 2023 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 66 | Finland | 12.89 million kg | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 67 | El Salvador | 12.41 million kg | 2023 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 68 | Portugal | 11.94 million kg | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 69 | Australia | 11.59 million kg | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 70 | Nigeria | 11.57 million kg | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 71 | Lithuania | 11.57 million kg | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 72 | Mali | 11.32 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Norway | 11.15 million kg | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 74 | Cuba | 10.96 million kg | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 75 | Hungary | 10.53 million kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 8.66 million kg | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Egypt | 8.37 million kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 78 | Morocco | 8.20 million kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 8.03 million kg | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 80 | Thailand | 7.95 million kg | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.78 million kg | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 82 | Madagascar | 7.52 million kg | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 83 | Paraguay | 7.31 million kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 84 | Nepal | 7.10 million kg | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 85 | Chad | 6.87 million kg | 2023 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 86 | Haiti | 6.79 million kg | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 87 | Latvia | 6.50 million kg | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 88 | Somalia | 5.87 million kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 89 | Republic of Korea | 5.60 million kg | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 5.34 million kg | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 91 | South Africa | 5.20 million kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 92 | Slovenia | 5.17 million kg | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 93 | Panama | 5.07 million kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 94 | Algeria | 5.05 million kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 95 | Greece | 4.88 million kg | 2023 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 96 | Guinea | 4.81 million kg | 2023 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Slovakia | 4.56 million kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 98 | Estonia | 4.55 million kg | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 99 | North Macedonia | 4.31 million kg | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 100 | Croatia | 3.87 million kg | 2023 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 101 | Eritrea | 3.74 million kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 102 | Senegal | 3.68 million kg | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 103 | Cambodia | 3.34 million kg | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 3.22 million kg | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 3.01 million kg | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 106 | Benin | 2.97 million kg | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Montenegro | 2.69 million kg | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 2.66 million kg | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 109 | Angola | 2.32 million kg | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 110 | Mauritania | 2.21 million kg | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 111 | Tunisia | 2.15 million kg | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 112 | Puerto Rico | 2.08 million kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 113 | Ghana | 2.02 million kg | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 114 | Zambia | 1.99 million kg | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 115 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.92 million kg | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Rwanda | 1.85 million kg | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Central African Republic | 1.74 million kg | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Cameroon | 1.64 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 119 | Iceland | 1.57 million kg | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 120 | Namibia | 1.51 million kg | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 121 | Guyana | 1.36 million kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 122 | Malaysia | 1.21 million kg | 2023 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 123 | Iraq | 1.09 million kg | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 124 | Yemen | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 125 | Georgia | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 126 | Malawi | 818,330 kg | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 127 | Libya | 647,650 kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 128 | Lesotho | 646,399 kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 129 | Eswatini | 616,286 kg | 2023 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 610,454 kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 576,906 kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 132 | Armenia | 555,345 kg | 2023 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 133 | Burundi | 508,534 kg | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 134 | Saudi Arabia | 481,248 kg | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 135 | Bhutan | 432,602 kg | 2023 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 136 | Fiji | 387,523 kg | 2023 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 137 | Philippines | 377,319 kg | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 138 | Togo | 344,439 kg | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 139 | Oman | 339,391 kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Malta | 323,590 kg | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 141 | Israel | 289,800 kg | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 142 | Dominica | 260,873 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Trinidad and Tobago | 249,841 kg | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Belize | 210,515 kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 145 | Gambia | 193,539 kg | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 146 | Lebanon | 152,550 kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 147 | Réunion | 141,559 kg | 2006 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 135,172 kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Jamaica | 133,534 kg | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Jordan | 114,535 kg | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 151 | United Arab Emirates | 111,387 kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Barbados | 101,099 kg | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 153 | Cyprus | 96,682 kg | 2023 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 86,368 kg | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 155 | Antigua and Barbuda | 82,028 kg | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 156 | Palestine | 66,299 kg | 2023 | up 167.2% | rising |
| 157 | Faroe Islands | 59,043 kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 158 | Comoros | 50,734 kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 159 | Gabon | 42,556 kg | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Liberia | 35,047 kg | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 161 | Suriname | 34,802 kg | 2023 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Martinique | 29,025 kg | 2006 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 163 | Grenada | 27,806 kg | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Saint Lucia | 25,649 kg | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 165 | Kuwait | 25,203 kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 166 | Bahamas | 24,257 kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 167 | Botswana | 22,760 kg | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Mozambique | 19,833 kg | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 19,336 kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 170 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18,271 kg | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 171 | Congo | 17,576 kg | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16,969 kg | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 173 | Mauritius | 15,775 kg | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 174 | French Guiana | 14,686 kg | 2006 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 175 | Papua New Guinea | 13,727 kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Samoa | 13,710 kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 177 | Qatar | 13,254 kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 178 | Bahrain | 11,599 kg | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Guadeloupe | 9,501 kg | 2006 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 3,700 kg | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,709 kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 2,695 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,216 kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 184 | Brunei Darussalam | 2,206 kg | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 185 | Tonga | 1,757 kg | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 186 | Seychelles | 1,261 kg | 2023 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 187 | Niue | 633.57 kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 188 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 580.49 kg | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 373.74 kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 190 | Singapore | 360.81 kg | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 5.42 billion kg
- Asia 1.68 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 3.26 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 439.37 million kg
- Annex I countries 2.17 billion kg
- Americas 1.75 billion kg
- Europe 1.58 billion kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 43.82 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.20 billion kg
- European Union (27) 1.02 billion kg
- South America 943.09 million kg
- Middle Africa 12.69 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 849.21 million kg
- Southern Asia 741.18 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 620.47 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 564.79 million kg
- Western Europe 550.45 million kg
- Northern America 545.59 million kg
- Eastern Asia 538.11 million kg
- Eastern Europe 534.67 million kg
- United States of America 494.81 million kg
- Africa 365.38 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 299.59 million kg
- Central Asia 296.81 million kg
- Northern Europe 277.92 million kg
- Central America 218.49 million kg
- Southern Europe 215.08 million kg
- Eastern Africa 214.74 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 78.09 million kg
- Northern Africa 65.79 million kg
- Western Africa 64.17 million kg
- Oceania 51.22 million kg
- Western Asia 27.36 million kg
- Southern Africa 7.99 million 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).