Cattle, dairy — 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
206
Highest
556.73 million kg
OECD
Lowest
108.24 kg
Singapore
Median
1.33 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,919
What the numbers show
Cattle, dairy — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 556.73 million kg in OECD; the lowest is 108.24 kg in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.33 million kg, and the mean is 13.56 million kg.
Over the past decade 99 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 that leaches: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 556.73 million kg | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 2 | USSR | 497.72 million kg | 1991 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 163.49 million kg | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 4 | India | 147.79 million kg | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 5 | China | 141.12 million kg | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 6 | China, mainland | 140.55 million kg | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 76.26 million kg | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 8 | Germany | 60.78 million kg | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 9 | France | 51.81 million kg | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 49.53 million kg | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 11 | Yugoslav SFR | 38.39 million kg | 1991 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 38.02 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Colombia | 36.78 million kg | 2023 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 30.47 million kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 30.05 million kg | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 29.60 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 17 | Mexico | 28.33 million kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 18 | Poland | 26.68 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 19 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 25.41 million kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 20 | Ireland | 24.73 million kg | 2023 | up 29.9% | falling |
| 21 | Sudan (former) | 22.98 million kg | 2011 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 20.22 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 23 | Belarus | 17.17 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 24 | Czechoslovakia | 17.10 million kg | 1992 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 25 | Argentina | 16.14 million kg | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 26 | Ukraine | 15.78 million kg | 2023 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Canada | 15.24 million kg | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 28 | Australia and New Zealand | 15.20 million kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 14.60 million kg | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 30 | United Republic of Tanzania | 14.13 million kg | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 31 | South Sudan | 13.45 million kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 12.86 million kg | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 33 | Romania | 12.57 million kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 34 | Sudan | 12.41 million kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 36 | New Zealand | 11.72 million kg | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 11.71 million kg | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 37 | Réunion | 42,468 kg | 2006 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 38 | Myanmar | 11.32 million kg | 2023 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 11.12 million kg | 1999 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 40 | Mongolia | 11.03 million kg | 2023 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 10.58 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 10.26 million kg | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 43 | Serbia and Montenegro | 10.21 million kg | 2005 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 44 | Peru | 9.75 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 9.68 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 46 | Denmark | 8.95 million kg | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 47 | Austria | 8.89 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 48 | Ecuador | 8.79 million kg | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 49 | Belgium | 8.77 million kg | 2023 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 8.62 million kg | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Switzerland | 8.58 million kg | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 8.45 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.86 million kg | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 54 | Kenya | 7.81 million kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 7.54 million kg | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 56 | Japan | 7.28 million kg | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 57 | Uruguay | 7.24 million kg | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 58 | Uganda | 6.09 million kg | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 5.91 million kg | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 60 | Serbia | 5.81 million kg | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 61 | Ethiopia PDR | 5.79 million kg | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 62 | Chile | 5.70 million kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 63 | Honduras | 5.34 million kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 64 | Türkiye | 5.23 million kg | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 65 | Indonesia | 4.85 million kg | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Sweden | 4.73 million kg | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 67 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 4.65 million kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 68 | Czechia | 4.25 million kg | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 69 | Niger | 4.03 million kg | 2023 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Albania | 3.97 million kg | 2023 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 71 | Finland | 3.87 million kg | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 72 | El Salvador | 3.72 million kg | 2023 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 73 | Portugal | 3.58 million kg | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 74 | Australia | 3.48 million kg | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 75 | Nigeria | 3.47 million kg | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 76 | Lithuania | 3.47 million kg | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 77 | Mali | 3.40 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Norway | 3.34 million kg | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 79 | Cuba | 3.29 million kg | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 80 | Hungary | 3.16 million kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 81 | Viet Nam | 2.80 million kg | 2023 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | 2.60 million kg | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Egypt | 2.51 million kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 84 | Morocco | 2.46 million kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 2.41 million kg | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 86 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.39 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Thailand | 2.39 million kg | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.33 million kg | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 89 | Madagascar | 2.26 million kg | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 90 | Paraguay | 2.19 million kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 91 | Nepal | 2.13 million kg | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 92 | Chad | 2.06 million kg | 2023 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 93 | Haiti | 2.04 million kg | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 94 | Latvia | 1.95 million kg | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 95 | Somalia | 1.76 million kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 96 | Republic of Korea | 1.68 million kg | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 1.60 million kg | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 98 | Slovenia | 1.55 million kg | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 99 | Panama | 1.52 million kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 100 | Algeria | 1.51 million kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 101 | Greece | 1.46 million kg | 2023 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 102 | Guinea | 1.44 million kg | 2023 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Slovakia | 1.37 million kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 104 | Estonia | 1.36 million kg | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 1.29 million kg | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 106 | Croatia | 1.16 million kg | 2023 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 107 | Eritrea | 1.12 million kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 108 | Senegal | 1.10 million kg | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 109 | Cambodia | 1.00 million kg | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 966,938 kg | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 111 | Luxembourg | 903,816 kg | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 112 | Benin | 889,995 kg | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Montenegro | 806,870 kg | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 797,912 kg | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 115 | Republic of Moldova | 750,193 kg | 2023 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Angola | 694,931 kg | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 117 | Mauritania | 662,817 kg | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 118 | Tunisia | 646,401 kg | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 119 | Puerto Rico | 623,026 kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 120 | Ghana | 606,094 kg | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 121 | Zambia | 598,125 kg | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 122 | China, Taiwan Province of | 574,686 kg | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Rwanda | 555,526 kg | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Côte d'Ivoire | 508,415 kg | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Cameroon | 491,081 kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 126 | Iceland | 470,783 kg | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 127 | Namibia | 452,707 kg | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 128 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 440,880 kg | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 129 | Guyana | 407,179 kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 130 | Malaysia | 363,811 kg | 2023 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 131 | Syrian Arab Republic | 353,388 kg | 2023 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 132 | Iraq | 327,196 kg | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 133 | Yemen | 324,036 kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 134 | Georgia | 323,656 kg | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 135 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 313,935 kg | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 136 | Malawi | 245,499 kg | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 137 | Libya | 194,295 kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 138 | Lesotho | 193,920 kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 139 | Eswatini | 184,886 kg | 2023 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 140 | Sierra Leone | 183,136 kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 173,072 kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 166,603 kg | 2023 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 143 | Melanesia | 152,895 kg | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 144 | Burundi | 152,560 kg | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 145 | Timor-Leste | 146,775 kg | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Saudi Arabia | 144,374 kg | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 147 | Bhutan | 129,781 kg | 2023 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 148 | Fiji | 116,257 kg | 2023 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 149 | Philippines | 113,196 kg | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 150 | Togo | 103,332 kg | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 151 | Oman | 101,817 kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Malta | 97,077 kg | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 153 | Israel | 86,940 kg | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 154 | Dominica | 78,262 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 74,952 kg | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Belize | 63,155 kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 157 | Gambia | 58,062 kg | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 158 | Lebanon | 45,765 kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 159 | Djibouti | 40,552 kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Jamaica | 40,060 kg | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Jordan | 34,360 kg | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 162 | United Arab Emirates | 33,416 kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Barbados | 30,330 kg | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 164 | Cyprus | 29,004 kg | 2023 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 25,910 kg | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 166 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24,608 kg | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 167 | Palestine | 19,890 kg | 2023 | up 167.2% | rising |
| 168 | Faroe Islands | 17,713 kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17,443 kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 170 | Comoros | 15,220 kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 171 | Gabon | 12,767 kg | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Cabo Verde | 12,535 kg | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Liberia | 10,514 kg | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 174 | Suriname | 10,440 kg | 2023 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Martinique | 8,707 kg | 2006 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 176 | Grenada | 8,342 kg | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 7,695 kg | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 178 | Kuwait | 7,561 kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 179 | Bahamas | 7,277 kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 180 | Micronesia | 7,037 kg | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 180 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 7,037 kg | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 182 | Botswana | 6,828 kg | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Polynesia | 6,052 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 184 | Mozambique | 5,950 kg | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Solomon Islands | 5,801 kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5,481 kg | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 187 | Congo | 5,273 kg | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,091 kg | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 189 | Mauritius | 4,732 kg | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 190 | French Guiana | 4,406 kg | 2006 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 191 | Papua New Guinea | 4,118 kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Samoa | 4,113 kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 193 | Qatar | 3,976 kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 194 | Bahrain | 3,480 kg | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Guadeloupe | 2,850 kg | 2006 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 196 | French Polynesia | 1,110 kg | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 197 | Equatorial Guinea | 812.77 kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 198 | New Caledonia | 808.43 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Sao Tome and Principe | 664.73 kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 200 | Brunei Darussalam | 661.76 kg | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 201 | Tonga | 527.13 kg | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 202 | Seychelles | 378.29 kg | 2023 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 203 | Niue | 190.07 kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 204 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 174.15 kg | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 205 | Cook Islands | 112.12 kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 206 | Singapore | 108.24 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 1.63 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 976.63 million kg
- Annex I countries 650.52 million kg
- Americas 524.30 million kg
- Asia 504.46 million kg
- Europe 473.43 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 360.62 million kg
- European Union (27) 306.40 million kg
- South America 282.93 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 254.76 million kg
- Southern Asia 222.35 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 186.14 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).