Cattle, dairy — 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
206
Highest
371.15 million kg
OECD
Lowest
72.16 kg
Singapore
Median
886,032 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,919
What the numbers show
Cattle, dairy — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 371.15 million kg in OECD; the lowest is 72.16 kg in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 886,032 kg, and the mean is 9.04 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 volatilises: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 371.15 million kg | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 2 | USSR | 331.81 million kg | 1991 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 108.99 million kg | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 4 | India | 98.53 million kg | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 5 | China | 94.08 million kg | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 6 | China, mainland | 93.70 million kg | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 50.84 million kg | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 8 | Germany | 40.52 million kg | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 9 | France | 34.54 million kg | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 33.02 million kg | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 11 | Yugoslav SFR | 25.59 million kg | 1991 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 25.34 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Colombia | 24.52 million kg | 2023 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 20.32 million kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 20.04 million kg | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 19.73 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 17 | Mexico | 18.89 million kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 18 | Poland | 17.79 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 19 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 16.94 million kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 20 | Ireland | 16.49 million kg | 2023 | up 29.9% | falling |
| 21 | Sudan (former) | 15.32 million kg | 2011 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 13.48 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 23 | Belarus | 11.45 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 24 | Czechoslovakia | 11.40 million kg | 1992 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 25 | Argentina | 10.76 million kg | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 26 | Ukraine | 10.52 million kg | 2023 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Canada | 10.16 million kg | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 28 | Australia and New Zealand | 10.13 million kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 9.73 million kg | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 30 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9.42 million kg | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 31 | South Sudan | 8.96 million kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 8.57 million kg | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 33 | Romania | 8.38 million kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 34 | Sudan | 8.27 million kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 36 | New Zealand | 7.81 million kg | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 7.81 million kg | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 37 | Réunion | 28,312 kg | 2006 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 38 | Myanmar | 7.55 million kg | 2023 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 7.41 million kg | 1999 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 40 | Mongolia | 7.36 million kg | 2023 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 7.05 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 6.84 million kg | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 43 | Serbia and Montenegro | 6.81 million kg | 2005 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 44 | Peru | 6.50 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 6.45 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 46 | Denmark | 5.97 million kg | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 47 | Austria | 5.93 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 48 | Ecuador | 5.86 million kg | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 49 | Belgium | 5.84 million kg | 2023 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 5.75 million kg | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Switzerland | 5.72 million kg | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 5.63 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.24 million kg | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 54 | Kenya | 5.21 million kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 5.03 million kg | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 56 | Japan | 4.86 million kg | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 57 | Uruguay | 4.82 million kg | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 58 | Uganda | 4.06 million kg | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 3.94 million kg | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 60 | Serbia | 3.87 million kg | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 61 | Ethiopia PDR | 3.86 million kg | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 62 | Chile | 3.80 million kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 63 | Honduras | 3.56 million kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 64 | Türkiye | 3.49 million kg | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 65 | Indonesia | 3.24 million kg | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Sweden | 3.15 million kg | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 67 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3.10 million kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 68 | Czechia | 2.84 million kg | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 69 | Niger | 2.69 million kg | 2023 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Albania | 2.65 million kg | 2023 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 71 | Finland | 2.58 million kg | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 72 | El Salvador | 2.48 million kg | 2023 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 73 | Portugal | 2.39 million kg | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 74 | Australia | 2.32 million kg | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 75 | Nigeria | 2.31 million kg | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 76 | Lithuania | 2.31 million kg | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 77 | Mali | 2.26 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Norway | 2.23 million kg | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 79 | Cuba | 2.19 million kg | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 80 | Hungary | 2.11 million kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 81 | Viet Nam | 1.87 million kg | 2023 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | 1.73 million kg | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Egypt | 1.67 million kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 84 | Morocco | 1.64 million kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 1.61 million kg | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 86 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.59 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Thailand | 1.59 million kg | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.56 million kg | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 89 | Madagascar | 1.50 million kg | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 90 | Paraguay | 1.46 million kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 91 | Nepal | 1.42 million kg | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 92 | Chad | 1.37 million kg | 2023 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 93 | Haiti | 1.36 million kg | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 94 | Latvia | 1.30 million kg | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 95 | Somalia | 1.17 million kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 96 | Republic of Korea | 1.12 million kg | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 1.07 million kg | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 98 | Slovenia | 1.03 million kg | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 99 | Panama | 1.01 million kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 100 | Algeria | 1.01 million kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 101 | Greece | 975,682 kg | 2023 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 102 | Guinea | 962,939 kg | 2023 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Slovakia | 911,098 kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 104 | Estonia | 909,654 kg | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 862,409 kg | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 106 | Croatia | 774,871 kg | 2023 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 107 | Eritrea | 747,234 kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 108 | Senegal | 735,035 kg | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 109 | Cambodia | 668,186 kg | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 644,625 kg | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 111 | Luxembourg | 602,544 kg | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 112 | Benin | 593,330 kg | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Montenegro | 537,913 kg | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 531,941 kg | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 115 | Republic of Moldova | 500,129 kg | 2023 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Angola | 463,287 kg | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 117 | Mauritania | 441,878 kg | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 118 | Tunisia | 430,934 kg | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 119 | Puerto Rico | 415,351 kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 120 | Ghana | 404,063 kg | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 121 | Zambia | 398,750 kg | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 122 | China, Taiwan Province of | 383,124 kg | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Rwanda | 370,351 kg | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Côte d'Ivoire | 338,943 kg | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Cameroon | 327,387 kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 126 | Iceland | 313,855 kg | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 127 | Namibia | 301,805 kg | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 128 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 293,920 kg | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 129 | Guyana | 271,453 kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 130 | Malaysia | 242,541 kg | 2023 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 131 | Syrian Arab Republic | 235,592 kg | 2023 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 132 | Iraq | 218,131 kg | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 133 | Yemen | 216,024 kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 134 | Georgia | 215,771 kg | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 135 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 209,290 kg | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 136 | Malawi | 163,666 kg | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 137 | Libya | 129,530 kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 138 | Lesotho | 129,280 kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 139 | Eswatini | 123,257 kg | 2023 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 140 | Sierra Leone | 122,091 kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 115,381 kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 111,069 kg | 2023 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 143 | Melanesia | 101,930 kg | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 144 | Burundi | 101,707 kg | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 145 | Timor-Leste | 97,850 kg | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Saudi Arabia | 96,250 kg | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 147 | Bhutan | 86,520 kg | 2023 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 148 | Fiji | 77,505 kg | 2023 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 149 | Philippines | 75,464 kg | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 150 | Togo | 68,888 kg | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 151 | Oman | 67,878 kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Malta | 64,718 kg | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 153 | Israel | 57,960 kg | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 154 | Dominica | 52,175 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 49,968 kg | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Belize | 42,103 kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 157 | Gambia | 38,708 kg | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 158 | Lebanon | 30,510 kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 159 | Djibouti | 27,034 kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Jamaica | 26,707 kg | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Jordan | 22,907 kg | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 162 | United Arab Emirates | 22,277 kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Barbados | 20,220 kg | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 164 | Cyprus | 19,336 kg | 2023 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 17,274 kg | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 166 | Antigua and Barbuda | 16,406 kg | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 167 | Palestine | 13,260 kg | 2023 | up 167.2% | rising |
| 168 | Faroe Islands | 11,809 kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11,629 kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 170 | Comoros | 10,147 kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 171 | Gabon | 8,511 kg | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Cabo Verde | 8,357 kg | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Liberia | 7,009 kg | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 174 | Suriname | 6,960 kg | 2023 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Martinique | 5,805 kg | 2006 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 176 | Grenada | 5,561 kg | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 5,130 kg | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 178 | Kuwait | 5,041 kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 179 | Bahamas | 4,851 kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 180 | Micronesia | 4,692 kg | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 180 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 4,692 kg | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 182 | Botswana | 4,552 kg | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Polynesia | 4,035 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 184 | Mozambique | 3,967 kg | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Solomon Islands | 3,867 kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,654 kg | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 187 | Congo | 3,515 kg | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3,394 kg | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 189 | Mauritius | 3,155 kg | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 190 | French Guiana | 2,937 kg | 2006 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 191 | Papua New Guinea | 2,745 kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Samoa | 2,742 kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 193 | Qatar | 2,651 kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 194 | Bahrain | 2,320 kg | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Guadeloupe | 1,900 kg | 2006 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 196 | French Polynesia | 740.01 kg | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 197 | Equatorial Guinea | 541.85 kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 198 | New Caledonia | 538.95 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Sao Tome and Principe | 443.15 kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 200 | Brunei Darussalam | 441.17 kg | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 201 | Tonga | 351.42 kg | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 202 | Seychelles | 252.19 kg | 2023 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 203 | Niue | 126.71 kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 204 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 116.1 kg | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 205 | Cook Islands | 74.75 kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 206 | Singapore | 72.16 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 1.08 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 651.09 million kg
- Annex I countries 433.68 million kg
- Americas 349.53 million kg
- Asia 336.31 million kg
- Europe 315.62 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 240.41 million kg
- European Union (27) 204.27 million kg
- South America 188.62 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 169.84 million kg
- Southern Asia 148.24 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 124.09 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).