Cattle, dairy — Manure left on pasture (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
1.58 billion kg
India
Lowest
175.4 kg
Singapore
Median
7.87 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,919
What the numbers show
Cattle, dairy — Manure left on pasture (N content) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 1.58 billion kg in India; the lowest is 175.4 kg in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.87 million kg, and the mean is 60.30 million kg.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 167.2%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 71.6%).
Cattle, dairy — Manure left on pasture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1.58 billion kg | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 2 | OECD | 1.43 billion kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 3 | Sudan (former) | 764.47 million kg | 2011 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 469.98 million kg | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 4 | USSR | 529.23 million kg | 1991 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 433.86 million kg | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 485.77 million kg | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 6 | South Sudan | 447.33 million kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 72.62 million kg | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 7 | Sudan | 412.95 million kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 7 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 49.56 million kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 405.17 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Brazil | 395.06 million kg | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 9 | Syrian Arab Republic | 29.29 million kg | 2023 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 10 | Australia and New Zealand | 366.02 million kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5.78 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 11 | New Zealand | 282.27 million kg | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 4.54 million kg | 2023 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Kenya | 259.76 million kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 12 | Melanesia | 3.68 million kg | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 13 | China | 228.68 million kg | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 797,687 kg | 2023 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 14 | China, mainland | 227.75 million kg | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 714,431 kg | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 215.48 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 580,346 kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 16 | Uganda | 202.48 million kg | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 508,722 kg | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 17 | Ethiopia PDR | 192.67 million kg | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 237,844 kg | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Niger | 134.11 million kg | 2023 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Micronesia | 169,466 kg | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 169,466 kg | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 115.47 million kg | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 20 | Mali | 112.96 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Polynesia | 145,750 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 91.88 million kg | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Colombia | 88.87 million kg | 2023 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 86.44 million kg | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Australia | 83.76 million kg | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 25 | Egypt | 83.50 million kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 26 | Morocco | 81.84 million kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 81.09 million kg | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 80.26 million kg | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 80.14 million kg | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 30 | Germany | 78.06 million kg | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 31 | Madagascar | 75.03 million kg | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 31 | Caribbean | 29.35 million kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 32 | Chad | 68.60 million kg | 2023 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 16.92 million kg | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Mexico | 68.46 million kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 417,041 kg | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 34 | France | 66.53 million kg | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 35 | Somalia | 58.61 million kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 53.26 million kg | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 37 | South Africa | 51.87 million kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 38 | Algeria | 50.36 million kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 39 | Yugoslav SFR | 49.30 million kg | 1991 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 40 | Guinea | 48.06 million kg | 2023 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 41 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 39.14 million kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 42 | Argentina | 39.00 million kg | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 43 | Italy | 38.01 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 44 | Eritrea | 37.29 million kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 45 | Senegal | 36.68 million kg | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 46 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 32.63 million kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 47 | Ireland | 31.76 million kg | 2023 | up 29.9% | falling |
| 48 | Benin | 29.61 million kg | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Poland | 28.37 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 50 | Iraq | 27.12 million kg | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 51 | Yemen | 26.86 million kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 52 | Georgia | 26.83 million kg | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 25.56 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Peru | 23.55 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 55 | Angola | 23.12 million kg | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 56 | Nepal | 22.70 million kg | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 57 | Mauritania | 22.05 million kg | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 58 | Tunisia | 21.51 million kg | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 59 | Ecuador | 21.23 million kg | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 20.41 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Ghana | 20.17 million kg | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 62 | Zambia | 19.90 million kg | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 18.98 million kg | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 64 | Rwanda | 18.48 million kg | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Myanmar | 18.34 million kg | 2023 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Belarus | 18.26 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 67 | Guatemala | 18.23 million kg | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 68 | Czechoslovakia | 18.18 million kg | 1992 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 69 | Mongolia | 17.88 million kg | 2023 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 70 | Uruguay | 17.48 million kg | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 71 | Central African Republic | 17.40 million kg | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Ukraine | 16.78 million kg | 2023 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 16.63 million kg | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 74 | Spain | 16.52 million kg | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 75 | Cameroon | 16.34 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 76 | Turkmenistan | 15.68 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 77 | Namibia | 15.06 million kg | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 14.29 million kg | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 79 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 14.28 million kg | 1999 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 80 | Armenia | 13.81 million kg | 2023 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 81 | Chile | 13.77 million kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 82 | Romania | 13.36 million kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 83 | Serbia and Montenegro | 13.12 million kg | 2005 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 84 | Honduras | 12.91 million kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.73 million kg | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 11.97 million kg | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 87 | Japan | 11.80 million kg | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 88 | Denmark | 11.50 million kg | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 89 | Austria | 11.42 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 90 | Belgium | 11.26 million kg | 2023 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 91 | Switzerland | 11.02 million kg | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 92 | Canada | 10.11 million kg | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 93 | El Salvador | 8.99 million kg | 2023 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 8.50 million kg | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 95 | Oman | 8.44 million kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Malawi | 8.17 million kg | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 97 | Cuba | 7.95 million kg | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 98 | Indonesia | 7.87 million kg | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Serbia | 7.46 million kg | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 100 | Israel | 7.21 million kg | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 101 | Libya | 6.46 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 102 | Lesotho | 6.45 million kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 103 | Eswatini | 6.15 million kg | 2023 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 104 | Sierra Leone | 6.09 million kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 105 | Sweden | 6.08 million kg | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 106 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.76 million kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 107 | Paraguay | 5.30 million kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 108 | Albania | 5.10 million kg | 2023 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 109 | Burundi | 5.08 million kg | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 110 | Finland | 4.97 million kg | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Haiti | 4.92 million kg | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 112 | Portugal | 4.60 million kg | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 113 | Czechia | 4.52 million kg | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 114 | Lithuania | 4.46 million kg | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 115 | Norway | 4.30 million kg | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 116 | Thailand | 3.87 million kg | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Lebanon | 3.79 million kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 118 | Panama | 3.68 million kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 119 | Togo | 3.44 million kg | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 120 | Hungary | 3.36 million kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.00 million kg | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 122 | Jordan | 2.85 million kg | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 123 | Fiji | 2.80 million kg | 2023 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 124 | United Arab Emirates | 2.77 million kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Republic of Korea | 2.72 million kg | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 2.56 million kg | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 127 | Latvia | 2.50 million kg | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 128 | Cyprus | 2.40 million kg | 2023 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Slovenia | 1.99 million kg | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 130 | Gambia | 1.93 million kg | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 131 | Greece | 1.88 million kg | 2023 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 132 | Estonia | 1.75 million kg | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 1.66 million kg | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 134 | Palestine | 1.65 million kg | 2023 | up 167.2% | rising |
| 135 | Cambodia | 1.62 million kg | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 136 | Puerto Rico | 1.51 million kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 137 | Croatia | 1.49 million kg | 2023 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 138 | Slovakia | 1.45 million kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 139 | Réunion | 1.41 million kg | 2006 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 140 | Bhutan | 1.38 million kg | 2023 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 141 | Djibouti | 1.35 million kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Luxembourg | 1.16 million kg | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 143 | Montenegro | 1.04 million kg | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 144 | Guyana | 983,923 kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 145 | China, Taiwan Province of | 931,259 kg | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Kuwait | 626,673 kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 147 | Vanuatu | 623,950 kg | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 148 | Iceland | 604,608 kg | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 149 | Malaysia | 589,544 kg | 2023 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 150 | Comoros | 506,385 kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 151 | Gabon | 424,758 kg | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Liberia | 349,813 kg | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 153 | Qatar | 329,566 kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 154 | Bahrain | 288,402 kg | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Botswana | 227,166 kg | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Mozambique | 197,955 kg | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Dominica | 189,115 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Philippines | 183,430 kg | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 181,118 kg | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Congo | 175,425 kg | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 161 | Mauritius | 157,452 kg | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 162 | Belize | 152,609 kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 139,693 kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 164 | Malta | 124,672 kg | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 99,170 kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Samoa | 99,048 kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 167 | Jamaica | 96,803 kg | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Barbados | 73,290 kg | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 169 | Antigua and Barbuda | 59,464 kg | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 170 | Equatorial Guinea | 27,041 kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 171 | French Polynesia | 26,730 kg | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 172 | Suriname | 25,229 kg | 2023 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Faroe Islands | 22,748 kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22,116 kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 175 | Martinique | 21,041 kg | 2006 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 176 | Grenada | 20,158 kg | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 19,468 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | 18,594 kg | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 179 | Bahamas | 17,584 kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13,245 kg | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 181 | Tonga | 12,694 kg | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 182 | Seychelles | 12,586 kg | 2023 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 183 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12,302 kg | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 184 | French Guiana | 10,647 kg | 2006 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 185 | Guadeloupe | 6,887 kg | 2006 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Niue | 4,577 kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 187 | Cook Islands | 2,700 kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 188 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,072 kg | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 189 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 282.2 kg | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 190 | Singapore | 175.4 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 9.06 billion kg
- Asia 3.49 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 7.58 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.23 billion kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.29 billion kg
- Africa 3.65 billion kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3.44 billion kg
- Middle Africa 126.69 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.99 billion kg
- Southern Asia 2.37 billion kg
- Eastern Africa 2.14 billion kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 41.62 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.06 billion kg
- Annex I countries 1.48 billion kg
- Americas 979.97 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 871.41 million kg
- South America 683.67 million kg
- Western Asia 680.22 million kg
- Northern Africa 656.62 million kg
- Western Africa 640.44 million kg
- Europe 572.57 million kg
- European Union (27) 384.72 million kg
- Oceania 370.02 million kg
- Eastern Asia 261.60 million kg
- Western Europe 212.07 million kg
- Eastern Europe 170.56 million kg
- Central America 158.39 million kg
- Central Asia 144.29 million kg
- Northern America 108.56 million kg
- Northern Europe 107.08 million kg
- United States of America 98.45 million kg
- Southern Europe 82.87 million kg
- Southern Africa 79.76 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 37.97 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).