Cattle — Losses from manure treated (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
2.17 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
260.57 kg
Seychelles
Median
2.13 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,919
What the numbers show
Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 2.17 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 260.57 kg in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.13 million kg, and the mean is 43.41 million kg.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 110.4%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 71.6%).
Cattle — Losses from manure treated: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 2.17 billion kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 2 | USSR | 1.74 billion kg | 1991 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 3 | China | 658.89 million kg | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 48.54 million kg | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 657.24 million kg | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 4 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 29.13 million kg | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 263.86 million kg | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 5 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 18.90 million kg | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 6 | France | 236.18 million kg | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 7 | Germany | 189.47 million kg | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 12.79 million kg | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 8 | India | 166.00 million kg | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 158.47 million kg | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 9.92 million kg | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 145.80 million kg | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 5.08 million kg | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 11 | Australia and New Zealand | 142.19 million kg | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4.45 million kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 12 | Indonesia | 141.36 million kg | 2023 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 12 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.32 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 135.66 million kg | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 1.88 million kg | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Italy | 99.39 million kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 1.82 million kg | 2023 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Ireland | 97.98 million kg | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 15 | Melanesia | 1.44 million kg | 2023 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 16 | Yugoslav SFR | 96.68 million kg | 1991 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 16 | Syrian Arab Republic | 616,681 kg | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 17 | Poland | 93.95 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 299,932 kg | 2023 | up 90.5% | rising |
| 18 | Myanmar | 88.45 million kg | 2023 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 155,116 kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 79.57 million kg | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 19 | Micronesia | 65,050 kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 65,050 kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 20 | Australia | 77.76 million kg | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 21 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 71.40 million kg | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 22 | Canada | 68.01 million kg | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 23 | New Zealand | 64.43 million kg | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 24 | Czechoslovakia | 63.83 million kg | 1992 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 25 | Belarus | 62.26 million kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 58.32 million kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 27 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 48.59 million kg | 1999 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 28 | Mongolia | 48.51 million kg | 2023 | up 79.6% | rising |
| 29 | Pakistan | 43.88 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Ukraine | 40.19 million kg | 2023 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Caribbean | 11.77 million kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 31 | Thailand | 35.79 million kg | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 32 | Japan | 35.74 million kg | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 540,311 kg | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Colombia | 35.65 million kg | 2023 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 10,721 kg | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 34 | Belgium | 34.06 million kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 35 | Romania | 31.75 million kg | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 36 | Republic of Korea | 30.84 million kg | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 37 | Austria | 30.18 million kg | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 27.84 million kg | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 39 | Mexico | 27.46 million kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 40 | Turkmenistan | 26.88 million kg | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 41 | Switzerland | 26.73 million kg | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 42 | Denmark | 26.32 million kg | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 43 | Serbia and Montenegro | 25.67 million kg | 2005 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 22.33 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 45 | Portugal | 19.94 million kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 46 | Sweden | 19.93 million kg | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.92 million kg | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 48 | Cambodia | 19.89 million kg | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 49 | Czechia | 19.05 million kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 50 | Philippines | 18.90 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 18.26 million kg | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 52 | Sudan (former) | 17.57 million kg | 2011 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Argentina | 15.64 million kg | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 54 | Serbia | 15.04 million kg | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 55 | Norway | 13.18 million kg | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 56 | Finland | 13.13 million kg | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 57 | Hungary | 12.53 million kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 58 | Lithuania | 10.87 million kg | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 59 | Sudan | 10.82 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 60 | Nicaragua | 10.25 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Peru | 9.45 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 62 | South Sudan | 8.68 million kg | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 8.57 million kg | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 64 | Ecuador | 8.52 million kg | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 65 | Afghanistan | 8.43 million kg | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 8.19 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Greece | 8.13 million kg | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 68 | Albania | 7.99 million kg | 2023 | down 37.8% | rising |
| 69 | Ethiopia PDR | 7.70 million kg | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 70 | Guatemala | 7.31 million kg | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 71 | Kenya | 7.21 million kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 72 | Uruguay | 7.01 million kg | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 73 | Chad | 6.98 million kg | 2023 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Slovenia | 6.60 million kg | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.43 million kg | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 76 | Latvia | 6.28 million kg | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 77 | Slovakia | 6.01 million kg | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 5.73 million kg | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 79 | Croatia | 5.67 million kg | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 80 | Malaysia | 5.60 million kg | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 81 | Chile | 5.52 million kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 82 | Uganda | 5.33 million kg | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 5.18 million kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 84 | Nigeria | 4.99 million kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 85 | Niger | 4.65 million kg | 2023 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Estonia | 4.23 million kg | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 87 | Mali | 3.79 million kg | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 88 | El Salvador | 3.61 million kg | 2023 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 89 | North Macedonia | 3.22 million kg | 2023 | down 37.6% | flat |
| 90 | Cuba | 3.19 million kg | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 3.04 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 92 | Burkina Faso | 2.86 million kg | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Nepal | 2.82 million kg | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 94 | South Africa | 2.69 million kg | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 95 | Madagascar | 2.27 million kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 96 | Paraguay | 2.13 million kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 97 | Guinea | 2.10 million kg | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Haiti | 1.98 million kg | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 99 | Montenegro | 1.78 million kg | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 1.71 million kg | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 101 | Egypt | 1.70 million kg | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 102 | Zimbabwe | 1.68 million kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 103 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.64 million kg | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 104 | Morocco | 1.63 million kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 105 | Somalia | 1.57 million kg | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 106 | Panama | 1.47 million kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 107 | Iceland | 1.42 million kg | 2023 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 108 | Cameroon | 1.19 million kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 109 | Angola | 1.16 million kg | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 110 | Senegal | 1.13 million kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 111 | Central African Republic | 1.02 million kg | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Zambia | 1.02 million kg | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 113 | Algeria | 1.01 million kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 912,017 kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 115 | Eritrea | 876,853 kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 116 | Iraq | 844,041 kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 117 | Benin | 827,799 kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Namibia | 789,283 kg | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 119 | Yemen | 786,121 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 120 | Fiji | 698,008 kg | 2023 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 121 | Ghana | 654,392 kg | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 122 | Mauritania | 630,103 kg | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 123 | Puerto Rico | 603,874 kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 124 | Georgia | 581,369 kg | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 125 | Rwanda | 495,001 kg | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 126 | Malawi | 462,761 kg | 2023 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 127 | Tunisia | 401,935 kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 128 | Guyana | 394,663 kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 129 | Mozambique | 385,746 kg | 2023 | up 43.3% | falling |
| 130 | Saudi Arabia | 312,170 kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 131 | Armenia | 311,717 kg | 2023 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 132 | Vanuatu | 295,406 kg | 2023 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 133 | Malta | 272,253 kg | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 134 | Burundi | 262,648 kg | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 135 | Israel | 226,152 kg | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 136 | Oman | 216,899 kg | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 214,477 kg | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 200,325 kg | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 139 | Sierra Leone | 193,710 kg | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 140 | New Caledonia | 175,878 kg | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 141 | Eswatini | 170,042 kg | 2023 | down 15.3% | flat |
| 142 | Botswana | 162,390 kg | 2023 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 143 | Bhutan | 157,086 kg | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 144 | Lesotho | 157,052 kg | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 145 | Libya | 126,506 kg | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 146 | Togo | 124,024 kg | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 147 | Samoa | 102,322 kg | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 148 | Dominica | 75,856 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Lebanon | 75,477 kg | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 72,648 kg | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Gambia | 72,130 kg | 2023 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 152 | Djibouti | 68,842 kg | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 64,367 kg | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Belize | 61,213 kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 155 | Jordan | 59,455 kg | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 55,126 kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 157 | Congo | 54,677 kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Cyprus | 53,250 kg | 2023 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 159 | Faroe Islands | 42,963 kg | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 160 | Jamaica | 38,829 kg | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Palestine | 34,158 kg | 2023 | up 110.4% | rising |
| 162 | Barbados | 29,397 kg | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 163 | Tonga | 28,353 kg | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 164 | Réunion | 26,091 kg | 2006 | up 79.3% | rising |
| 165 | Antigua and Barbuda | 23,852 kg | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 166 | French Polynesia | 22,572 kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 167 | Kuwait | 16,289 kg | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 168 | Comoros | 15,448 kg | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 169 | Qatar | 13,825 kg | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 170 | Gabon | 12,441 kg | 2023 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Liberia | 12,166 kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 172 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 11,514 kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Suriname | 10,120 kg | 2023 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Martinique | 8,440 kg | 2006 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 175 | Grenada | 8,086 kg | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 7,458 kg | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 177 | Bahamas | 7,053 kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 178 | Bahrain | 5,807 kg | 2023 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5,313 kg | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 180 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4,934 kg | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 181 | French Guiana | 4,270 kg | 2006 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 182 | Brunei Darussalam | 2,859 kg | 2023 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 183 | Mauritius | 2,804 kg | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Guadeloupe | 2,763 kg | 2006 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Singapore | 1,390 kg | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,266 kg | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 187 | Niue | 954.45 kg | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 188 | Cook Islands | 915 kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 189 | Sao Tome and Principe | 551.07 kg | 2023 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 190 | Seychelles | 260.57 kg | 2023 | up 32.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4.69 billion kg
- Asia 1.70 billion kg
- Annex I countries 2.53 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 255.01 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 2.16 billion kg
- Europe 1.71 billion kg
- European Union (27) 1.13 billion kg
- Americas 1.01 billion kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 16.01 million kg
- Eastern Asia 778.43 million kg
- Northern America 661.91 million kg
- Middle Africa 10.71 million kg
- United States of America 593.90 million kg
- Western Europe 591.06 million kg
- Eastern Europe 539.98 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 425.05 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 417.84 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 379.33 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 349.53 million kg
- Northern Europe 329.04 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 320.28 million kg
- Central Asia 278.75 million kg
- South America 274.23 million kg
- Southern Europe 254.03 million kg
- Southern Asia 249.61 million kg
- Oceania 143.85 million kg
- Africa 114.53 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 98.83 million kg
- Central America 63.53 million kg
- Eastern Africa 61.38 million kg
- Western Africa 22.78 million kg
- Western Asia 15.85 million kg
- Northern Africa 15.69 million kg
- Southern Africa 3.97 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).