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Cattle — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per square kilometre by country

Cattle — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
167
Highest
928.95 kg per square kilometre
Ireland
Lowest
0.063 kg per square kilometre
Equatorial Guinea
Median
15.29 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,689

What the numbers show

Cattle — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 928.95 kg per square kilometre in Ireland; the lowest is 0.063 kg per square kilometre in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.29 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 62.78 kg per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14,750.

Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 138.1%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 63.8%).

Cattle: Manure applied to soils … applied square kilometre leaches: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 928.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% rising
2 Luxembourg 741.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% flat
3 Belgium 726.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.8% falling
4 Malta 506.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
5 Switzerland 416.19 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.6% falling
6 Denmark 397.6 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% falling
7 Germany 333.54 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.8% falling
8 France 294.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.4% falling
9 Bangladesh 279.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
10 Austria 230.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% falling
11 Slovenia 217.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% falling
12 Italy 211.04 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% falling
13 Belarus 209.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% falling
14 Poland 208.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% falling
15 El Salvador 181.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 59.2% rising
16 Uzbekistan 179.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 41.1% rising
17 Czechia 176.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% falling
18 Costa Rica 168.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% rising
19 Portugal 150.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
20 Albania 150.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 40.5% rising
21 Dominican Republic 128.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 27.1% rising
22 Spain 112.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.0% rising
23 Tajikistan 110.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 20.5% rising
24 Lithuania 106.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.9% falling
25 Dominica 105.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% volatile
26 Serbia 103.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.4% falling
27 Pakistan 99.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 44.8% volatile
28 Hungary 95.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% falling
29 India 93.7 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.2% rising
30 Nicaragua 92.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% volatile
31 Slovakia 88.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.0% falling
32 Romania 85 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.6% falling
33 Haiti 79.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 32.6% falling
35 Guatemala 74.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.2% rising
36 North Macedonia 72.92 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 37.6% falling
37 Barbados 72.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% falling
38 Puerto Rico 72.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.0% falling
39 Montenegro 71.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 19.1% falling
40 Croatia 68.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 21.0% falling
41 Myanmar 68.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 33.7% rising
42 New Zealand 62.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
43 Latvia 62.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.1% falling
44 Estonia 60.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% falling
45 Kyrgyzstan 57.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 27.2% rising
46 Antigua and Barbuda 56.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.6% rising
47 Cambodia 55.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.4% rising
48 Bulgaria 53.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% falling
49 Japan 50.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.8% rising
50 Honduras 50.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% rising
51 Uruguay 49.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% rising
52 Greece 43.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% falling
53 Ukraine 42.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 49.9% volatile
54 Nepal 41.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.9% rising
55 Uganda 41.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.7% volatile
56 Ecuador 36.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 25.5% rising
57 China 36.57 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 20.6% rising
58 Indonesia 36.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 46.1% rising
59 Colombia 35.93 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 41.0% rising
60 Cuba 35.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.5% falling
61 Thailand 34.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.4% rising
62 Sweden 32.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.0% falling
63 Turkmenistan 31.3 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% rising
64 Rwanda 30.92 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.3% rising
65 Philippines 30.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% rising
66 Finland 27.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.5% falling
67 Grenada 26.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.4% falling
68 Sri Lanka 25.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% falling
69 Norway 23.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% falling
70 Ethiopia 23.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% rising
71 South Sudan 22.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.7% rising
72 Brazil 22.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 27.5% rising
73 Panama 22.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.0% rising
74 Azerbaijan 20.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% rising
75 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 39.7% rising
76 Kenya 18.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.4% rising
77 Israel 18.78 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.1% rising
78 Faroe Islands 17.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% falling
79 Tonga 16.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% rising
80 Mexico 16.67 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% rising
81 Mongolia 16.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 78.1% rising
82 Afghanistan 16.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% rising
83 Burkina Faso 15.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 25.4% volatile
84 Trinidad and Tobago 15.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.9% rising
85 Eswatini 15.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.7% flat
86 Samoa 14.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.8% rising
87 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 47.5% falling
88 Saint Lucia 14.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% falling
89 Burundi 14.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 28.4% rising
90 Armenia 12.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 23.5% rising
91 Comoros 12.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.1% rising
92 Guinea 12.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 47.1% volatile
93 Eritrea 11.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
94 Benin 11.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.3% volatile
95 Kazakhstan 11.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% falling
96 Fiji 10.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 46.0% rising
97 Guinea-Bissau 10.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% rising
98 Gambia 10.3 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 33.6% rising
99 Paraguay 9.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% rising
100 Sudan 8.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% flat
101 Georgia 8.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 29.5% falling
102 Senegal 8.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% rising
103 Vanuatu 8.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 45.2% rising
104 Iceland 8.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.3% rising
105 Malaysia 8.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% rising
106 Argentina 8.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 21.9% falling
107 Lesotho 8.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.6% rising
108 Peru 8.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
109 Chile 8.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.5% flat
110 Bhutan 7.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.1% rising
111 Nigeria 7.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
112 Chad 7.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 70.0% volatile
113 Malawi 6.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 66.2% rising
114 Zimbabwe 6.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
115 Cyprus 6.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 44.3% rising
116 Bahrain 6.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 36.0% rising
117 Lebanon 6.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% rising
118 Morocco 6.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% rising
119 Madagascar 5.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 23.1% rising
120 Niger 5.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 52.8% volatile
121 Palestine 5.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 34.6% rising
122 Jamaica 5.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 63.8% volatile
123 Mali 4.57 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 42.6% volatile
124 Tunisia 4.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.4% rising
125 New Caledonia 4.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.3% falling
126 Ghana 4.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 32.1% rising
127 Djibouti 4.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% volatile
128 Australia 4.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% rising
129 Sierra Leone 3.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% rising
130 Somalia 3.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% rising
131 Canada 3.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% falling
132 Iraq 3.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 22.3% rising
133 Cameroon 3.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
134 Togo 3.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.9% rising
135 Belize 3.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% rising
136 South Africa 3.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.5% rising
137 Egypt 2.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.7% rising
138 Qatar 2.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 138.1% volatile
139 French Polynesia 2.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.2% falling
140 Yemen 2.5 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
141 Mauritius 2.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 36.2% falling
142 Central African Republic 2.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.7% volatile
143 Guyana 1.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.7% rising
144 Zambia 1.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.6% rising
145 Kuwait 1.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 32.6% volatile
146 Namibia 1.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 34.3% rising
147 Angola 1.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% rising
148 United Arab Emirates 1.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 28.3% volatile
149 Oman 1 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.6% volatile
150 Singapore 0.9614 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.9% volatile
151 Seychelles 0.9295 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 29.4% falling
152 Mauritania 0.9289 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.3% rising
153 Sao Tome and Principe 0.8991 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 23.3% falling
154 Bahamas 0.7279 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.7% falling
155 Algeria 0.7024 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% rising
156 Solomon Islands 0.6656 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
157 Jordan 0.6465 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.9% rising
158 Mozambique 0.5909 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 43.3% falling
159 Botswana 0.3475 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 51.5% falling
160 Saudi Arabia 0.2123 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 38.4% rising
161 Papua New Guinea 0.2034 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% rising
162 Congo 0.1968 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% volatile
163 Liberia 0.1847 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
164 Libya 0.1198 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.6% rising
165 Suriname 0.0882 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 43.7% volatile
166 Gabon 0.073 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.1% volatile
167 Equatorial Guinea 0.063 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Cattle — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Cattle — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per square kilometre
Unit
kg per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
169 places, 9,689 data points, 1961–2023
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Cattle — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.