Cattle — 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
209
Highest
1.25 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
227.15 kg
Niue
Median
2.60 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,919
What the numbers show
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 1.25 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 227.15 kg in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.60 million kg, and the mean is 28.59 million kg.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 135.6%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 63.8%).
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that leaches: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 1.25 billion kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 2 | USSR | 1.18 billion kg | 1991 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 3 | China | 343.30 million kg | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 3 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 31.69 million kg | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 342.39 million kg | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 23.93 million kg | 2023 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 5 | India | 278.58 million kg | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 19.63 million kg | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Brazil | 190.30 million kg | 2023 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 178.39 million kg | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 8 | France | 158.61 million kg | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 8 | Türkiye | 11.74 million kg | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 116.55 million kg | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 9 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.20 million kg | 2023 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 90.71 million kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 8.13 million kg | 2023 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 79.25 million kg | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.70 million kg | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Pakistan | 77.08 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2.20 million kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 13 | Indonesia | 69.09 million kg | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 1.10 million kg | 2023 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Ireland | 64.00 million kg | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 936,014 kg | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Poland | 63.78 million kg | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 608,379 kg | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 62.41 million kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 16 | Melanesia | 484,724 kg | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 55.99 million kg | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 365,214 kg | 2023 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 18 | Yugoslav SFR | 55.37 million kg | 1991 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 18 | Polynesia | 63,359 kg | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 47.80 million kg | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 21,780 kg | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 21,780 kg | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 20 | Myanmar | 44.72 million kg | 2023 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 21 | Czechoslovakia | 43.91 million kg | 1992 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 22 | Belarus | 42.56 million kg | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 23 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 42.53 million kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 24 | Colombia | 39.87 million kg | 2023 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 36.36 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 26 | Mexico | 32.41 million kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 27 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 32.38 million kg | 1999 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 28 | Australia | 31.29 million kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 29 | Canada | 30.57 million kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 30.25 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 30 | Caribbean | 13.03 million kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 31 | Sudan (former) | 28.06 million kg | 2011 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 26.35 million kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 802,748 kg | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Mongolia | 25.39 million kg | 2023 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 16,671 kg | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Ukraine | 24.82 million kg | 2023 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Argentina | 22.48 million kg | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 36 | Belgium | 22.16 million kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 37 | Romania | 19.56 million kg | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 38 | Austria | 19.01 million kg | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 39 | Japan | 18.56 million kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 40 | Thailand | 17.70 million kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 41 | Sudan | 16.75 million kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 42 | New Zealand | 16.52 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 16.44 million kg | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 44 | Denmark | 15.90 million kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 45 | Tajikistan | 15.28 million kg | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 46 | Republic of Korea | 15.19 million kg | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 47 | Turkmenistan | 14.71 million kg | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 48 | Serbia and Montenegro | 14.69 million kg | 2005 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 49 | South Sudan | 14.50 million kg | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 50 | Portugal | 13.83 million kg | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 51 | Czechia | 13.58 million kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 52 | Sweden | 13.19 million kg | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 11.12 million kg | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Kenya | 11.03 million kg | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.02 million kg | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 56 | Ethiopia PDR | 11.00 million kg | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 57 | Afghanistan | 10.51 million kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 58 | Peru | 10.34 million kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 59 | Cambodia | 9.78 million kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 60 | Philippines | 9.14 million kg | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 61 | Ecuador | 9.13 million kg | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 62 | Chad | 9.00 million kg | 2023 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Hungary | 8.73 million kg | 2023 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 64 | Serbia | 8.71 million kg | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 8.61 million kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 66 | Norway | 8.60 million kg | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 67 | Uruguay | 8.58 million kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 68 | Finland | 8.27 million kg | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 69 | Uganda | 8.25 million kg | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Guatemala | 7.96 million kg | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 71 | Nigeria | 7.04 million kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 72 | Niger | 6.81 million kg | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Lithuania | 6.69 million kg | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 6.21 million kg | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 75 | Chile | 5.99 million kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 76 | Nepal | 5.96 million kg | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 5.84 million kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 78 | Greece | 5.64 million kg | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 79 | Honduras | 5.63 million kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 80 | Mali | 5.58 million kg | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Slovenia | 4.38 million kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 82 | Slovakia | 4.27 million kg | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 4.22 million kg | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Albania | 4.13 million kg | 2023 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 85 | Latvia | 3.90 million kg | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 86 | Croatia | 3.86 million kg | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.80 million kg | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 88 | Paraguay | 3.79 million kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 89 | El Salvador | 3.77 million kg | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 90 | South Africa | 3.70 million kg | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 91 | Cuba | 3.66 million kg | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 92 | Madagascar | 3.41 million kg | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 93 | Guinea | 2.95 million kg | 2023 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Egypt | 2.80 million kg | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 95 | Malaysia | 2.77 million kg | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 96 | Morocco | 2.71 million kg | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 97 | Estonia | 2.60 million kg | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 2.50 million kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 99 | Somalia | 2.41 million kg | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 100 | Haiti | 2.20 million kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 1.91 million kg | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 1.84 million kg | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 1.73 million kg | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 104 | Senegal | 1.69 million kg | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 105 | Panama | 1.69 million kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 106 | Algeria | 1.67 million kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 107 | Angola | 1.60 million kg | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 1.58 million kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 109 | Cameroon | 1.57 million kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 110 | Iraq | 1.51 million kg | 2023 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 111 | Zambia | 1.40 million kg | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 112 | Eritrea | 1.39 million kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 113 | Central African Republic | 1.38 million kg | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Yemen | 1.32 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 115 | Benin | 1.26 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Namibia | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 117 | Ghana | 969,304 kg | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 118 | Montenegro | 963,522 kg | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 119 | Mauritania | 957,381 kg | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 120 | China, Taiwan Province of | 895,210 kg | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 121 | Iceland | 862,014 kg | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 122 | Rwanda | 762,681 kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 123 | Tunisia | 678,595 kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 124 | Puerto Rico | 642,985 kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 125 | Malawi | 629,856 kg | 2023 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 126 | Georgia | 614,370 kg | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 127 | Mozambique | 464,701 kg | 2023 | up 43.3% | falling |
| 128 | Saudi Arabia | 456,342 kg | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 129 | Guyana | 414,817 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 130 | Israel | 406,483 kg | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 131 | Burundi | 361,502 kg | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 132 | Armenia | 359,218 kg | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 133 | Oman | 310,601 kg | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Bhutan | 296,407 kg | 2023 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 292,941 kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | 288,059 kg | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 137 | Eswatini | 260,190 kg | 2023 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 138 | Lesotho | 247,344 kg | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 139 | Libya | 210,803 kg | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 140 | Botswana | 196,941 kg | 2023 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 141 | Fiji | 190,332 kg | 2023 | down 46.0% | rising |
| 142 | Togo | 180,205 kg | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 143 | Malta | 162,055 kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 144 | Vanuatu | 105,347 kg | 2023 | down 45.2% | rising |
| 145 | Gambia | 104,186 kg | 2023 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 146 | Djibouti | 94,924 kg | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Papua New Guinea | 92,130 kg | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 148 | Dominica | 79,044 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 78,418 kg | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 78,415 kg | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 151 | New Caledonia | 78,284 kg | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 152 | Belize | 74,750 kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 153 | Congo | 67,214 kg | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Lebanon | 63,657 kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 155 | Cyprus | 59,026 kg | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 156 | Jamaica | 57,814 kg | 2023 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Jordan | 57,407 kg | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 158 | Réunion | 44,204 kg | 2006 | up 83.6% | rising |
| 159 | Samoa | 41,666 kg | 2023 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 160 | Palestine | 32,340 kg | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 161 | Barbados | 31,271 kg | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 162 | Qatar | 30,602 kg | 2023 | up 135.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24,783 kg | 2023 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 164 | Faroe Islands | 24,242 kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 165 | Kuwait | 23,693 kg | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Comoros | 23,159 kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 167 | Gabon | 18,805 kg | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 18,631 kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 169 | Liberia | 17,792 kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 170 | Suriname | 14,160 kg | 2023 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Tonga | 12,198 kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 172 | Guadeloupe | 11,934 kg | 2006 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 173 | Martinique | 11,481 kg | 2006 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 174 | Grenada | 9,047 kg | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 175 | French Polynesia | 8,976 kg | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 8,873 kg | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 177 | Bahamas | 7,287 kg | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 178 | French Guiana | 5,965 kg | 2006 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5,679 kg | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 180 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 5,588 kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,241 kg | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 182 | Bahrain | 5,075 kg | 2023 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 183 | Mauritius | 4,801 kg | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 184 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,767 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 185 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,498 kg | 2023 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 863.12 kg | 2023 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 187 | Singapore | 690.28 kg | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Seychelles | 427.55 kg | 2023 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 292.38 kg | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 190 | Niue | 227.15 kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3.23 billion kg
- Asia 1.18 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 1.75 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 254.38 million kg
- Annex I countries 1.48 billion kg
- Europe 1.12 billion kg
- European Union (27) 737.38 million kg
- Americas 707.51 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 15.38 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 440.03 million kg
- Middle Africa 14.01 million kg
- Southern Asia 418.49 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 410.59 million kg
- Eastern Asia 404.63 million kg
- Western Europe 377.20 million kg
- Eastern Europe 362.62 million kg
- South America 326.29 million kg
- Northern America 296.92 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 296.82 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 284.93 million kg
- United States of America 266.35 million kg
- Northern Europe 214.74 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 187.27 million kg
- Africa 170.71 million kg
- Southern Europe 165.71 million kg
- Central Asia 150.50 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 145.89 million kg
- Eastern Africa 93.22 million kg
- Central America 71.27 million kg
- Oceania 48.37 million kg
- Western Africa 33.18 million kg
- Northern Africa 24.82 million kg
- Western Asia 19.40 million kg
- Southern Africa 5.49 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).