Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per square kilometre by country
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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
619.3 kg per square kilometre
Ireland
Lowest
0.042 kg per square kilometre
Equatorial Guinea
Median
10.19 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,689
What the numbers show
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 619.3 kg per square kilometre in Ireland; the lowest is 0.042 kg per square kilometre in Equatorial Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.19 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 41.86 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 … applied square kilometre volatilises: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 619.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 494.25 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Belgium | 484.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 4 | Malta | 337.62 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 5 | Switzerland | 277.46 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 6 | Denmark | 265.07 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 7 | Germany | 222.36 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 8 | France | 196.19 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 186.5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 10 | Austria | 153.56 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 11 | Slovenia | 145 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 12 | Italy | 140.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 13 | Belarus | 139.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 14 | Poland | 138.84 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 15 | El Salvador | 121.25 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 119.89 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 17 | Czechia | 117.35 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 112.48 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 19 | Portugal | 100.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 20 | Albania | 100.55 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 85.96 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 22 | Spain | 74.7 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 23 | Tajikistan | 73.39 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania | 71.27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 25 | Dominica | 70.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Serbia | 69.04 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 27 | Pakistan | 66.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Hungary | 63.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 29 | India | 62.46 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 61.62 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Slovakia | 59.19 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 32 | Romania | 56.67 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 33 | Haiti | 53.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 35 | Guatemala | 49.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 48.61 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 37 | Barbados | 48.48 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 48.33 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 39 | Montenegro | 47.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 40 | Croatia | 45.93 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 41 | Myanmar | 45.67 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 42 | New Zealand | 41.81 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 43 | Latvia | 41.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 44 | Estonia | 40.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 46 | Antigua and Barbuda | 37.55 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 47 | Cambodia | 36.93 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 35.84 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 49 | Japan | 33.93 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 50 | Honduras | 33.57 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 32.68 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 52 | Greece | 29.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 53 | Ukraine | 28.56 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Nepal | 27.72 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 55 | Uganda | 27.42 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Ecuador | 24.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 57 | China | 24.38 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 58 | Indonesia | 24.34 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 59 | Colombia | 23.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 60 | Cuba | 23.5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 61 | Thailand | 23.1 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 62 | Sweden | 21.58 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 63 | Turkmenistan | 20.86 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 64 | Rwanda | 20.61 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 65 | Philippines | 20.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 66 | Finland | 18.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 67 | Grenada | 17.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 68 | Sri Lanka | 16.99 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 69 | Norway | 15.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 70 | Ethiopia | 15.57 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 71 | South Sudan | 15.29 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 72 | Brazil | 15.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 73 | Panama | 15.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 13.97 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 76 | Kenya | 12.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 77 | Israel | 12.52 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 78 | Faroe Islands | 11.8 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 79 | Tonga | 11.29 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 80 | Mexico | 11.11 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 81 | Mongolia | 10.86 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 82 | Afghanistan | 10.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 10.27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.19 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 85 | Eswatini | 10.08 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 86 | Samoa | 9.99 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 87 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.71 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 88 | Saint Lucia | 9.7 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 89 | Burundi | 9.38 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 90 | Armenia | 8.49 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 91 | Comoros | 8.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 92 | Guinea | 8.02 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Eritrea | 7.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 94 | Benin | 7.47 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 7.47 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 96 | Fiji | 6.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.0% | rising |
| 97 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 98 | Gambia | 6.86 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 99 | Paraguay | 6.39 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 100 | Sudan | 5.98 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 101 | Georgia | 5.89 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 102 | Senegal | 5.84 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 103 | Vanuatu | 5.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.2% | rising |
| 104 | Iceland | 5.7 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 105 | Malaysia | 5.62 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 106 | Argentina | 5.48 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 107 | Lesotho | 5.43 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 108 | Peru | 5.39 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 109 | Chile | 5.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 110 | Bhutan | 5.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 111 | Nigeria | 5.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 112 | Chad | 4.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Malawi | 4.45 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 114 | Zimbabwe | 4.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 115 | Cyprus | 4.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 116 | Bahrain | 4.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 117 | Lebanon | 4.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 118 | Morocco | 4.05 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 119 | Madagascar | 3.91 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 120 | Niger | 3.58 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Palestine | 3.58 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 122 | Jamaica | 3.56 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Mali | 3.05 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Tunisia | 2.91 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 125 | New Caledonia | 2.86 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 126 | Ghana | 2.84 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 127 | Djibouti | 2.73 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Australia | 2.71 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 129 | Sierra Leone | 2.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 130 | Somalia | 2.56 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 131 | Canada | 2.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 132 | Iraq | 2.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 133 | Cameroon | 2.22 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 134 | Togo | 2.21 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 135 | Belize | 2.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 136 | South Africa | 2.03 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 137 | Egypt | 1.88 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 138 | Qatar | 1.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 138.1% | volatile |
| 139 | French Polynesia | 1.72 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 140 | Yemen | 1.67 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 141 | Mauritius | 1.6 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 142 | Central African Republic | 1.48 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Guyana | 1.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 144 | Zambia | 1.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 145 | Kuwait | 0.8864 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Namibia | 0.8783 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 147 | Angola | 0.8551 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 148 | United Arab Emirates | 0.7361 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Oman | 0.669 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Singapore | 0.6409 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Seychelles | 0.6196 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 152 | Mauritania | 0.6192 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 153 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5994 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 154 | Bahamas | 0.4853 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 155 | Algeria | 0.4682 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 0.4437 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 157 | Jordan | 0.431 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 158 | Mozambique | 0.394 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.3% | falling |
| 159 | Botswana | 0.2317 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 160 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1415 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1356 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 162 | Congo | 0.1312 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Liberia | 0.1231 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 164 | Libya | 0.0799 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 165 | Suriname | 0.0588 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Gabon | 0.0487 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.042 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 16.58 kg per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4.07 kg per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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 volatilises (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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.