Cattle — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content), per square kilometre by country
Cattle — Manure left on pasture 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
635.64 kg per square kilometre
Uganda
Lowest
0.414 kg per square kilometre
Bahamas
Median
61.17 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,689
What the numbers show
Cattle — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 635.64 kg per square kilometre in Uganda; the lowest is 0.414 kg per square kilometre in Bahamas.
The median across all reporting countries is 61.17 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 111.26 kg per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,535.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 126.7%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 59.7%).
Cattle: Manure left on pasture … left square kilometre volatilises: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 635.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Uruguay | 527.05 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 504.68 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 496.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 5 | Rwanda | 487.47 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 473.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 7 | Haiti | 428.27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 8 | New Zealand | 418.94 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 9 | Burundi | 366.68 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 10 | Nicaragua | 341.83 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 11 | Ireland | 327.92 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 12 | Kenya | 312.38 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 311.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 301 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 295.6 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.7% | falling |
| 16 | Guatemala | 289.82 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 17 | Guinea | 286.19 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Paraguay | 269.5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 19 | Belgium | 255.42 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 20 | Israel | 253.85 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 251.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 22 | Cuba | 250.53 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 23 | Eswatini | 247.56 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 24 | El Salvador | 236.02 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 25 | Chad | 232.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Comoros | 225.94 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 27 | Gambia | 221.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 221.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 212.35 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 30 | South Sudan | 208.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 31 | Colombia | 199.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 32 | Honduras | 194.73 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 33 | Benin | 185.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Tonga | 185.63 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 35 | Armenia | 184.55 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 36 | Nigeria | 182.81 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 182.46 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 38 | Malawi | 181.25 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 39 | Barbados | 178.53 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 40 | Pakistan | 172.27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 41 | India | 164.25 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 42 | Malta | 161.9 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 43 | Senegal | 160.05 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 44 | Samoa | 158.88 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 45 | Panama | 156.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 46 | Argentina | 155.65 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 47 | Eritrea | 151.7 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 48 | Grenada | 148.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 49 | Mexico | 145.45 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 50 | Switzerland | 138.09 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 51 | Sudan | 137.65 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 52 | Saint Lucia | 133.62 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 53 | Georgia | 130.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 54 | Denmark | 129.36 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 121.34 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 56 | Dominica | 119.28 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 113.9 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 58 | Lesotho | 113.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 59 | Germany | 110.68 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 60 | Jamaica | 109.98 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 61 | Niger | 109.29 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Ecuador | 109.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 63 | France | 106.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 64 | Djibouti | 105.96 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Madagascar | 105.92 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.8% | flat |
| 66 | Cameroon | 98.89 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 67 | Bahrain | 97.38 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 68 | Lebanon | 96.34 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 69 | Cyprus | 93.24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 70 | Mali | 90.56 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 71 | Vanuatu | 83.45 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.9% | rising |
| 72 | Ghana | 81.91 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 73 | Palestine | 80.93 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 74 | South Africa | 79.42 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 75 | Austria | 78.38 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 76 | Slovenia | 77.88 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 77 | Fiji | 76.2 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.7% | rising |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 75.33 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 79 | Italy | 71.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 80 | Togo | 69.47 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 81 | Nepal | 67.09 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 65.46 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 83 | Myanmar | 64.4 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 84 | Central African Republic | 61.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Somalia | 60.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 86 | Morocco | 59.1 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 87 | Cambodia | 58.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 88 | Portugal | 56.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 89 | Antigua and Barbuda | 53.29 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 90 | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.65 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 91 | Zambia | 48.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 92 | New Caledonia | 47.83 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 93 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 94 | Iraq | 46.91 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 95 | Belarus | 45.09 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 96 | Poland | 44.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 44.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 98 | Australia | 42.8 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 99 | Spain | 42.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 100 | Japan | 41.99 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 40.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 102 | Indonesia | 39.82 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 103 | Albania | 39.68 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.5% | rising |
| 104 | Czechia | 37.92 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 105 | Tunisia | 36.02 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 106 | Thailand | 35.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 107 | Lithuania | 35.52 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 108 | Qatar | 35.12 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Philippines | 34.91 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 110 | Belize | 34.89 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 111 | Namibia | 34.52 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 112 | Peru | 34.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 113 | Yemen | 34.07 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 114 | Angola | 32.87 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.22 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 116 | Serbia | 32.01 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 117 | Afghanistan | 32.01 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 118 | China | 29.61 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 119 | Chile | 29.43 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 120 | Egypt | 28.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 121 | French Polynesia | 27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 122 | Croatia | 25.24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 123 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.57 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 124 | Mozambique | 23.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 22.12 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 126 | Latvia | 21 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 127 | Hungary | 20.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 128 | Montenegro | 20.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 129 | Estonia | 20.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 130 | Slovakia | 19.13 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 131 | Turkmenistan | 18.97 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 132 | Kuwait | 18.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Romania | 18.2 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 134 | Mauritius | 17.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Greece | 16.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 15.83 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritania | 15.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 138 | Oman | 14.01 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Botswana | 13.57 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 140 | Bhutan | 13.04 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12.92 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 142 | Mongolia | 12.87 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 143 | Sweden | 11.57 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 144 | Bulgaria | 11.56 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 145 | Seychelles | 9.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Jordan | 9.71 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 9.29 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.2% | flat |
| 148 | Finland | 9.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 149 | Ukraine | 9.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Malaysia | 8.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 151 | Canada | 8.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 152 | Norway | 8.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 153 | Congo | 7.4 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Algeria | 6.92 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 6.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 156 | Faroe Islands | 5.29 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 157 | Liberia | 3.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 158 | Guyana | 3.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 159 | Saudi Arabia | 2.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 160 | Iceland | 2.8 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 2.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 162 | Suriname | 1.56 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.56 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 164 | Gabon | 1.27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Libya | 1.11 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 166 | Singapore | 0.98 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Bahamas | 0.414 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 119.24 kg per square kilometre
- World 75.13 kg per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Cattle — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture that volatilises (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Cattle — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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.