Cattle — Manure management (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
6.15 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
1,669 kg
Seychelles
Median
10.92 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,919
What the numbers show
Cattle — Manure management (manure treated, N content) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 6.15 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 1,669 kg in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.92 million kg, and the mean is 135.11 million kg.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 124.8%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 65.4%).
Cattle — Manure management: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 6.15 billion kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 2 | USSR | 5.36 billion kg | 1991 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 3 | China | 1.80 billion kg | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 3 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 134.58 million kg | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 1.80 billion kg | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 128.31 million kg | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 5 | India | 1.09 billion kg | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 77.59 million kg | 2023 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 812.06 million kg | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 7 | Brazil | 791.70 million kg | 2023 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 8 | France | 735.43 million kg | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 8 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 49.57 million kg | 2023 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Germany | 557.28 million kg | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 9 | Türkiye | 48.07 million kg | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 421.22 million kg | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 32.20 million kg | 2023 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 409.96 million kg | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 14.63 million kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Indonesia | 371.66 million kg | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 11.79 million kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 13 | Australia and New Zealand | 301.54 million kg | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 5.15 million kg | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Pakistan | 300.81 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 5.00 million kg | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Ireland | 299.58 million kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 15 | Melanesia | 3.05 million kg | 2023 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 296.22 million kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 16 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.58 million kg | 2023 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 17 | Poland | 290.06 million kg | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.52 million kg | 2023 | up 89.3% | rising |
| 18 | Yugoslav SFR | 271.81 million kg | 1991 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 366,312 kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 255.58 million kg | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 137,652 kg | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 137,652 kg | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 20 | Myanmar | 237.50 million kg | 2023 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 205.75 million kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 22 | Czechoslovakia | 199.06 million kg | 1992 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 23 | Belarus | 193.21 million kg | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 24 | Australia | 182.06 million kg | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 168.28 million kg | 2023 | down 41.6% | rising |
| 26 | Canada | 168.13 million kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 159.14 million kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 28 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 150.53 million kg | 1999 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 143.53 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 30 | Mexico | 135.29 million kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 30 | Caribbean | 55.11 million kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 31 | Mongolia | 133.14 million kg | 2023 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 32 | New Zealand | 119.48 million kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.19 million kg | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Ukraine | 115.62 million kg | 2023 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 65,728 kg | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Sudan (former) | 110.06 million kg | 2011 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 105.44 million kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 36 | Belgium | 103.87 million kg | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 37 | Japan | 97.60 million kg | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 38 | Thailand | 94.80 million kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 39 | Romania | 91.17 million kg | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 40 | Argentina | 90.45 million kg | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 41 | Austria | 90.13 million kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 42 | Republic of Korea | 81.47 million kg | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 43 | Tajikistan | 78.77 million kg | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 44 | Switzerland | 78.63 million kg | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 45 | Denmark | 76.54 million kg | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 46 | Turkmenistan | 75.90 million kg | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 47 | Serbia and Montenegro | 72.14 million kg | 2005 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 48 | Sudan | 66.10 million kg | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 49 | Portugal | 63.43 million kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 50 | Sweden | 61.46 million kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 51 | Czechia | 61.04 million kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.65 million kg | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 53 | South Sudan | 56.39 million kg | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 54 | Cambodia | 52.49 million kg | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 55 | Philippines | 49.37 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 56 | Nicaragua | 47.26 million kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Ethiopia PDR | 44.11 million kg | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 58 | Peru | 43.85 million kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 59 | Kenya | 43.62 million kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 60 | Afghanistan | 43.45 million kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 61 | Serbia | 42.58 million kg | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 62 | Norway | 40.27 million kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 63 | Hungary | 39.44 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 64 | Finland | 39.22 million kg | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 65 | Ecuador | 38.90 million kg | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 66 | Chad | 36.88 million kg | 2023 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 36.85 million kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 68 | Uruguay | 35.56 million kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 69 | Guatemala | 33.79 million kg | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 70 | Uganda | 32.56 million kg | 2023 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Lithuania | 31.98 million kg | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 72 | Nigeria | 28.29 million kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 73 | Niger | 27.16 million kg | 2023 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 26.52 million kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 26.41 million kg | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 76 | Greece | 25.85 million kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 77 | Chile | 25.44 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 78 | Honduras | 23.93 million kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 79 | Nepal | 22.69 million kg | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 80 | Mali | 22.25 million kg | 2023 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Albania | 21.11 million kg | 2023 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 82 | Slovenia | 20.39 million kg | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 83 | Slovakia | 19.20 million kg | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 84 | Latvia | 18.58 million kg | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 85 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.44 million kg | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 86 | Croatia | 17.80 million kg | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 16.79 million kg | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 88 | El Salvador | 16.14 million kg | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 89 | Cuba | 15.36 million kg | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 90 | South Africa | 14.94 million kg | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 91 | Malaysia | 14.84 million kg | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 92 | Paraguay | 14.76 million kg | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 93 | Madagascar | 13.55 million kg | 2023 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 94 | Estonia | 12.45 million kg | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 95 | Guinea | 11.88 million kg | 2023 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Egypt | 10.92 million kg | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 97 | Morocco | 10.55 million kg | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 9.95 million kg | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 99 | Somalia | 9.53 million kg | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 100 | Haiti | 9.30 million kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 9.06 million kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 9.04 million kg | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 7.30 million kg | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 104 | Panama | 7.08 million kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 105 | Senegal | 6.70 million kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 106 | Algeria | 6.52 million kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 107 | Angola | 6.46 million kg | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 108 | Cameroon | 6.41 million kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 109 | Sri Lanka | 6.17 million kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 110 | Iraq | 5.80 million kg | 2023 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 111 | Zambia | 5.66 million kg | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 112 | Central African Republic | 5.61 million kg | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Eritrea | 5.47 million kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 114 | Yemen | 5.12 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 115 | Benin | 5.00 million kg | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Montenegro | 4.83 million kg | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 117 | China, Taiwan Province of | 4.63 million kg | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 118 | Namibia | 4.38 million kg | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 119 | Iceland | 4.14 million kg | 2023 | up 16.0% | flat |
| 120 | Ghana | 3.86 million kg | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 121 | Mauritania | 3.79 million kg | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 122 | Rwanda | 3.01 million kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 123 | Puerto Rico | 2.74 million kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 124 | Tunisia | 2.63 million kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 125 | Georgia | 2.57 million kg | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 126 | Malawi | 2.55 million kg | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 127 | Mozambique | 1.93 million kg | 2023 | up 43.3% | falling |
| 128 | Saudi Arabia | 1.81 million kg | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 129 | Guyana | 1.77 million kg | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 130 | Israel | 1.56 million kg | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 131 | Armenia | 1.48 million kg | 2023 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 132 | Burundi | 1.46 million kg | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 133 | Fiji | 1.33 million kg | 2023 | down 37.8% | rising |
| 134 | Oman | 1.23 million kg | 2023 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.17 million kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | 1.15 million kg | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 137 | Bhutan | 1.15 million kg | 2023 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 138 | Eswatini | 1.03 million kg | 2023 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 139 | Lesotho | 972,814 kg | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 140 | Libya | 820,447 kg | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 141 | Botswana | 818,552 kg | 2023 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 142 | Malta | 784,214 kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 143 | Togo | 720,060 kg | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 144 | Vanuatu | 646,564 kg | 2023 | down 44.1% | rising |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 521,577 kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 146 | New Caledonia | 436,826 kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 147 | Gambia | 416,807 kg | 2023 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 383,432 kg | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Dominica | 338,812 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 333,539 kg | 2023 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 151 | United Arab Emirates | 319,515 kg | 2023 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Belize | 309,957 kg | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 153 | Lebanon | 279,128 kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 154 | Congo | 278,485 kg | 2023 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Cyprus | 244,591 kg | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 156 | Jordan | 244,399 kg | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 157 | Samoa | 241,207 kg | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 158 | Jamaica | 231,273 kg | 2023 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Réunion | 171,528 kg | 2006 | up 82.8% | rising |
| 160 | Palestine | 138,247 kg | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 161 | Barbados | 133,430 kg | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 162 | Faroe Islands | 119,682 kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 117,228 kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 164 | Qatar | 115,089 kg | 2023 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Antigua and Barbuda | 106,298 kg | 2023 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 166 | Kuwait | 93,855 kg | 2023 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Comoros | 91,960 kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 168 | Gabon | 74,551 kg | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Liberia | 71,000 kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 170 | Tonga | 69,013 kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 171 | Suriname | 57,248 kg | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 52,491 kg | 2023 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 173 | Martinique | 46,650 kg | 2006 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 174 | Guadeloupe | 42,525 kg | 2006 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Grenada | 38,187 kg | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 36,984 kg | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 177 | Bahamas | 31,293 kg | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 178 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 30,140 kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24,206 kg | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 180 | French Guiana | 24,123 kg | 2006 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 22,371 kg | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 182 | Bahrain | 22,073 kg | 2023 | down 32.8% | rising |
| 183 | Mauritius | 18,595 kg | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 184 | Brunei Darussalam | 7,854 kg | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 185 | Equatorial Guinea | 7,118 kg | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 186 | Singapore | 3,691 kg | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,398 kg | 2023 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 188 | Cook Islands | 1,890 kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 189 | Niue | 1,712 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 190 | Seychelles | 1,669 kg | 2023 | up 30.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 15.18 billion kg
- Asia 5.63 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 7.98 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.10 billion kg
- Annex I countries 7.20 billion kg
- Europe 5.22 billion kg
- European Union (27) 3.45 billion kg
- Americas 3.35 billion kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 67.17 million kg
- Eastern Asia 2.13 billion kg
- Middle Africa 57.23 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.88 billion kg
- Western Europe 1.78 billion kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.72 billion kg
- Eastern Europe 1.65 billion kg
- Southern Asia 1.64 billion kg
- Northern America 1.63 billion kg
- United States of America 1.46 billion kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.41 billion kg
- South America 1.36 billion kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.27 billion kg
- Northern Europe 1.01 billion kg
- South-Eastern Asia 1.00 billion kg
- Central Asia 780.42 million kg
- Southern Europe 776.07 million kg
- Africa 678.64 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 581.09 million kg
- Eastern Africa 369.22 million kg
- Oceania 305.10 million kg
- Central America 300.65 million kg
- Western Africa 132.49 million kg
- Northern Africa 97.55 million kg
- Western Asia 78.98 million kg
- Southern Africa 22.14 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).