Cattle, non-dairy — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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
206
Highest
460.07 million kg
OECD
Lowest
6.33 kg
Bahamas
Median
408,723 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,919
What the numbers show
Cattle, non-dairy — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 460.07 million kg in OECD; the lowest is 6.33 kg in Bahamas.
The median across all reporting countries is 408,723 kg, and the mean is 10.24 million kg.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Bahamas (up 690.0%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 86.9%).
Cattle, non-dairy — Manure applied to soils that volatilises: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 460.07 million kg | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 2 | USSR | 453.58 million kg | 1991 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 3 | China | 134.78 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 134.57 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 5 | India | 87.19 million kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 6 | France | 71.20 million kg | 2023 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 68.08 million kg | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 8 | Indonesia | 42.82 million kg | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 9 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 40.16 million kg | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 10 | Germany | 37.18 million kg | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 11 | Spain | 28.75 million kg | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 12 | Ireland | 26.17 million kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 13 | Pakistan | 26.04 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 24.73 million kg | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 15 | Myanmar | 22.26 million kg | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 21.87 million kg | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 17 | Australia and New Zealand | 21.74 million kg | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 19.81 million kg | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 19 | Australia | 18.54 million kg | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 20 | Czechoslovakia | 17.88 million kg | 1992 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 17.87 million kg | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 22 | Belarus | 16.93 million kg | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 23 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 14.18 million kg | 1999 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 24 | Viet Nam | 14.09 million kg | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 12.35 million kg | 2023 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 26 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 11.41 million kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 27 | Yugoslav SFR | 11.32 million kg | 1991 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 10.76 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 29 | Canada | 10.22 million kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 30 | Thailand | 10.21 million kg | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 31 | Mongolia | 9.57 million kg | 2023 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 32 | Republic of Korea | 9.00 million kg | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 8.93 million kg | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 7.83 million kg | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 35 | Japan | 7.51 million kg | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 36 | Portugal | 6.83 million kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 37 | Austria | 6.75 million kg | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 37 | Réunion | 1,157 kg | 2006 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 38 | Czechia | 6.22 million kg | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 39 | Ukraine | 6.02 million kg | 2023 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Philippines | 6.02 million kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 41 | Cambodia | 5.85 million kg | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 42 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.84 million kg | 2023 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Sweden | 5.64 million kg | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 44 | Switzerland | 5.24 million kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 45 | Romania | 4.66 million kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Denmark | 4.63 million kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 47 | Chad | 4.62 million kg | 2023 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Türkiye | 4.33 million kg | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 49 | Argentina | 4.22 million kg | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 50 | Hungary | 3.71 million kg | 2023 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 51 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.67 million kg | 2023 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 52 | Norway | 3.50 million kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 53 | Ethiopia PDR | 3.47 million kg | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 54 | Sudan (former) | 3.39 million kg | 2011 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 55 | Turkmenistan | 3.35 million kg | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 3.34 million kg | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 57 | New Zealand | 3.20 million kg | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 58 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2.98 million kg | 2005 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 59 | Finland | 2.94 million kg | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 60 | Sudan | 2.89 million kg | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 61 | Greece | 2.78 million kg | 2023 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 62 | Mexico | 2.72 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 63 | Nepal | 2.55 million kg | 2023 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 64 | Nigeria | 2.38 million kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 65 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.32 million kg | 2023 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 2.29 million kg | 2023 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Lithuania | 2.15 million kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 68 | Kenya | 2.15 million kg | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.11 million kg | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 70 | Colombia | 2.06 million kg | 2023 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 71 | Slovakia | 1.93 million kg | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 72 | Serbia | 1.93 million kg | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 73 | Slovenia | 1.89 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 74 | Niger | 1.85 million kg | 2023 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Croatia | 1.80 million kg | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 76 | Malaysia | 1.60 million kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 77 | Mali | 1.46 million kg | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 78 | Uganda | 1.44 million kg | 2023 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Latvia | 1.30 million kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.26 million kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 81 | Afghanistan | 1.26 million kg | 2023 | up 58.0% | falling |
| 82 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.09 million kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Paraguay | 1.07 million kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 85 | Guinea | 1.01 million kg | 2023 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 978,593 kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 87 | Uruguay | 896,442 kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 88 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 871,307 kg | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 89 | Estonia | 824,675 kg | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 90 | Iraq | 785,450 kg | 2023 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 91 | Madagascar | 772,933 kg | 2023 | down 25.8% | flat |
| 92 | Cameroon | 720,856 kg | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 93 | South Sudan | 699,861 kg | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 94 | Luxembourg | 669,876 kg | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 95 | Yemen | 663,398 kg | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 96 | Angola | 602,760 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 601,706 kg | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 99 | Zambia | 535,272 kg | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 100 | Timor-Leste | 526,159 kg | 2023 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 518,959 kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 509,787 kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 103 | Somalia | 434,347 kg | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 104 | Namibia | 421,262 kg | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 105 | Peru | 396,184 kg | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 106 | Senegal | 389,283 kg | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 363,881 kg | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 108 | North Macedonia | 363,627 kg | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 109 | Mozambique | 305,834 kg | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 110 | Guatemala | 276,887 kg | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 111 | Iceland | 260,821 kg | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 112 | Malawi | 256,238 kg | 2023 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 113 | Benin | 249,068 kg | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 114 | Cuba | 246,616 kg | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 115 | Ghana | 242,140 kg | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 116 | Republic of Moldova | 233,299 kg | 2023 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 231,847 kg | 2023 | up 94.3% | rising |
| 118 | Ecuador | 230,977 kg | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 119 | Melanesia | 221,220 kg | 2023 | down 46.4% | rising |
| 120 | China, Taiwan Province of | 213,683 kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 121 | Israel | 213,028 kg | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 122 | Saudi Arabia | 207,978 kg | 2023 | up 119.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Dominican Republic | 201,703 kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 124 | Mauritania | 196,376 kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 125 | Côte d'Ivoire | 196,222 kg | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 126 | Honduras | 193,998 kg | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 127 | Georgia | 193,809 kg | 2023 | down 30.7% | flat |
| 128 | Egypt | 193,680 kg | 2023 | down 51.9% | rising |
| 129 | Chile | 192,979 kg | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 130 | Eritrea | 181,139 kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 131 | Syrian Arab Republic | 169,994 kg | 2023 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 132 | Morocco | 165,959 kg | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 133 | Burundi | 139,294 kg | 2023 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 134 | Oman | 139,189 kg | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Rwanda | 138,103 kg | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 136 | Armenia | 128,409 kg | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 137 | Botswana | 126,742 kg | 2023 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 138 | Costa Rica | 111,216 kg | 2023 | up 170.5% | falling |
| 139 | Bhutan | 111,084 kg | 2023 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 140 | Panama | 110,049 kg | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 141 | Albania | 109,518 kg | 2023 | down 85.2% | falling |
| 142 | Haiti | 109,276 kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 143 | Algeria | 106,175 kg | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 144 | Montenegro | 104,435 kg | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 79,913 kg | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 146 | Sierra Leone | 69,948 kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 147 | Papua New Guinea | 58,675 kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 148 | Vanuatu | 52,958 kg | 2023 | down 48.5% | rising |
| 149 | New Caledonia | 51,651 kg | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 150 | Togo | 51,249 kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 151 | Eswatini | 50,202 kg | 2023 | down 19.8% | flat |
| 152 | Fiji | 49,383 kg | 2023 | down 73.0% | rising |
| 153 | Malta | 43,319 kg | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 154 | Congo | 41,294 kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Polynesia | 38,204 kg | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 156 | Djibouti | 36,248 kg | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Lesotho | 35,616 kg | 2023 | down 32.2% | flat |
| 158 | El Salvador | 31,230 kg | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 159 | Gambia | 30,750 kg | 2023 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 29,999 kg | 2023 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Samoa | 25,035 kg | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 162 | Tunisia | 21,463 kg | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 163 | Cyprus | 20,014 kg | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 164 | Qatar | 17,750 kg | 2023 | up 193.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Jordan | 15,364 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 13,306 kg | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 167 | Lebanon | 11,928 kg | 2023 | up 94.2% | falling |
| 168 | Jamaica | 11,836 kg | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 169 | Libya | 11,006 kg | 2023 | up 34.0% | falling |
| 170 | Kuwait | 10,755 kg | 2023 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Micronesia | 9,829 kg | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 171 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 9,829 kg | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 8,553 kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 174 | Palestine | 8,300 kg | 2023 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 175 | Tonga | 7,780 kg | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 176 | Belize | 7,730 kg | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 177 | Guadeloupe | 6,056 kg | 2006 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 178 | Comoros | 5,293 kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 5,244 kg | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 180 | Guyana | 5,092 kg | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Liberia | 4,852 kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 182 | Faroe Islands | 4,353 kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 183 | Gabon | 4,026 kg | 2023 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 184 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3,609 kg | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Cabo Verde | 2,758 kg | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 186 | Suriname | 2,479 kg | 2023 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 187 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,310 kg | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Martinique | 1,849 kg | 2006 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 189 | Bahrain | 1,063 kg | 2023 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 190 | French Guiana | 1,039 kg | 2006 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Lucia | 785.75 kg | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 192 | Equatorial Guinea | 635.85 kg | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 193 | Barbados | 627.37 kg | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 194 | Brunei Darussalam | 557.78 kg | 2023 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 195 | Dominica | 521.56 kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 196 | Grenada | 470.1 kg | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 197 | Singapore | 388.03 kg | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Sao Tome and Principe | 132.26 kg | 2023 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 199 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 131.85 kg | 2023 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 200 | Cook Islands | 120.17 kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 201 | Antigua and Barbuda | 116.7 kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.31 kg | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 203 | Mauritius | 45.83 kg | 2023 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 204 | Seychelles | 32.84 kg | 2023 | up 158.0% | volatile |
| 205 | Niue | 24.72 kg | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 206 | Bahamas | 6.33 kg | 2023 | up 690.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.07 billion kg
- Annex I countries 550.00 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 516.64 million kg
- Asia 450.55 million kg
- Europe 431.22 million kg
- European Union (27) 287.32 million kg
- Eastern Asia 162.13 million kg
- Western Europe 141.38 million kg
- Eastern Europe 134.81 million kg
- Southern Asia 130.76 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 123.51 million kg
- Americas 122.14 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).