Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils (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
212
Highest
909.94 million kg
OECD
Lowest
0 kg
Singapore
Median
2.37 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,082
What the numbers show
Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils (N content) is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 909.94 million kg in OECD; the lowest is 0 kg in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.37 million kg, and the mean is 24.48 million kg.
Over the past decade 149 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 5,969.6%), and the largest decrease in Democratic People's Republic of Korea (down 100.0%).
Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 909.94 million kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 640.35 million kg | 2023 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 189.21 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 3 | China | 383.41 million kg | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 4 | China, mainland | 369.22 million kg | 2023 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 346.26 million kg | 2023 | up 139.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 72.86 million kg | 2023 | up 104.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Brazil | 275.41 million kg | 2023 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 42.05 million kg | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 7 | USSR | 264.37 million kg | 1991 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Türkiye | 26.63 million kg | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 115.51 million kg | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 25.37 million kg | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Mexico | 84.74 million kg | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 17.06 million kg | 2023 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 10 | France | 55.77 million kg | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.67 million kg | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 52.27 million kg | 2023 | up 117.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Spain | 48.26 million kg | 2020 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Melanesia | 2.55 million kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 46.82 million kg | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.13 million kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 46.72 million kg | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 577,925 kg | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 40.31 million kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 15 | United Republic of Tanzania | 477,643 kg | 2023 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Malaysia | 40.19 million kg | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Polynesia | 277,604 kg | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 17 | Australia and New Zealand | 39.70 million kg | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Micronesia | 230,986 kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Thailand | 37.78 million kg | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Timor-Leste | 129,726 kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 37.44 million kg | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 34,700 kg | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 20 | Japan | 36.28 million kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 20 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 kg | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Belarus | 36.10 million kg | 2023 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 22 | India | 34.31 million kg | 2023 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Caribbean | 65.52 million kg | 2023 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 34.25 million kg | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Italy | 33.79 million kg | 2020 | up 32.9% | flat |
| 25 | Ukraine | 33.40 million kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 26 | Ecuador | 32.75 million kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 32.25 million kg | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 30.74 million kg | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 22.59 million kg | 2023 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Myanmar | 22.58 million kg | 2023 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.14 million kg | 2023 | up 158.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Republic of Korea | 20.56 million kg | 2023 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 19.13 million kg | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 17.71 million kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 22,588 kg | 2023 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Egypt | 15.68 million kg | 2023 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Portugal | 14.82 million kg | 2020 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 36 | Iraq | 14.78 million kg | 2023 | up 205.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Romania | 14.03 million kg | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 14.03 million kg | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 39 | China, Taiwan Province of | 13.23 million kg | 2023 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Argentina | 12.95 million kg | 2023 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 12.92 million kg | 1999 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 42 | Algeria | 12.13 million kg | 2023 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Yugoslav SFR | 11.58 million kg | 1991 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Belgium | 11.48 million kg | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 45 | Philippines | 11.39 million kg | 2023 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Greece | 10.40 million kg | 2018 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 47 | Nepal | 10.28 million kg | 2023 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 10.12 million kg | 2023 | up 173.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Uruguay | 9.76 million kg | 2023 | up 239.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Honduras | 9.10 million kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 51 | South Africa | 8.72 million kg | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Sweden | 8.64 million kg | 2019 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Chile | 8.34 million kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.22 million kg | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 55 | New Zealand | 7.45 million kg | 2023 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Czechoslovakia | 7.31 million kg | 1992 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 57 | Nigeria | 6.94 million kg | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Lebanon | 6.80 million kg | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Guyana | 6.64 million kg | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Hungary | 6.63 million kg | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 61 | Senegal | 6.32 million kg | 2023 | up 120.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Yemen | 6.30 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Czechia | 6.18 million kg | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 64 | Guatemala | 5.94 million kg | 2023 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Panama | 5.84 million kg | 2023 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Kuwait | 5.32 million kg | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Finland | 5.17 million kg | 2023 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Ghana | 5.12 million kg | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Tunisia | 5.04 million kg | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 5.03 million kg | 2023 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 4.91 million kg | 2023 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 4.91 million kg | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Denmark | 4.67 million kg | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 4.29 million kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 75 | Norway | 4.21 million kg | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Jordan | 4.05 million kg | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Israel | 4.00 million kg | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Ireland | 3.94 million kg | 2020 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 79 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.88 million kg | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 3.78 million kg | 2020 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Mali | 3.56 million kg | 2023 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Kenya | 3.37 million kg | 2023 | up 110.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Paraguay | 3.37 million kg | 2023 | up 126.5% | rising |
| 84 | Austria | 3.34 million kg | 2020 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 85 | Switzerland | 3.29 million kg | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 86 | Qatar | 3.26 million kg | 2023 | up 277.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Ethiopia | 3.05 million kg | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 88 | Madagascar | 2.83 million kg | 2023 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Sudan | 2.79 million kg | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 90 | Uganda | 2.78 million kg | 2023 | up 78.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Jamaica | 2.74 million kg | 2023 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Croatia | 2.68 million kg | 2023 | up 5,969.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Sudan (former) | 2.61 million kg | 2011 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 94 | El Salvador | 2.52 million kg | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 2.40 million kg | 2023 | up 60.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Cameroon | 2.38 million kg | 2023 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 2.37 million kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 98 | Slovakia | 2.37 million kg | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 99 | Guinea | 2.29 million kg | 2023 | up 82.4% | volatile |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates | 2.24 million kg | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Serbia | 2.18 million kg | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Togo | 2.18 million kg | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.15 million kg | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Lithuania | 2.11 million kg | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 105 | Zambia | 2.06 million kg | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Libya | 1.92 million kg | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 107 | South Sudan | 1.68 million kg | 2023 | up 142.9% | rising |
| 108 | Ethiopia PDR | 1.65 million kg | 1992 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 1.53 million kg | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 110 | Cambodia | 1.52 million kg | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 1.39 million kg | 2023 | up 211.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Burkina Faso | 1.24 million kg | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 1.23 million kg | 2023 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Fiji | 1.21 million kg | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Niger | 1.17 million kg | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 116 | Haiti | 1.14 million kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 117 | Mozambique | 1.13 million kg | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 1.06 million kg | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritius | 1.06 million kg | 2023 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Malawi | 983,642 kg | 2023 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Serbia and Montenegro | 941,684 kg | 2005 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 122 | Réunion | 926,314 kg | 2006 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Latvia | 896,118 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 124 | Suriname | 839,380 kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 125 | Barbados | 832,464 kg | 2023 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 126 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 820,877 kg | 2023 | up 226.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Slovenia | 813,112 kg | 2023 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 756,526 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Bahamas | 655,785 kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Puerto Rico | 654,109 kg | 2023 | down 65.7% | rising |
| 131 | Georgia | 609,153 kg | 2023 | up 68.0% | falling |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 602,773 kg | 2023 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Estonia | 518,880 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 134 | Angola | 517,670 kg | 2023 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Liberia | 502,085 kg | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Central African Republic | 443,178 kg | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Cyprus | 408,163 kg | 2020 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 138 | Oman | 365,513 kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Palestine | 362,998 kg | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 140 | Chad | 342,527 kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 141 | Namibia | 241,671 kg | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Belize | 210,631 kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Somalia | 209,471 kg | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 144 | Mauritania | 207,892 kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 145 | Kiribati | 195,234 kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Malta | 192,505 kg | 2020 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 147 | Gabon | 186,883 kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Congo | 171,367 kg | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Bahrain | 166,514 kg | 2023 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Burundi | 161,549 kg | 2023 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 158,596 kg | 2023 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 152 | Armenia | 158,550 kg | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 153 | New Caledonia | 147,564 kg | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 154 | China, Macao SAR | 138,936 kg | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Rwanda | 131,340 kg | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 125,504 kg | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Samoa | 120,225 kg | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 158 | Eswatini | 119,050 kg | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Mongolia | 104,251 kg | 2023 | up 2,433.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 92,534 kg | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Tonga | 91,483 kg | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 82,366 kg | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Gambia | 52,522 kg | 2023 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Eritrea | 43,116 kg | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 165 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 41,707 kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 40,309 kg | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 33,298 kg | 2023 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Bhutan | 32,725 kg | 2023 | up 221.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Martinique | 32,485 kg | 2006 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 170 | Dominica | 27,874 kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 171 | Comoros | 23,000 kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 22,451 kg | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Guadeloupe | 19,282 kg | 2006 | up 4,500.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Tuvalu | 16,474 kg | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Grenada | 14,461 kg | 2023 | down 69.6% | rising |
| 176 | Lesotho | 13,800 kg | 2023 | up 1,082.3% | falling |
| 177 | Iceland | 12,716 kg | 2023 | up 111.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11,260 kg | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Luxembourg | 9,662 kg | 2022 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 180 | Cook Islands | 9,464 kg | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 181 | Botswana | 9,063 kg | 2023 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 182 | French Guiana | 8,174 kg | 2006 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7,964 kg | 2023 | down 58.7% | rising |
| 184 | Seychelles | 7,896 kg | 2023 | up 3,733.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Albania | 7,064 kg | 2023 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Niue | 5,608 kg | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,240 kg | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Nauru | 1,052 kg | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 188 | Tokelau | 1,052 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 190 | Benin | 0 kg | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kg | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Montenegro | 0 kg | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Singapore | 0 kg | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3.75 billion kg
- Asia 2.00 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 2.75 billion kg
- Americas 1.11 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 114.75 million kg
- Annex I countries 996.96 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 77.64 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 840.35 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 666.17 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 650.99 million kg
- Southern Asia 605.70 million kg
- South America 482.48 million kg
- Europe 475.13 million kg
- Eastern Asia 440.35 million kg
- Middle Africa 5.20 million kg
- Northern America 439.94 million kg
- United States of America 393.22 million kg
- Eastern Europe 283.54 million kg
- European Union (27) 220.74 million kg
- Africa 126.72 million kg
- Western Europe 125.69 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 122.43 million kg
- Central America 118.17 million kg
- Western Asia 96.28 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 79.08 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 75.14 million kg
- Northern Europe 57.91 million kg
- Northern Africa 51.58 million kg
- Oceania 42.75 million kg
- Western Africa 40.09 million kg
- Eastern Africa 20.75 million kg
- Central Asia 18.90 million kg
- Southern Africa 9.10 million kg
- Southern Europe 7.99 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).