Chickens, broilers — 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
212
Highest
181.99 million kg
OECD
Lowest
0 kg
Singapore
Median
474,863 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,082
What the numbers show
Chickens, broilers — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 181.99 million kg in OECD; the lowest is 0 kg in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 474,863 kg, and the mean is 4.90 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 that volatilises: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 181.99 million kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 128.07 million kg | 2023 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 37.84 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 3 | China | 76.68 million kg | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 4 | China, mainland | 73.84 million kg | 2023 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 69.25 million kg | 2023 | up 139.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 14.57 million kg | 2023 | up 104.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Brazil | 55.08 million kg | 2023 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 8.41 million kg | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 7 | USSR | 52.87 million kg | 1991 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Türkiye | 5.33 million kg | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 23.10 million kg | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 5.07 million kg | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Mexico | 16.95 million kg | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 3.41 million kg | 2023 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 10 | France | 11.15 million kg | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.93 million kg | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 10.45 million kg | 2023 | up 117.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Spain | 9.65 million kg | 2020 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Melanesia | 509,150 kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 9.36 million kg | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 225,399 kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 9.34 million kg | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 115,585 kg | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8.06 million kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 15 | United Republic of Tanzania | 95,529 kg | 2023 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Malaysia | 8.04 million kg | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Polynesia | 55,521 kg | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 17 | Australia and New Zealand | 7.94 million kg | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Micronesia | 46,197 kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Thailand | 7.56 million kg | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Timor-Leste | 25,945 kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 7.49 million kg | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 6,940 kg | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 20 | Japan | 7.26 million kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 20 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 kg | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Belarus | 7.22 million kg | 2023 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 22 | India | 6.86 million kg | 2023 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Caribbean | 13.10 million kg | 2023 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 6.85 million kg | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Italy | 6.76 million kg | 2020 | up 32.9% | flat |
| 25 | Ukraine | 6.68 million kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 26 | Ecuador | 6.55 million kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 6.45 million kg | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 6.15 million kg | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 4.52 million kg | 2023 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Myanmar | 4.52 million kg | 2023 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.83 million kg | 2023 | up 158.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Republic of Korea | 4.11 million kg | 2023 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 3.83 million kg | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.54 million kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 4,518 kg | 2023 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Egypt | 3.14 million kg | 2023 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Portugal | 2.96 million kg | 2020 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 36 | Iraq | 2.96 million kg | 2023 | up 205.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Romania | 2.81 million kg | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 2.81 million kg | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 39 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2.65 million kg | 2023 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Argentina | 2.59 million kg | 2023 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 2.58 million kg | 1999 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 42 | Algeria | 2.43 million kg | 2023 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Yugoslav SFR | 2.32 million kg | 1991 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Belgium | 2.30 million kg | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 45 | Philippines | 2.28 million kg | 2023 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Greece | 2.08 million kg | 2018 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 47 | Nepal | 2.06 million kg | 2023 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 2.02 million kg | 2023 | up 173.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Uruguay | 1.95 million kg | 2023 | up 239.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Honduras | 1.82 million kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 51 | South Africa | 1.74 million kg | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Sweden | 1.73 million kg | 2019 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Chile | 1.67 million kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.64 million kg | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 55 | New Zealand | 1.49 million kg | 2023 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Czechoslovakia | 1.46 million kg | 1992 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 57 | Nigeria | 1.39 million kg | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Lebanon | 1.36 million kg | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Guyana | 1.33 million kg | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Hungary | 1.33 million kg | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 61 | Senegal | 1.26 million kg | 2023 | up 120.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Yemen | 1.26 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Czechia | 1.24 million kg | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 64 | Guatemala | 1.19 million kg | 2023 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Panama | 1.17 million kg | 2023 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Kuwait | 1.06 million kg | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Finland | 1.03 million kg | 2023 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Ghana | 1.02 million kg | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Tunisia | 1.01 million kg | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 1.01 million kg | 2023 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 981,854 kg | 2023 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 981,729 kg | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Denmark | 934,748 kg | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 857,236 kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 75 | Norway | 842,641 kg | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Jordan | 810,625 kg | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Israel | 799,706 kg | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Ireland | 788,104 kg | 2020 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 79 | Brunei Darussalam | 775,414 kg | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 755,897 kg | 2020 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Mali | 711,419 kg | 2023 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Kenya | 674,632 kg | 2023 | up 110.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Paraguay | 674,564 kg | 2023 | up 126.5% | rising |
| 84 | Austria | 668,786 kg | 2020 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 85 | Switzerland | 657,766 kg | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 86 | Qatar | 651,761 kg | 2023 | up 277.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Ethiopia | 609,972 kg | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 88 | Madagascar | 565,620 kg | 2023 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Sudan | 557,189 kg | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 90 | Uganda | 555,884 kg | 2023 | up 78.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Jamaica | 548,269 kg | 2023 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Croatia | 535,975 kg | 2023 | up 5,969.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Sudan (former) | 521,789 kg | 2011 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 94 | El Salvador | 504,005 kg | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 480,729 kg | 2023 | up 60.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Cameroon | 475,542 kg | 2023 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 474,184 kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 98 | Slovakia | 474,001 kg | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 99 | Guinea | 457,994 kg | 2023 | up 82.4% | volatile |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates | 448,424 kg | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Serbia | 436,438 kg | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Togo | 436,024 kg | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 429,303 kg | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Lithuania | 422,875 kg | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 105 | Zambia | 412,529 kg | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Libya | 383,762 kg | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 107 | South Sudan | 335,903 kg | 2023 | up 142.9% | rising |
| 108 | Ethiopia PDR | 329,551 kg | 1992 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 305,488 kg | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 110 | Cambodia | 304,796 kg | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 277,088 kg | 2023 | up 211.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Burkina Faso | 247,040 kg | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 245,351 kg | 2023 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Fiji | 241,010 kg | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Niger | 234,476 kg | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 116 | Haiti | 227,104 kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 117 | Mozambique | 225,454 kg | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 212,058 kg | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritius | 211,723 kg | 2023 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Malawi | 196,728 kg | 2023 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Serbia and Montenegro | 188,337 kg | 2005 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 122 | Réunion | 185,263 kg | 2006 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Latvia | 179,224 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 124 | Suriname | 167,876 kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 125 | Barbados | 166,493 kg | 2023 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 126 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 164,175 kg | 2023 | up 226.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Slovenia | 162,622 kg | 2023 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 151,305 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Bahamas | 131,157 kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Puerto Rico | 130,822 kg | 2023 | down 65.7% | rising |
| 131 | Georgia | 121,831 kg | 2023 | up 68.0% | falling |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 120,555 kg | 2023 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Estonia | 103,776 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 134 | Angola | 103,534 kg | 2023 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Liberia | 100,417 kg | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Central African Republic | 88,636 kg | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Cyprus | 81,633 kg | 2020 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 138 | Oman | 73,102 kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Palestine | 72,600 kg | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 140 | Chad | 68,506 kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 141 | Namibia | 48,334 kg | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Belize | 42,126 kg | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Somalia | 41,894 kg | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 144 | Mauritania | 41,578 kg | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 145 | Kiribati | 39,047 kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Malta | 38,501 kg | 2020 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 147 | Gabon | 37,377 kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Congo | 34,273 kg | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Bahrain | 33,303 kg | 2023 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Burundi | 32,310 kg | 2023 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 31,719 kg | 2023 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 152 | Armenia | 31,710 kg | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 153 | New Caledonia | 29,513 kg | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 154 | China, Macao SAR | 27,787 kg | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Rwanda | 26,268 kg | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 25,101 kg | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Samoa | 24,045 kg | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 158 | Eswatini | 23,810 kg | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Mongolia | 20,850 kg | 2023 | up 2,433.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 18,507 kg | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Tonga | 18,297 kg | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 16,473 kg | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Gambia | 10,504 kg | 2023 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Eritrea | 8,623 kg | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 165 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8,341 kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 8,062 kg | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 6,660 kg | 2023 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Bhutan | 6,545 kg | 2023 | up 221.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Martinique | 6,497 kg | 2006 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 170 | Dominica | 5,575 kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 171 | Comoros | 4,600 kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 4,490 kg | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Guadeloupe | 3,856 kg | 2006 | up 4,500.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Tuvalu | 3,295 kg | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Grenada | 2,892 kg | 2023 | down 69.6% | rising |
| 176 | Lesotho | 2,760 kg | 2023 | up 1,082.3% | falling |
| 177 | Iceland | 2,543 kg | 2023 | up 111.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,252 kg | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Luxembourg | 1,932 kg | 2022 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 180 | Cook Islands | 1,893 kg | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 181 | Botswana | 1,813 kg | 2023 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 182 | French Guiana | 1,635 kg | 2006 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,593 kg | 2023 | down 58.7% | rising |
| 184 | Seychelles | 1,579 kg | 2023 | up 3,733.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Albania | 1,413 kg | 2023 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Niue | 1,122 kg | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,048 kg | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Nauru | 210.31 kg | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 188 | Tokelau | 210.31 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 750.46 million kg
- Asia 400.32 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 550.99 million kg
- Americas 221.22 million kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 22.95 million kg
- Annex I countries 199.39 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 15.53 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 168.07 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 133.23 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 130.20 million kg
- Southern Asia 121.14 million kg
- South America 96.50 million kg
- Europe 95.03 million kg
- Eastern Asia 88.07 million kg
- Middle Africa 1.04 million kg
- Northern America 87.99 million kg
- United States of America 78.64 million kg
- Eastern Europe 56.71 million kg
- European Union (27) 44.15 million kg
- Africa 25.34 million kg
- Western Europe 25.14 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 24.49 million kg
- Central America 23.63 million kg
- Western Asia 19.26 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 15.82 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 15.03 million kg
- Northern Europe 11.58 million kg
- Northern Africa 10.32 million kg
- Oceania 8.55 million kg
- Western Africa 8.02 million kg
- Eastern Africa 4.15 million kg
- Central Asia 3.78 million kg
- Southern Africa 1.82 million kg
- Southern Europe 1.60 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).