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Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita by country

Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
168
Highest
1.3 kg per person
Fiji
Lowest
0.003 kg per person
Equatorial Guinea
Median
0.1606 kg per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,696

What the numbers show

Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 1.3 kg per person in Fiji; the lowest is 0.003 kg per person in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1606 kg per person, and the mean is 0.2763 kg per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 436.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 448.3%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 70.9%).

Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Fiji 1.3 kg per person 2023 up 280.9% volatile
2 Albania 1.24 kg per person 2023 up 16.2% volatile
3 Barbados 1.16 kg per person 2023 up 19.7% volatile
4 Latvia 1.11 kg per person 2023 up 51.0% rising
5 Belarus 1.09 kg per person 2023 up 4.8% rising
6 Romania 1.08 kg per person 2023 down 10.0% rising
7 Ukraine 1.02 kg per person 2023 down 14.8% rising
8 Malaysia 0.8986 kg per person 2023 up 7.9% rising
9 Grenada 0.8807 kg per person 2023 up 111.8% rising
10 Belgium 0.8504 kg per person 2023 up 38.5% flat
11 Lithuania 0.8036 kg per person 2023 up 13.9% rising
12 Montenegro 0.8009 kg per person 2023 up 46.0% rising
13 Spain 0.7402 kg per person 2020 up 9.4% falling
14 Serbia 0.72 kg per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
15 Denmark 0.7178 kg per person 2023 up 40.7% falling
16 Poland 0.7128 kg per person 2023 up 1.9% falling
17 China 0.6976 kg per person 2023 up 21.2% volatile
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6399 kg per person 2023 down 0.8% rising
19 Hungary 0.5895 kg per person 2023 down 9.6% falling
20 Tuvalu 0.5856 kg per person 2023 up 12.1% rising
21 France 0.5672 kg per person 2023 up 3.3% falling
22 Sweden 0.5656 kg per person 2019 up 62.1% flat
23 Suriname 0.55 kg per person 2023 up 42.1% rising
24 Bulgaria 0.5383 kg per person 2020 up 8.3% falling
25 Belize 0.5305 kg per person 2023 up 6.6% rising
26 Mexico 0.522 kg per person 2023 up 3.3% rising
27 Austria 0.511 kg per person 2020 up 21.1% falling
28 Slovenia 0.5109 kg per person 2023 up 23.7% falling
29 Norway 0.5089 kg per person 2023 up 0.6% rising
30 Ireland 0.4991 kg per person 2020 down 2.8% falling
31 Italy 0.4859 kg per person 2020 down 18.7% rising
32 Canada 0.4614 kg per person 2023 up 14.1% falling
33 French Polynesia 0.4517 kg per person 2023 up 58.3% rising
34 Indonesia 0.4517 kg per person 2023 up 64.8% volatile
35 Greece 0.4514 kg per person 2018 down 34.7% falling
36 Dominican Republic 0.4481 kg per person 2023 up 108.9% rising
37 Finland 0.4478 kg per person 2023 up 15.1% falling
38 Croatia 0.4402 kg per person 2023 down 24.4% falling
39 Portugal 0.4401 kg per person 2020 up 16.1% rising
40 North Macedonia 0.4375 kg per person 2023 up 9.9% falling
41 Paraguay 0.4281 kg per person 2023 down 16.4% rising
42 Malta 0.4054 kg per person 2020 down 9.4% falling
43 New Zealand 0.4038 kg per person 2023 up 7.5% falling
44 Kiribati 0.4022 kg per person 2023 down 11.5% rising
45 Antigua and Barbuda 0.4018 kg per person 2023 up 95.3% rising
46 Tonga 0.3947 kg per person 2023 up 3.7% rising
47 Thailand 0.3909 kg per person 2023 up 10.0% rising
48 Brazil 0.3899 kg per person 2023 down 20.1% rising
49 Germany 0.3723 kg per person 2023 up 12.7% falling
50 Turkmenistan 0.3701 kg per person 2023 up 78.8% rising
51 Colombia 0.3682 kg per person 2023 up 30.3% rising
52 Argentina 0.3542 kg per person 2023 up 14.9% falling
53 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.3542 kg per person 2023 up 6.7% rising
54 Bangladesh 0.3483 kg per person 2023 up 4.2% volatile
55 Philippines 0.3384 kg per person 2023 up 40.7% rising
56 El Salvador 0.3342 kg per person 2023 up 21.6% rising
57 Dominica 0.3336 kg per person 2023 up 7.9% rising
58 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3293 kg per person 2023 up 57.0% volatile
59 Guatemala 0.3254 kg per person 2023 down 9.5% rising
60 Australia 0.3238 kg per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
61 Uzbekistan 0.3139 kg per person 2023 up 14.5% rising
62 Ecuador 0.3044 kg per person 2023 up 61.6% rising
63 Kuwait 0.3041 kg per person 2023 down 28.1% volatile
64 Japan 0.3017 kg per person 2023 down 1.1% rising
65 Estonia 0.2983 kg per person 2023 down 11.1% falling
66 Iceland 0.2941 kg per person 2023 down 22.8% falling
67 New Caledonia 0.2776 kg per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
68 Cuba 0.2776 kg per person 2023 down 9.3% rising
69 Slovakia 0.2731 kg per person 2023 down 55.8% falling
70 Switzerland 0.2664 kg per person 2023 up 35.0% falling
71 Kazakhstan 0.2661 kg per person 2023 down 9.4% rising
72 Uruguay 0.2656 kg per person 2023 down 54.9% rising
73 Peru 0.2609 kg per person 2023 up 14.2% rising
74 Bhutan 0.2422 kg per person 2023 up 20.3% volatile
75 Vanuatu 0.2381 kg per person 2023 down 14.7% rising
76 Czechia 0.2302 kg per person 2023 up 13.3% falling
77 Kyrgyzstan 0.2286 kg per person 2023 up 29.1% rising
78 Nicaragua 0.2253 kg per person 2023 up 13.5% falling
79 Tunisia 0.2201 kg per person 2023 up 8.9% rising
80 Azerbaijan 0.2173 kg per person 2023 down 2.3% rising
81 Costa Rica 0.203 kg per person 2023 down 5.7% falling
82 Chile 0.1995 kg per person 2023 down 0.2% flat
83 Samoa 0.1785 kg per person 2023 down 14.3% rising
84 Israel 0.1642 kg per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
85 Panama 0.157 kg per person 2023 down 23.1% rising
86 Saint Lucia 0.1551 kg per person 2023 up 45.9% flat
87 Luxembourg 0.1498 kg per person 2022 up 38.7% rising
88 Guyana 0.1482 kg per person 2023 up 92.3% volatile
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.148 kg per person 2023 down 13.2% rising
90 Saudi Arabia 0.1475 kg per person 2023 up 13.4% volatile
91 Singapore 0.1423 kg per person 2023 up 9.6% volatile
92 Pakistan 0.1416 kg per person 2023 up 113.2% rising
93 Armenia 0.1409 kg per person 2023 up 1.3% rising
94 Libya 0.1394 kg per person 2023 down 4.6% volatile
95 India 0.1361 kg per person 2023 up 85.9% volatile
96 Honduras 0.1321 kg per person 2023 down 14.6% flat
97 Seychelles 0.1282 kg per person 2023 up 32.5% volatile
98 Benin 0.1279 kg per person 2023 down 8.7% volatile
99 Georgia 0.1261 kg per person 2023 up 30.5% rising
100 Nepal 0.1252 kg per person 2023 up 43.6% rising
101 Tajikistan 0.1249 kg per person 2023 up 27.5% volatile
102 Puerto Rico 0.1213 kg per person 2023 up 22.6% falling
103 Jamaica 0.1151 kg per person 2023 down 21.1% volatile
104 Angola 0.1128 kg per person 2023 up 448.3% volatile
105 Mauritius 0.1098 kg per person 2023 up 12.6% volatile
106 Myanmar 0.1067 kg per person 2023 down 70.9% volatile
107 Mongolia 0.106 kg per person 2023 up 124.7% volatile
108 South Sudan 0.0989 kg per person 2023 up 118.9% rising
109 Lebanon 0.0981 kg per person 2023 up 44.3% falling
110 Bahamas 0.0915 kg per person 2023 down 2.6% rising
111 Cyprus 0.0912 kg per person 2020 up 6.5% falling
112 Nauru 0.088 kg per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
113 Solomon Islands 0.0862 kg per person 2023 down 36.7% falling
114 Papua New Guinea 0.0862 kg per person 2023 down 15.4% rising
115 Cambodia 0.0845 kg per person 2023 down 15.6% rising
116 Sri Lanka 0.0769 kg per person 2023 down 39.7% rising
117 Afghanistan 0.0725 kg per person 2023 down 17.4% falling
118 United Arab Emirates 0.0703 kg per person 2023 down 3.8% rising
119 Burkina Faso 0.0666 kg per person 2023 down 30.6% rising
120 Palestine 0.0665 kg per person 2023 down 2.4% falling
121 Sierra Leone 0.0609 kg per person 2023 down 14.4% rising
122 South Africa 0.0587 kg per person 2023 down 31.9% rising
123 Senegal 0.0581 kg per person 2023 up 11.1% rising
124 Ghana 0.058 kg per person 2023 up 3.5% rising
125 Nigeria 0.057 kg per person 2023 down 25.3% rising
126 Zambia 0.0556 kg per person 2023 down 33.1% falling
127 Guinea 0.0555 kg per person 2023 down 13.4% rising
128 Qatar 0.0553 kg per person 2023 up 88.4% volatile
129 Morocco 0.0543 kg per person 2023 up 5.4% falling
130 Togo 0.0519 kg per person 2023 up 81.4% rising
131 Algeria 0.0518 kg per person 2023 down 25.3% rising
132 Jordan 0.051 kg per person 2023 down 6.9% volatile
133 Oman 0.0475 kg per person 2023 up 37.2% rising
134 Cameroon 0.0471 kg per person 2023 up 17.7% rising
135 Zimbabwe 0.0407 kg per person 2023 down 10.2% falling
136 Egypt 0.0402 kg per person 2023 up 30.2% rising
137 Yemen 0.0378 kg per person 2023 down 25.4% rising
138 Mali 0.0366 kg per person 2023 down 20.0% falling
139 Mauritania 0.0357 kg per person 2023 down 23.4% falling
140 Kenya 0.0331 kg per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
141 Namibia 0.0288 kg per person 2023 down 41.3% rising
142 Botswana 0.0284 kg per person 2023 down 31.0% rising
143 Gabon 0.0281 kg per person 2023 up 14.0% rising
144 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0266 kg per person 2023 down 59.8% rising
145 Malawi 0.0263 kg per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
146 Bahrain 0.0248 kg per person 2023 down 20.5% volatile
147 Comoros 0.0243 kg per person 2023 down 15.6% falling
148 Liberia 0.023 kg per person 2023 down 8.6% falling
149 Sudan 0.02 kg per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
150 Uganda 0.0172 kg per person 2023 down 34.0% falling
151 Eswatini 0.017 kg per person 2023 down 16.7% falling
152 Eritrea 0.017 kg per person 2023 down 10.6% volatile
153 Niger 0.0152 kg per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
154 Guinea-Bissau 0.0148 kg per person 2023 down 18.1% rising
155 Haiti 0.0143 kg per person 2023 down 17.7% rising
156 Iraq 0.0137 kg per person 2023 down 38.3% volatile
157 Madagascar 0.0128 kg per person 2023 down 19.8% volatile
158 Lesotho 0.012 kg per person 2023 down 30.9% falling
159 Central African Republic 0.0118 kg per person 2023 down 10.9% flat
160 Mozambique 0.0105 kg per person 2023 up 67.4% volatile
161 Rwanda 0.0099 kg per person 2023 down 21.7% rising
162 Congo 0.0088 kg per person 2023 down 16.1% falling
163 Gambia 0.0087 kg per person 2023 down 30.2% falling
164 Ethiopia 0.0084 kg per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
165 Chad 0.0062 kg per person 2023 down 24.3% volatile
166 Burundi 0.0053 kg per person 2023 down 32.9% volatile
167 Somalia 0.0046 kg per person 2023 down 24.7% falling
168 Equatorial Guinea 0.003 kg per person 2023 down 41.3% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (N content) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita
Unit
kg per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
170 places, 9,696 data points, 1961–2023
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Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.