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

Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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
0.391 kg per person
Fiji
Lowest
0.0009 kg per person
Equatorial Guinea
Median
0.0482 kg per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,696

What the numbers show

Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 0.391 kg per person in Fiji; the lowest is 0.0009 kg per person in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0482 kg per person, and the mean is 0.0829 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 … applied capita leaches: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Fiji 0.391 kg per person 2023 up 280.9% volatile
2 Albania 0.3725 kg per person 2023 up 16.2% volatile
3 Barbados 0.3486 kg per person 2023 up 19.7% volatile
4 Latvia 0.3324 kg per person 2023 up 51.0% rising
5 Belarus 0.3269 kg per person 2023 up 4.8% rising
6 Romania 0.3235 kg per person 2023 down 10.0% rising
7 Ukraine 0.3058 kg per person 2023 down 14.8% rising
8 Malaysia 0.2696 kg per person 2023 up 7.9% rising
9 Grenada 0.2642 kg per person 2023 up 111.8% rising
10 Belgium 0.2551 kg per person 2023 up 38.5% flat
11 Lithuania 0.2411 kg per person 2023 up 13.9% rising
12 Montenegro 0.2403 kg per person 2023 up 46.0% rising
13 Spain 0.2221 kg per person 2020 up 9.4% falling
14 Serbia 0.216 kg per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
15 Denmark 0.2154 kg per person 2023 up 40.7% falling
16 Poland 0.2138 kg per person 2023 up 1.9% falling
17 China 0.2093 kg per person 2023 up 21.2% volatile
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.192 kg per person 2023 down 0.8% rising
19 Hungary 0.1769 kg per person 2023 down 9.6% falling
20 Tuvalu 0.1757 kg per person 2023 up 12.1% rising
21 France 0.1702 kg per person 2023 up 3.3% falling
22 Sweden 0.1697 kg per person 2019 up 62.1% flat
23 Suriname 0.165 kg per person 2023 up 42.1% rising
24 Bulgaria 0.1615 kg per person 2020 up 8.3% falling
25 Belize 0.1592 kg per person 2023 up 6.6% rising
26 Mexico 0.1566 kg per person 2023 up 3.3% rising
27 Austria 0.1533 kg per person 2020 up 21.1% falling
28 Slovenia 0.1533 kg per person 2023 up 23.7% falling
29 Norway 0.1527 kg per person 2023 up 0.6% rising
30 Ireland 0.1497 kg per person 2020 down 2.8% falling
31 Italy 0.1458 kg per person 2020 down 18.7% rising
32 Canada 0.1384 kg per person 2023 up 14.1% falling
33 French Polynesia 0.1355 kg per person 2023 up 58.3% rising
34 Indonesia 0.1355 kg per person 2023 up 64.8% volatile
35 Greece 0.1354 kg per person 2018 down 34.7% falling
36 Dominican Republic 0.1344 kg per person 2023 up 108.9% rising
37 Finland 0.1343 kg per person 2023 up 15.1% falling
38 Croatia 0.1321 kg per person 2023 down 24.4% falling
39 Portugal 0.132 kg per person 2020 up 16.1% rising
40 North Macedonia 0.1312 kg per person 2023 up 9.9% falling
41 Paraguay 0.1284 kg per person 2023 down 16.4% rising
42 Malta 0.1216 kg per person 2020 down 9.4% falling
43 New Zealand 0.1211 kg per person 2023 up 7.5% falling
44 Kiribati 0.1207 kg per person 2023 down 11.5% rising
45 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1205 kg per person 2023 up 95.3% rising
46 Tonga 0.1184 kg per person 2023 up 3.7% rising
47 Thailand 0.1173 kg per person 2023 up 10.0% rising
48 Brazil 0.117 kg per person 2023 down 20.1% rising
49 Germany 0.1117 kg per person 2023 up 12.7% falling
50 Turkmenistan 0.111 kg per person 2023 up 78.8% rising
51 Colombia 0.1104 kg per person 2023 up 30.3% rising
52 Argentina 0.1063 kg per person 2023 up 14.9% falling
53 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1063 kg per person 2023 up 6.7% rising
54 Bangladesh 0.1045 kg per person 2023 up 4.2% volatile
55 Philippines 0.1015 kg per person 2023 up 40.7% rising
56 El Salvador 0.1003 kg per person 2023 up 21.6% rising
57 Dominica 0.1001 kg per person 2023 up 7.9% rising
58 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0988 kg per person 2023 up 57.0% volatile
59 Guatemala 0.0976 kg per person 2023 down 9.5% rising
60 Australia 0.0971 kg per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
61 Uzbekistan 0.0942 kg per person 2023 up 14.5% rising
62 Ecuador 0.0913 kg per person 2023 up 61.6% rising
63 Kuwait 0.0912 kg per person 2023 down 28.1% volatile
64 Japan 0.0905 kg per person 2023 down 1.1% rising
65 Estonia 0.0895 kg per person 2023 down 11.1% falling
66 Iceland 0.0882 kg per person 2023 down 22.8% falling
67 New Caledonia 0.0833 kg per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
68 Cuba 0.0833 kg per person 2023 down 9.3% rising
69 Slovakia 0.0819 kg per person 2023 down 55.8% falling
70 Switzerland 0.0799 kg per person 2023 up 35.0% falling
71 Kazakhstan 0.0798 kg per person 2023 down 9.4% rising
72 Uruguay 0.0797 kg per person 2023 down 54.9% rising
73 Peru 0.0783 kg per person 2023 up 14.2% rising
74 Bhutan 0.0727 kg per person 2023 up 20.3% volatile
75 Vanuatu 0.0714 kg per person 2023 down 14.7% rising
76 Czechia 0.069 kg per person 2023 up 13.3% falling
77 Kyrgyzstan 0.0686 kg per person 2023 up 29.1% rising
78 Nicaragua 0.0676 kg per person 2023 up 13.5% falling
79 Tunisia 0.066 kg per person 2023 up 8.9% rising
80 Azerbaijan 0.0652 kg per person 2023 down 2.3% rising
81 Costa Rica 0.0609 kg per person 2023 down 5.7% falling
82 Chile 0.0599 kg per person 2023 down 0.2% flat
83 Samoa 0.0535 kg per person 2023 down 14.3% rising
84 Israel 0.0492 kg per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
85 Panama 0.0471 kg per person 2023 down 23.1% rising
86 Saint Lucia 0.0465 kg per person 2023 up 45.9% flat
87 Luxembourg 0.0449 kg per person 2022 up 38.7% rising
88 Guyana 0.0445 kg per person 2023 up 92.3% volatile
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0444 kg per person 2023 down 13.2% rising
90 Saudi Arabia 0.0442 kg per person 2023 up 13.4% volatile
91 Singapore 0.0427 kg per person 2023 up 9.6% volatile
92 Pakistan 0.0425 kg per person 2023 up 113.2% rising
93 Armenia 0.0423 kg per person 2023 up 1.3% rising
94 Libya 0.0418 kg per person 2023 down 4.6% volatile
95 India 0.0408 kg per person 2023 up 85.9% volatile
96 Honduras 0.0396 kg per person 2023 down 14.6% flat
97 Seychelles 0.0385 kg per person 2023 up 32.5% volatile
98 Benin 0.0384 kg per person 2023 down 8.7% volatile
99 Georgia 0.0378 kg per person 2023 up 30.5% rising
100 Nepal 0.0376 kg per person 2023 up 43.6% rising
101 Tajikistan 0.0375 kg per person 2023 up 27.5% volatile
102 Puerto Rico 0.0364 kg per person 2023 up 22.6% falling
103 Jamaica 0.0345 kg per person 2023 down 21.1% volatile
104 Angola 0.0338 kg per person 2023 up 448.3% volatile
105 Mauritius 0.033 kg per person 2023 up 12.6% volatile
106 Myanmar 0.032 kg per person 2023 down 70.9% volatile
107 Mongolia 0.0318 kg per person 2023 up 124.7% volatile
108 South Sudan 0.0297 kg per person 2023 up 118.9% rising
109 Lebanon 0.0294 kg per person 2023 up 44.3% falling
110 Bahamas 0.0275 kg per person 2023 down 2.6% rising
111 Cyprus 0.0274 kg per person 2020 up 6.5% falling
112 Nauru 0.0264 kg per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
113 Solomon Islands 0.0259 kg per person 2023 down 36.7% falling
114 Papua New Guinea 0.0259 kg per person 2023 down 15.4% rising
115 Cambodia 0.0254 kg per person 2023 down 15.6% rising
116 Sri Lanka 0.0231 kg per person 2023 down 39.7% rising
117 Afghanistan 0.0217 kg per person 2023 down 17.4% falling
118 United Arab Emirates 0.0211 kg per person 2023 down 3.8% rising
119 Burkina Faso 0.02 kg per person 2023 down 30.6% rising
120 Palestine 0.0199 kg per person 2023 down 2.4% falling
121 Sierra Leone 0.0183 kg per person 2023 down 14.4% rising
122 South Africa 0.0176 kg per person 2023 down 31.9% rising
123 Senegal 0.0174 kg per person 2023 up 11.1% rising
124 Ghana 0.0174 kg per person 2023 up 3.5% rising
125 Nigeria 0.0171 kg per person 2023 down 25.3% rising
126 Zambia 0.0167 kg per person 2023 down 33.1% falling
127 Guinea 0.0166 kg per person 2023 down 13.4% rising
128 Qatar 0.0166 kg per person 2023 up 88.4% volatile
129 Morocco 0.0163 kg per person 2023 up 5.4% falling
130 Togo 0.0156 kg per person 2023 up 81.4% rising
131 Algeria 0.0155 kg per person 2023 down 25.3% rising
132 Jordan 0.0153 kg per person 2023 down 6.9% volatile
133 Oman 0.0143 kg per person 2023 up 37.2% rising
134 Cameroon 0.0141 kg per person 2023 up 17.7% rising
135 Zimbabwe 0.0122 kg per person 2023 down 10.2% falling
136 Egypt 0.0121 kg per person 2023 up 30.2% rising
137 Yemen 0.0113 kg per person 2023 down 25.4% rising
138 Mali 0.011 kg per person 2023 down 20.0% falling
139 Mauritania 0.0107 kg per person 2023 down 23.4% falling
140 Kenya 0.0099 kg per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
141 Namibia 0.0086 kg per person 2023 down 41.3% rising
142 Botswana 0.0085 kg per person 2023 down 31.0% rising
143 Gabon 0.0084 kg per person 2023 up 14.0% rising
144 Sao Tome and Principe 0.008 kg per person 2023 down 59.8% rising
145 Malawi 0.0079 kg per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
146 Bahrain 0.0074 kg per person 2023 down 20.5% volatile
147 Comoros 0.0073 kg per person 2023 down 15.6% falling
148 Liberia 0.0069 kg per person 2023 down 8.6% falling
149 Sudan 0.006 kg per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
150 Uganda 0.0052 kg per person 2023 down 34.0% falling
151 Eswatini 0.0051 kg per person 2023 down 16.7% falling
152 Eritrea 0.0051 kg per person 2023 down 10.6% volatile
153 Niger 0.0046 kg per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
154 Guinea-Bissau 0.0044 kg per person 2023 down 18.1% rising
155 Haiti 0.0043 kg per person 2023 down 17.7% rising
156 Iraq 0.0041 kg per person 2023 down 38.3% volatile
157 Madagascar 0.0038 kg per person 2023 down 19.8% volatile
158 Lesotho 0.0036 kg per person 2023 down 30.9% falling
159 Central African Republic 0.0035 kg per person 2023 down 10.9% flat
160 Mozambique 0.0032 kg per person 2023 up 67.4% volatile
161 Rwanda 0.003 kg per person 2023 down 21.7% rising
162 Congo 0.0027 kg per person 2023 down 16.1% falling
163 Gambia 0.0026 kg per person 2023 down 30.2% falling
164 Ethiopia 0.0025 kg per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
165 Chad 0.0019 kg per person 2023 down 24.3% volatile
166 Burundi 0.0016 kg per person 2023 down 32.9% volatile
167 Somalia 0.0014 kg per person 2023 down 24.7% falling
168 Equatorial Guinea 0.0009 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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Indicator
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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 that leaches (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.