Chickens, layers — 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
196.83 million kg
China
Lowest
209.03 kg
Tokelau
Median
250,172 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,082
What the numbers show
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 196.83 million kg in China; the lowest is 209.03 kg in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 250,172 kg, and the mean is 4.07 million kg.
Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 670.1%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 68.6%).
Chickens, layers — Manure applied to soils that volatilises: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 196.83 million kg | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 194.76 million kg | 2023 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 3 | OECD | 114.22 million kg | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 4.99 million kg | 2023 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 4 | USSR | 41.07 million kg | 1991 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 3.58 million kg | 2023 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 5 | India | 39.14 million kg | 2023 | up 106.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3.07 million kg | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 25.40 million kg | 2023 | up 81.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 18.81 million kg | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.41 million kg | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Brazil | 16.46 million kg | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 13.54 million kg | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 760,300 kg | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 11.94 million kg | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 689,583 kg | 2023 | up 163.2% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 7.77 million kg | 2023 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Melanesia | 465,199 kg | 2023 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 12 | France | 7.76 million kg | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 388,279 kg | 2023 | down 55.7% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 7.69 million kg | 2023 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 319,798 kg | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 14 | Japan | 7.51 million kg | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 311,688 kg | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Pakistan | 7.01 million kg | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 167,465 kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Spain | 7.01 million kg | 2020 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 52,961 kg | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6.92 million kg | 2023 | up 19.3% | flat |
| 17 | Polynesia | 43,688 kg | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 18 | Malaysia | 6.31 million kg | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Micronesia | 20,590 kg | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Germany | 6.20 million kg | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 9,720 kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 5.78 million kg | 2020 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 20 | Timor-Leste | 8,064 kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 5.61 million kg | 2023 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5.28 million kg | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 5.23 million kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 24 | Yugoslav SFR | 4.67 million kg | 1991 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 25 | Republic of Korea | 4.51 million kg | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Romania | 4.11 million kg | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 27 | Colombia | 3.85 million kg | 2023 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Canada | 3.70 million kg | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 29 | Argentina | 3.23 million kg | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 30 | Nigeria | 2.60 million kg | 2023 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Caribbean | 2.01 million kg | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 31 | Czechoslovakia | 2.46 million kg | 1992 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 2.24 million kg | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 112,023 kg | 2023 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.15 million kg | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 7,001 kg | 2023 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 34 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2.06 million kg | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Belgium | 2.00 million kg | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 36 | Belarus | 2.00 million kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 37 | Peru | 1.77 million kg | 2023 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Australia | 1.73 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 39 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.50 million kg | 2005 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 40 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.49 million kg | 1999 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 41 | Guatemala | 1.18 million kg | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Sweden | 1.16 million kg | 2019 | up 79.2% | rising |
| 43 | Myanmar | 1.15 million kg | 2023 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Hungary | 1.13 million kg | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 45 | Ecuador | 1.09 million kg | 2023 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Kazakhstan | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 1.02 million kg | 2023 | up 132.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 994,121 kg | 2023 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Greece | 968,937 kg | 2018 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 50 | Serbia | 953,770 kg | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 51 | Egypt | 921,245 kg | 2023 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Austria | 911,230 kg | 2020 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 53 | Portugal | 906,421 kg | 2020 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 54 | Denmark | 853,791 kg | 2023 | up 49.0% | falling |
| 55 | Angola | 828,937 kg | 2023 | up 670.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Chile | 784,423 kg | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 57 | Nepal | 743,544 kg | 2023 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 58 | South Africa | 741,582 kg | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Ethiopia PDR | 706,288 kg | 1992 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 705,306 kg | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 61 | Cuba | 611,877 kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 62 | Afghanistan | 600,795 kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 63 | Albania | 598,896 kg | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Paraguay | 586,005 kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 65 | Norway | 561,781 kg | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 545,168 kg | 2023 | up 121.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Tunisia | 537,127 kg | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 68 | Ireland | 503,088 kg | 2020 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 69 | Finland | 500,128 kg | 2023 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 70 | Czechia | 500,071 kg | 2023 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 71 | Algeria | 477,881 kg | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Switzerland | 473,617 kg | 2023 | up 48.4% | falling |
| 73 | Lithuania | 461,533 kg | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 441,269 kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 75 | El Salvador | 421,771 kg | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 76 | New Zealand | 419,944 kg | 2023 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 77 | Latvia | 417,390 kg | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 78 | Morocco | 409,442 kg | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 407,649 kg | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 80 | Ghana | 392,225 kg | 2023 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Kenya | 366,697 kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 82 | Benin | 361,087 kg | 2023 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Croatia | 339,831 kg | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 338,846 kg | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 324,530 kg | 2023 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 86 | Israel | 323,374 kg | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 307,470 kg | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | 306,795 kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Yemen | 297,533 kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovakia | 296,437 kg | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 91 | Kuwait | 295,221 kg | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Cambodia | 294,496 kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 93 | Honduras | 281,222 kg | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 94 | Cameroon | 267,284 kg | 2023 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 259,437 kg | 2023 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Fiji | 240,908 kg | 2023 | up 284.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Zambia | 230,332 kg | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 98 | South Sudan | 227,106 kg | 2023 | up 125.1% | rising |
| 99 | Slovenia | 216,648 kg | 2023 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 100 | Ethiopia | 216,001 kg | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 101 | Senegal | 210,003 kg | 2023 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 207,292 kg | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 103 | Libya | 203,718 kg | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Sudan | 199,890 kg | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 105 | Uruguay | 179,982 kg | 2023 | down 54.3% | rising |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 179,140 kg | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 107 | Mali | 174,013 kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 108 | Singapore | 168,459 kg | 2023 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 109 | Uganda | 167,421 kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 159,928 kg | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 111 | Guinea | 159,785 kg | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 112 | United Arab Emirates | 147,485 kg | 2023 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Sudan (former) | 143,305 kg | 2011 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 114 | Panama | 140,049 kg | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 115 | Zimbabwe | 132,885 kg | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 116 | Iraq | 123,175 kg | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 117 | Jordan | 116,645 kg | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Lebanon | 113,301 kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 119 | Malawi | 110,897 kg | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 103,077 kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Montenegro | 99,878 kg | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 122 | Georgia | 93,710 kg | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 90,054 kg | 2023 | up 60.1% | falling |
| 124 | Togo | 85,369 kg | 2023 | up 119.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Armenia | 83,523 kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 126 | Estonia | 81,752 kg | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 127 | Madagascar | 79,657 kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 128 | Niger | 79,411 kg | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 129 | Brunei Darussalam | 78,649 kg | 2023 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Puerto Rico | 77,742 kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 131 | Mongolia | 73,799 kg | 2023 | up 169.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Mozambique | 70,854 kg | 2023 | up 124.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Suriname | 69,181 kg | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 134 | Palestine | 68,681 kg | 2023 | up 23.7% | flat |
| 135 | Barbados | 65,618 kg | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Jamaica | 65,369 kg | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 137 | Oman | 47,995 kg | 2023 | up 80.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Belize | 43,621 kg | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Malta | 41,801 kg | 2020 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 140 | Bhutan | 38,098 kg | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Mauritania | 35,847 kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 142 | Haiti | 33,372 kg | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 143 | Qatar | 29,372 kg | 2023 | up 161.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Rwanda | 27,576 kg | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Mauritius | 27,433 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 146 | French Polynesia | 25,397 kg | 2023 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Liberia | 25,283 kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 148 | Guyana | 24,498 kg | 2023 | up 111.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Chad | 24,055 kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 150 | Cyprus | 23,748 kg | 2020 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 151 | Iceland | 22,688 kg | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 152 | Grenada | 20,623 kg | 2023 | up 118.5% | rising |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 19,562 kg | 2022 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 154 | Namibia | 17,074 kg | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Somalia | 17,053 kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 156 | New Caledonia | 16,095 kg | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 15,259 kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Burundi | 14,412 kg | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 159 | Botswana | 14,085 kg | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 160 | Gabon | 13,942 kg | 2023 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 13,796 kg | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 12,140 kg | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 163 | Eritrea | 11,772 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 164 | Congo | 10,932 kg | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 165 | Kiribati | 10,661 kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 166 | Réunion | 10,400 kg | 2006 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 167 | Guadeloupe | 9,249 kg | 2006 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Tonga | 8,257 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 169 | Bahrain | 7,812 kg | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 170 | Samoa | 7,734 kg | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 171 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7,499 kg | 2023 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Bahamas | 7,312 kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 173 | China, Macao SAR | 6,427 kg | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 6,387 kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Martinique | 5,937 kg | 2006 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 176 | French Guiana | 5,624 kg | 2006 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Lesotho | 5,568 kg | 2023 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | 5,562 kg | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 179 | Gambia | 4,688 kg | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 180 | Dominica | 4,437 kg | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 181 | Eswatini | 4,176 kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 182 | Comoros | 4,135 kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 183 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3,312 kg | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 184 | Seychelles | 3,071 kg | 2023 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,000 kg | 2023 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 186 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,753 kg | 2023 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,228 kg | 2023 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Tuvalu | 1,150 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 189 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,105 kg | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 190 | Cook Islands | 627.09 kg | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 191 | Niue | 313.55 kg | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 192 | Nauru | 209.03 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 192 | Tokelau | 209.03 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 516.30 million kg
- Asia 335.69 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 387.64 million kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 19.81 million kg
- Eastern Asia 209.32 million kg
- Annex I countries 128.59 million kg
- Americas 91.73 million kg
- Europe 74.40 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2.90 million kg
- Southern Asia 62.89 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 51.96 million kg
- Middle Africa 1.21 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 48.36 million kg
- Northern America 43.37 million kg
- Eastern Europe 40.09 million kg
- United States of America 39.68 million kg
- European Union (27) 35.39 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 34.95 million kg
- South America 30.22 million kg
- Western Europe 21.72 million kg
- Central America 16.13 million kg
- Africa 11.80 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 10.82 million kg
- Northern Europe 9.82 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 9.77 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 9.05 million kg
- Western Asia 7.07 million kg
- Western Africa 4.66 million kg
- Central Asia 4.45 million kg
- Southern Europe 2.78 million kg
- Northern Africa 2.75 million kg
- Oceania 2.68 million kg
- Eastern Africa 2.40 million kg
- Southern Africa 782,485 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).