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

Chickens — 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
2.46 kg per person
Guyana
Lowest
0.0045 kg per person
Equatorial Guinea
Median
0.1695 kg per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,696

What the numbers show

Chickens — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 2.46 kg per person in Guyana; the lowest is 0.0045 kg per person in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1695 kg per person, and the mean is 0.2566 kg per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 541.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 179.8%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 53.2%).

Chickens: Manure applied to soils that leaches (N) … capita leaches: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guyana 2.46 kg per person 2023 up 15.8% volatile
2 Trinidad and Tobago 1.9 kg per person 2023 up 14.4% volatile
3 Belarus 1.51 kg per person 2023 up 48.9% volatile
4 Dominican Republic 1.37 kg per person 2023 up 28.4% volatile
5 Barbados 1.23 kg per person 2023 up 35.3% volatile
6 Uruguay 0.9436 kg per person 2023 up 117.4% volatile
7 Indonesia 0.8187 kg per person 2023 up 86.5% volatile
8 Fiji 0.7822 kg per person 2023 up 31.2% volatile
9 Tuvalu 0.6792 kg per person 2023 up 26.0% rising
10 Poland 0.6413 kg per person 2023 up 60.6% rising
11 Ecuador 0.6378 kg per person 2023 down 4.8% volatile
12 Malaysia 0.6128 kg per person 2023 down 0.8% rising
13 Ukraine 0.5713 kg per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
14 Suriname 0.5654 kg per person 2023 down 3.5% falling
15 Portugal 0.5638 kg per person 2020 up 51.7% rising
16 Kiribati 0.5626 kg per person 2023 down 7.5% rising
17 New Zealand 0.551 kg per person 2023 up 12.7% rising
18 Belgium 0.5475 kg per person 2023 up 29.6% rising
19 Romania 0.5443 kg per person 2023 down 0.8% rising
20 Spain 0.5277 kg per person 2020 up 7.2% rising
21 Bahamas 0.52 kg per person 2023 up 2.6% rising
22 Brazil 0.5083 kg per person 2023 up 14.7% rising
23 Canada 0.4884 kg per person 2023 down 7.9% rising
24 Latvia 0.4751 kg per person 2023 up 34.8% rising
25 Pakistan 0.4622 kg per person 2023 up 105.2% volatile
26 Lithuania 0.462 kg per person 2023 up 13.9% rising
27 Australia 0.46 kg per person 2023 down 4.4% rising
28 Denmark 0.4511 kg per person 2023 up 6.5% falling
29 Panama 0.44 kg per person 2023 up 26.9% rising
30 Greece 0.4261 kg per person 2018 up 8.6% falling
31 Sweden 0.4219 kg per person 2019 up 37.1% rising
32 Kuwait 0.4202 kg per person 2023 down 3.6% rising
33 France 0.4149 kg per person 2023 down 12.5% flat
34 Finland 0.4122 kg per person 2023 up 58.2% rising
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3942 kg per person 2023 down 50.8% rising
36 Qatar 0.3847 kg per person 2023 up 167.2% volatile
37 Ireland 0.3843 kg per person 2020 down 0.6% rising
38 Hungary 0.3841 kg per person 2023 down 1.9% falling
39 Lebanon 0.3827 kg per person 2023 up 15.1% rising
40 Peru 0.3819 kg per person 2023 up 22.1% rising
41 Norway 0.3817 kg per person 2023 down 4.1% rising
42 Tonga 0.3808 kg per person 2023 up 5.3% rising
43 Albania 0.3734 kg per person 2023 down 21.0% rising
44 Mexico 0.3525 kg per person 2023 up 7.3% rising
45 Costa Rica 0.3494 kg per person 2023 up 5.7% rising
46 Croatia 0.3404 kg per person 2023 up 91.4% rising
47 Bulgaria 0.3346 kg per person 2020 up 18.9% falling
48 Jamaica 0.3241 kg per person 2023 up 1.5% rising
49 Italy 0.3163 kg per person 2020 up 3.1% flat
50 Serbia 0.3149 kg per person 2023 down 13.2% falling
51 Belize 0.3129 kg per person 2023 down 7.0% rising
52 Grenada 0.3013 kg per person 2023 up 20.3% rising
53 Honduras 0.296 kg per person 2023 down 10.3% volatile
54 China 0.2908 kg per person 2023 up 9.6% volatile
55 Mauritius 0.2873 kg per person 2023 up 16.4% volatile
56 Colombia 0.2867 kg per person 2023 up 31.1% volatile
57 Nicaragua 0.2834 kg per person 2023 up 17.4% rising
58 Paraguay 0.2763 kg per person 2023 up 21.0% rising
59 Thailand 0.2754 kg per person 2023 up 8.7% rising
60 Slovenia 0.2683 kg per person 2023 up 24.2% falling
61 Austria 0.2658 kg per person 2020 up 5.3% flat
62 Germany 0.2466 kg per person 2023 down 2.8% falling
63 Montenegro 0.2403 kg per person 2023 up 36.7% rising
64 Czechia 0.2396 kg per person 2023 down 4.2% falling
65 New Caledonia 0.236 kg per person 2023 up 6.3% rising
66 Malta 0.2337 kg per person 2020 down 23.5% falling
67 Dominica 0.2258 kg per person 2023 up 7.1% rising
68 El Salvador 0.2201 kg per person 2023 up 18.4% rising
69 Samoa 0.22 kg per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
70 Saudi Arabia 0.2145 kg per person 2023 down 2.2% volatile
71 Slovakia 0.213 kg per person 2023 down 26.4% falling
72 Turkmenistan 0.2076 kg per person 2023 up 16.1% rising
73 Estonia 0.2031 kg per person 2023 down 4.0% falling
74 Cuba 0.2 kg per person 2023 down 5.1% rising
75 Guatemala 0.1959 kg per person 2023 up 7.3% rising
76 Argentina 0.1916 kg per person 2023 up 1.7% rising
77 Switzerland 0.1909 kg per person 2023 up 22.1% rising
78 Tunisia 0.19 kg per person 2023 up 4.0% rising
79 Chile 0.1871 kg per person 2023 down 0.9% rising
80 Saint Lucia 0.1844 kg per person 2023 up 6.1% rising
81 Uzbekistan 0.1793 kg per person 2023 up 49.9% rising
82 Japan 0.1779 kg per person 2023 up 3.8% rising
83 French Polynesia 0.1711 kg per person 2023 up 18.0% rising
84 Israel 0.171 kg per person 2023 down 1.8% falling
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1679 kg per person 2023 up 3.5% rising
86 Vanuatu 0.1581 kg per person 2023 down 53.2% rising
87 North Macedonia 0.1573 kg per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
88 Myanmar 0.1571 kg per person 2023 down 46.3% volatile
89 Kazakhstan 0.154 kg per person 2023 up 11.9% rising
90 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1462 kg per person 2023 up 14.7% rising
91 Bangladesh 0.144 kg per person 2023 up 13.8% rising
92 Nepal 0.1415 kg per person 2023 up 27.7% volatile
93 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1399 kg per person 2023 down 4.4% flat
94 Philippines 0.1313 kg per person 2023 up 11.4% rising
95 Morocco 0.1279 kg per person 2023 up 8.5% volatile
96 Senegal 0.1224 kg per person 2023 up 56.0% volatile
97 Jordan 0.1216 kg per person 2023 down 1.5% falling
98 Cyprus 0.1214 kg per person 2020 up 32.6% falling
99 Libya 0.1206 kg per person 2023 down 6.0% volatile
100 Azerbaijan 0.1103 kg per person 2023 up 9.5% rising
101 Iraq 0.1025 kg per person 2023 up 114.4% volatile
102 Iceland 0.0981 kg per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
103 Puerto Rico 0.0976 kg per person 2023 down 47.9% rising
104 Togo 0.0951 kg per person 2023 up 21.1% volatile
105 Algeria 0.0944 kg per person 2023 up 23.3% rising
106 Georgia 0.087 kg per person 2023 up 49.4% flat
107 United Arab Emirates 0.0853 kg per person 2023 down 10.3% volatile
108 Bhutan 0.0852 kg per person 2023 up 31.7% volatile
109 Tajikistan 0.0775 kg per person 2023 up 69.9% volatile
110 South Sudan 0.0735 kg per person 2023 up 128.9% rising
111 Kyrgyzstan 0.0686 kg per person 2023 up 22.3% falling
112 Guinea 0.0643 kg per person 2023 up 21.7% rising
113 Ghana 0.0628 kg per person 2023 up 17.5% rising
114 Sierra Leone 0.0618 kg per person 2023 up 35.3% rising
115 Yemen 0.0593 kg per person 2023 down 18.3% volatile
116 South Africa 0.059 kg per person 2023 down 15.0% rising
117 Armenia 0.0583 kg per person 2023 up 8.9% rising
118 Seychelles 0.0582 kg per person 2023 up 96.0% volatile
119 Papua New Guinea 0.0565 kg per person 2023 down 14.2% rising
120 Mali 0.0559 kg per person 2023 up 16.4% rising
121 Sri Lanka 0.0558 kg per person 2023 down 7.2% rising
122 Egypt 0.0531 kg per person 2023 up 59.3% rising
123 Nauru 0.053 kg per person 2023 down 11.4% rising
124 Cambodia 0.0516 kg per person 2023 down 14.4% rising
125 Luxembourg 0.0494 kg per person 2022 up 35.7% rising
126 India 0.048 kg per person 2023 up 21.8% rising
127 Zambia 0.0465 kg per person 2023 down 21.2% rising
128 Singapore 0.0427 kg per person 2023 down 16.2% volatile
129 Palestine 0.041 kg per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
130 Solomon Islands 0.041 kg per person 2023 down 26.6% falling
131 Mongolia 0.0408 kg per person 2023 up 179.8% volatile
132 Cameroon 0.0393 kg per person 2023 down 22.4% rising
133 Bahrain 0.0391 kg per person 2023 up 34.5% rising
134 Benin 0.0384 kg per person 2023 down 21.4% flat
135 Angola 0.0381 kg per person 2023 up 62.3% rising
136 Burkina Faso 0.0361 kg per person 2023 down 24.2% rising
137 Oman 0.036 kg per person 2023 down 12.6% rising
138 Liberia 0.0343 kg per person 2023 down 8.5% rising
139 Eswatini 0.0341 kg per person 2023 down 6.2% rising
140 Haiti 0.0336 kg per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
141 Namibia 0.0331 kg per person 2023 down 38.4% rising
142 Madagascar 0.031 kg per person 2023 up 25.9% falling
143 Gabon 0.031 kg per person 2023 down 16.0% rising
144 Central African Republic 0.0293 kg per person 2023 down 5.5% rising
145 Kenya 0.0282 kg per person 2023 up 28.5% falling
146 Nigeria 0.0262 kg per person 2023 up 14.6% rising
147 Afghanistan 0.0261 kg per person 2023 down 16.0% falling
148 Zimbabwe 0.0261 kg per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
149 Mauritania 0.0231 kg per person 2023 down 22.9% falling
150 Sudan 0.0227 kg per person 2023 down 17.8% falling
151 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0226 kg per person 2023 down 35.0% rising
152 Uganda 0.0223 kg per person 2023 up 6.0% rising
153 Guinea-Bissau 0.0219 kg per person 2023 down 11.8% rising
154 Malawi 0.0219 kg per person 2023 down 13.8% falling
155 Niger 0.018 kg per person 2023 down 16.2% falling
156 Comoros 0.0154 kg per person 2023 down 15.5% falling
157 Mozambique 0.0132 kg per person 2023 down 29.2% falling
158 Congo 0.011 kg per person 2023 down 16.5% flat
159 Ethiopia 0.0096 kg per person 2023 down 17.7% falling
160 Botswana 0.0096 kg per person 2023 down 33.5% falling
161 Eritrea 0.0088 kg per person 2023 down 21.7% volatile
162 Gambia 0.0084 kg per person 2023 down 40.9% falling
163 Chad 0.0072 kg per person 2023 down 27.0% falling
164 Rwanda 0.0058 kg per person 2023 down 43.1% rising
165 Lesotho 0.0054 kg per person 2023 up 0.1% falling
166 Burundi 0.0051 kg per person 2023 up 15.9% falling
167 Somalia 0.0048 kg per person 2023 down 22.4% falling
168 Equatorial Guinea 0.0045 kg per person 2023 down 24.4% 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 — 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 — 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.