Chickens — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per square kilometre by country
Chickens — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
168
Highest
809.69 kg per square kilometre
Barbados
Lowest
0.0421 kg per square kilometre
Botswana
Median
13.28 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,696
What the numbers show
Chickens — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 809.69 kg per square kilometre in Barbados; the lowest is 0.0421 kg per square kilometre in Botswana.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.28 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 40.76 kg per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19,243.
Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 274.2%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 56.6%).
Chickens: Manure applied to soils … applied square kilometre leaches: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados | 809.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 506.79 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Malta | 376.41 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 4 | Singapore | 351.93 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 323.02 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Tuvalu | 222.22 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Lebanon | 215.97 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Belgium | 211.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 189.97 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Mauritius | 179.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Pakistan | 148.4 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Indonesia | 121.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 103.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Kuwait | 114.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Grenada | 103.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 15 | Kiribati | 92.05 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Qatar | 88.92 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 274.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Jamaica | 84.99 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 18 | Israel | 77.85 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 19 | Bahrain | 77.09 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Poland | 76.82 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 21 | Belarus | 68.13 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Denmark | 67.07 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 23 | El Salvador | 67.02 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Malaysia | 65.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Italy | 63.58 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 26 | Portugal | 63.38 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 27 | Japan | 60.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 28 | Germany | 58.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 29 | Tonga | 55.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 30 | Saint Lucia | 54.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 31 | France | 52.63 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 32 | Philippines | 50.58 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 33 | Spain | 50.03 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 34 | Ecuador | 46.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Romania | 45.09 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 36 | China | 43.7 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 43.62 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 38 | Switzerland | 42.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 39 | Hungary | 40.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 40 | Fiji | 39.57 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Thailand | 38.65 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Ukraine | 37.21 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 43 | Greece | 35.48 kg per square kilometre | 2018 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 44 | Puerto Rico | 35.27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 45 | Palestine | 35.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 34.93 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Czechia | 33.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 48 | Guatemala | 33.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Albania | 32.86 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Nauru | 31.45 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Antigua and Barbuda | 31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 52 | Nepal | 29.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Austria | 28.72 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 54 | Slovenia | 28.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 55 | Honduras | 28.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Ireland | 28.11 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 57 | Panama | 26.45 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 25.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 59 | Serbia | 24.8 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.52 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.6% | rising |
| 61 | Slovakia | 24.04 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 62 | Mexico | 23.53 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Croatia | 23.48 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.5% | falling |
| 64 | India | 23.21 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Cuba | 21.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 66 | Lithuania | 21.19 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 67 | Bahamas | 20.75 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 20.19 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 69 | Dominica | 20.02 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 19.87 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Uruguay | 18.27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 120.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Samoa | 17.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 73 | Cyprus | 17.11 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 74 | Nicaragua | 16.07 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Jordan | 15.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Seychelles | 15.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 161.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Tunisia | 14.92 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Uzbekistan | 14.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Latvia | 14.38 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 80 | Togo | 14.38 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Haiti | 14.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 82 | French Polynesia | 13.85 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 13.55 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 84 | Colombia | 13.52 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Myanmar | 13.03 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Brazil | 12.84 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 87 | United Arab Emirates | 12.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Luxembourg | 12.52 kg per square kilometre | 2022 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 89 | Senegal | 11.49 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 11.4 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 91 | Montenegro | 11.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 92 | New Zealand | 10.88 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 93 | Morocco | 10.8 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Sweden | 10.65 kg per square kilometre | 2019 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 95 | Iraq | 10.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 173.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Peru | 10.1 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Guyana | 9.61 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Ghana | 9.33 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Finland | 7.57 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 7.24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Comoros | 7.04 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 102 | Nigeria | 6.56 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 103 | Estonia | 6.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 104 | Armenia | 6.13 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 105 | Egypt | 6.11 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 5.8 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Norway | 5.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Belize | 5.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Uganda | 5.41 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Cambodia | 5.09 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Chile | 4.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 113 | Malawi | 4.89 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 114 | Benin | 4.8 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Paraguay | 4.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 116 | Georgia | 4.65 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.3% | falling |
| 117 | Yemen | 4.42 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 4.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Guinea | 3.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 120 | New Caledonia | 3.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 121 | Saudi Arabia | 3.36 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Rwanda | 3.27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Turkmenistan | 3.25 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Argentina | 3.19 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 125 | South Africa | 3.07 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Burkina Faso | 3.04 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Burundi | 2.73 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 128 | Kenya | 2.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.54 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 130 | Eswatini | 2.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Cameroon | 2.36 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Gambia | 2.25 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Canada | 2.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 134 | Suriname | 2.22 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 135 | Liberia | 1.96 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Algeria | 1.83 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Bhutan | 1.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.68 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Madagascar | 1.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 1.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 141 | Australia | 1.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 142 | South Sudan | 1.34 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.4% | rising |
| 143 | Zambia | 1.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 1.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Solomon Islands | 1.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 146 | Kazakhstan | 1.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 147 | Angola | 1.12 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | 1.1 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 149 | Ethiopia | 1.1 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 150 | Mali | 1.09 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 151 | Sudan | 0.6079 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 152 | Oman | 0.5869 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Mozambique | 0.5652 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 154 | Libya | 0.5008 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Lesotho | 0.4115 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 156 | Iceland | 0.3754 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 157 | Niger | 0.3717 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2992 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 159 | Gabon | 0.2987 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Eritrea | 0.2525 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 161 | Central African Republic | 0.2426 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Congo | 0.1986 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 163 | Somalia | 0.1409 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 164 | Namibia | 0.1192 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Mauritania | 0.1127 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 166 | Chad | 0.1103 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 167 | Mongolia | 0.0911 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 235.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Botswana | 0.0421 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 14.64 kg per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.51 kg per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Chickens — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Chickens — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens — Manure applied to soils that leaches Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Chickens — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.