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

Chickens — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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
1.64 kg per person
Guyana
Lowest
0.003 kg per person
Equatorial Guinea
Median
0.113 kg per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,696

What the numbers show

Chickens — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per capita is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 1.64 kg per person in Guyana; the lowest is 0.003 kg per person in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.113 kg per person, and the mean is 0.1711 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 … capita volatilises: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guyana 1.64 kg per person 2023 up 15.8% volatile
2 Trinidad and Tobago 1.27 kg per person 2023 up 14.4% volatile
3 Belarus 1 kg per person 2023 up 48.9% volatile
4 Dominican Republic 0.916 kg per person 2023 up 28.4% volatile
5 Barbados 0.8221 kg per person 2023 up 35.3% volatile
6 Uruguay 0.629 kg per person 2023 up 117.4% volatile
7 Indonesia 0.5458 kg per person 2023 up 86.5% volatile
8 Fiji 0.5215 kg per person 2023 up 31.2% volatile
9 Tuvalu 0.4528 kg per person 2023 up 26.0% rising
10 Poland 0.4275 kg per person 2023 up 60.6% rising
11 Ecuador 0.4252 kg per person 2023 down 4.8% volatile
12 Malaysia 0.4085 kg per person 2023 down 0.8% rising
13 Ukraine 0.3809 kg per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
14 Suriname 0.3769 kg per person 2023 down 3.5% falling
15 Portugal 0.3759 kg per person 2020 up 51.7% rising
16 Kiribati 0.3751 kg per person 2023 down 7.5% rising
17 New Zealand 0.3673 kg per person 2023 up 12.7% rising
18 Belgium 0.365 kg per person 2023 up 29.6% rising
19 Romania 0.3628 kg per person 2023 down 0.8% rising
20 Spain 0.3518 kg per person 2020 up 7.2% rising
21 Bahamas 0.3467 kg per person 2023 up 2.6% rising
22 Brazil 0.3389 kg per person 2023 up 14.7% rising
23 Canada 0.3256 kg per person 2023 down 7.9% rising
24 Latvia 0.3167 kg per person 2023 up 34.8% rising
25 Pakistan 0.3081 kg per person 2023 up 105.2% volatile
26 Lithuania 0.308 kg per person 2023 up 13.9% rising
27 Australia 0.3067 kg per person 2023 down 4.4% rising
28 Denmark 0.3007 kg per person 2023 up 6.5% falling
29 Panama 0.2933 kg per person 2023 up 26.9% rising
30 Greece 0.2841 kg per person 2018 up 8.6% falling
31 Sweden 0.2813 kg per person 2019 up 37.1% rising
32 Kuwait 0.2801 kg per person 2023 down 3.6% rising
33 France 0.2766 kg per person 2023 down 12.5% flat
34 Finland 0.2748 kg per person 2023 up 58.2% rising
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2628 kg per person 2023 down 50.8% rising
36 Qatar 0.2564 kg per person 2023 up 167.2% volatile
37 Ireland 0.2562 kg per person 2020 down 0.6% rising
38 Hungary 0.2561 kg per person 2023 down 1.9% falling
39 Lebanon 0.2551 kg per person 2023 up 15.1% rising
40 Peru 0.2546 kg per person 2023 up 22.1% rising
41 Norway 0.2544 kg per person 2023 down 4.1% rising
42 Tonga 0.2539 kg per person 2023 up 5.3% rising
43 Albania 0.2489 kg per person 2023 down 21.0% rising
44 Mexico 0.235 kg per person 2023 up 7.3% rising
45 Costa Rica 0.2329 kg per person 2023 up 5.7% rising
46 Croatia 0.2269 kg per person 2023 up 91.4% rising
47 Bulgaria 0.2231 kg per person 2020 up 18.9% falling
48 Jamaica 0.2161 kg per person 2023 up 1.5% rising
49 Italy 0.2109 kg per person 2020 up 3.1% flat
50 Serbia 0.2099 kg per person 2023 down 13.2% falling
51 Belize 0.2086 kg per person 2023 down 7.0% rising
52 Grenada 0.2008 kg per person 2023 up 20.3% rising
53 Honduras 0.1973 kg per person 2023 down 10.3% volatile
54 China 0.1939 kg per person 2023 up 9.6% volatile
55 Mauritius 0.1915 kg per person 2023 up 16.4% volatile
56 Colombia 0.1911 kg per person 2023 up 31.1% volatile
57 Nicaragua 0.1889 kg per person 2023 up 17.4% rising
58 Paraguay 0.1842 kg per person 2023 up 21.0% rising
59 Thailand 0.1836 kg per person 2023 up 8.7% rising
60 Slovenia 0.1789 kg per person 2023 up 24.2% falling
61 Austria 0.1772 kg per person 2020 up 5.3% flat
62 Germany 0.1644 kg per person 2023 down 2.8% falling
63 Montenegro 0.1602 kg per person 2023 up 36.7% rising
64 Czechia 0.1598 kg per person 2023 down 4.2% falling
65 New Caledonia 0.1573 kg per person 2023 up 6.3% rising
66 Malta 0.1558 kg per person 2020 down 23.5% falling
67 Dominica 0.1505 kg per person 2023 up 7.1% rising
68 El Salvador 0.1467 kg per person 2023 up 18.4% rising
69 Samoa 0.1467 kg per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
70 Saudi Arabia 0.143 kg per person 2023 down 2.2% volatile
71 Slovakia 0.142 kg per person 2023 down 26.4% falling
72 Turkmenistan 0.1384 kg per person 2023 up 16.1% rising
73 Estonia 0.1354 kg per person 2023 down 4.0% falling
74 Cuba 0.1333 kg per person 2023 down 5.1% rising
75 Guatemala 0.1306 kg per person 2023 up 7.3% rising
76 Argentina 0.1277 kg per person 2023 up 1.7% rising
77 Switzerland 0.1273 kg per person 2023 up 22.1% rising
78 Tunisia 0.1266 kg per person 2023 up 4.0% rising
79 Chile 0.1247 kg per person 2023 down 0.9% rising
80 Saint Lucia 0.1229 kg per person 2023 up 6.1% rising
81 Uzbekistan 0.1196 kg per person 2023 up 49.9% rising
82 Japan 0.1186 kg per person 2023 up 3.8% rising
83 French Polynesia 0.114 kg per person 2023 up 18.0% rising
84 Israel 0.114 kg per person 2023 down 1.8% falling
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1119 kg per person 2023 up 3.5% rising
86 Vanuatu 0.1054 kg per person 2023 down 53.2% rising
87 North Macedonia 0.1048 kg per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
88 Myanmar 0.1048 kg per person 2023 down 46.3% volatile
89 Kazakhstan 0.1027 kg per person 2023 up 11.9% rising
90 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0974 kg per person 2023 up 14.7% rising
91 Bangladesh 0.096 kg per person 2023 up 13.8% rising
92 Nepal 0.0943 kg per person 2023 up 27.7% volatile
93 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0932 kg per person 2023 down 4.4% flat
94 Philippines 0.0875 kg per person 2023 up 11.4% rising
95 Morocco 0.0852 kg per person 2023 up 8.5% volatile
96 Senegal 0.0816 kg per person 2023 up 56.0% volatile
97 Jordan 0.0811 kg per person 2023 down 1.5% falling
98 Cyprus 0.0809 kg per person 2020 up 32.6% falling
99 Libya 0.0804 kg per person 2023 down 6.0% volatile
100 Azerbaijan 0.0735 kg per person 2023 up 9.5% rising
101 Iraq 0.0683 kg per person 2023 up 114.4% volatile
102 Iceland 0.0654 kg per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
103 Puerto Rico 0.0651 kg per person 2023 down 47.9% rising
104 Togo 0.0634 kg per person 2023 up 21.1% volatile
105 Algeria 0.0629 kg per person 2023 up 23.3% rising
106 Georgia 0.058 kg per person 2023 up 49.4% flat
107 United Arab Emirates 0.0568 kg per person 2023 down 10.3% volatile
108 Bhutan 0.0568 kg per person 2023 up 31.7% volatile
109 Tajikistan 0.0516 kg per person 2023 up 69.9% volatile
110 South Sudan 0.049 kg per person 2023 up 128.9% rising
111 Kyrgyzstan 0.0457 kg per person 2023 up 22.3% falling
112 Guinea 0.0429 kg per person 2023 up 21.7% rising
113 Ghana 0.0419 kg per person 2023 up 17.5% rising
114 Sierra Leone 0.0412 kg per person 2023 up 35.3% rising
115 Yemen 0.0395 kg per person 2023 down 18.3% volatile
116 South Africa 0.0393 kg per person 2023 down 15.0% rising
117 Armenia 0.0389 kg per person 2023 up 8.9% rising
118 Seychelles 0.0388 kg per person 2023 up 96.0% volatile
119 Papua New Guinea 0.0377 kg per person 2023 down 14.2% rising
120 Mali 0.0373 kg per person 2023 up 16.4% rising
121 Sri Lanka 0.0372 kg per person 2023 down 7.2% rising
122 Egypt 0.0354 kg per person 2023 up 59.3% rising
123 Nauru 0.0353 kg per person 2023 down 11.4% rising
124 Cambodia 0.0344 kg per person 2023 down 14.4% rising
125 Luxembourg 0.0329 kg per person 2022 up 35.7% rising
126 India 0.032 kg per person 2023 up 21.8% rising
127 Zambia 0.031 kg per person 2023 down 21.2% rising
128 Singapore 0.0285 kg per person 2023 down 16.2% volatile
129 Palestine 0.0273 kg per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
130 Solomon Islands 0.0273 kg per person 2023 down 26.6% falling
131 Mongolia 0.0272 kg per person 2023 up 179.8% volatile
132 Cameroon 0.0262 kg per person 2023 down 22.4% rising
133 Bahrain 0.0261 kg per person 2023 up 34.5% rising
134 Benin 0.0256 kg per person 2023 down 21.4% flat
135 Angola 0.0254 kg per person 2023 up 62.3% rising
136 Burkina Faso 0.0241 kg per person 2023 down 24.2% rising
137 Oman 0.024 kg per person 2023 down 12.6% rising
138 Liberia 0.0229 kg per person 2023 down 8.5% rising
139 Eswatini 0.0227 kg per person 2023 down 6.2% rising
140 Haiti 0.0224 kg per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
141 Namibia 0.0221 kg per person 2023 down 38.4% rising
142 Madagascar 0.0207 kg per person 2023 up 25.9% falling
143 Gabon 0.0207 kg per person 2023 down 16.0% rising
144 Central African Republic 0.0196 kg per person 2023 down 5.5% rising
145 Kenya 0.0188 kg per person 2023 up 28.5% falling
146 Nigeria 0.0175 kg per person 2023 up 14.6% rising
147 Afghanistan 0.0174 kg per person 2023 down 16.0% falling
148 Zimbabwe 0.0174 kg per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
149 Mauritania 0.0154 kg per person 2023 down 22.9% falling
150 Sudan 0.0151 kg per person 2023 down 17.8% falling
151 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0151 kg per person 2023 down 35.0% rising
152 Uganda 0.0149 kg per person 2023 up 6.0% rising
153 Guinea-Bissau 0.0146 kg per person 2023 down 11.8% rising
154 Malawi 0.0146 kg per person 2023 down 13.8% falling
155 Niger 0.012 kg per person 2023 down 16.2% falling
156 Comoros 0.0103 kg per person 2023 down 15.5% falling
157 Mozambique 0.0088 kg per person 2023 down 29.2% falling
158 Congo 0.0073 kg per person 2023 down 16.5% flat
159 Ethiopia 0.0064 kg per person 2023 down 17.7% falling
160 Botswana 0.0064 kg per person 2023 down 33.5% falling
161 Eritrea 0.0059 kg per person 2023 down 21.7% volatile
162 Gambia 0.0056 kg per person 2023 down 40.9% falling
163 Chad 0.0048 kg per person 2023 down 27.0% falling
164 Rwanda 0.0039 kg per person 2023 down 43.1% rising
165 Lesotho 0.0036 kg per person 2023 up 0.1% falling
166 Burundi 0.0034 kg per person 2023 up 15.9% falling
167 Somalia 0.0032 kg per person 2023 down 22.4% falling
168 Equatorial Guinea 0.003 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 volatilises (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 volatilises (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.