Chickens — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per square kilometre by country
Chickens — Manure left on pasture 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
765.82 kg per square kilometre
Mauritius
Lowest
0.0077 kg per square kilometre
Iceland
Median
7.03 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,696
What the numbers show
Chickens — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 765.82 kg per square kilometre in Mauritius; the lowest is 0.0077 kg per square kilometre in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.03 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 35.66 kg per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 99,717.
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 left on pasture … left square kilometre leaches: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 765.82 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Barbados | 586.33 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Lebanon | 528.75 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 366.99 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Singapore | 288.79 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 6 | Kuwait | 280.19 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 233.91 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Qatar | 217.7 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 274.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Israel | 190.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 10 | Bahrain | 188.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 155.89 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Pakistan | 121.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Indonesia | 99.81 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 103.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Palestine | 86.11 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 15 | Grenada | 75.12 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 16 | Seychelles | 64.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 161.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Tunisia | 63.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Jamaica | 61.55 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 19 | Togo | 61.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Malaysia | 53.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Japan | 49.87 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 22 | Senegal | 48.99 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 23 | El Salvador | 48.53 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Morocco | 46.06 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Cyprus | 41.88 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 26 | Philippines | 41.5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 27 | Ghana | 39.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 39.24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Jordan | 38.35 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 30 | China | 35.86 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Ecuador | 33.43 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Azerbaijan | 33.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 33 | Thailand | 31.71 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 30.87 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 30.81 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Comoros | 30.02 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 38 | Nigeria | 27.97 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 39 | Egypt | 26.06 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Iraq | 26.05 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 173.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Puerto Rico | 25.54 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 25.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Nepal | 24.05 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Guatemala | 24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Uganda | 23.07 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Antigua and Barbuda | 22.45 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 48 | Malawi | 20.87 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 49 | Benin | 20.48 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Honduras | 20.39 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Panama | 19.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 52 | India | 19.05 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18.22 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 54 | Mexico | 17.04 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 16.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Guinea | 16.08 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Cuba | 15.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 58 | Bahamas | 15.03 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Armenia | 15.01 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 60 | Dominica | 14.5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 61 | Rwanda | 13.96 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Uruguay | 13.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 120.2% | volatile |
| 63 | South Africa | 13.1 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 12.94 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 11.91 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Nicaragua | 11.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Burundi | 11.63 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 68 | Kenya | 11.46 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Georgia | 11.39 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.3% | falling |
| 70 | Yemen | 10.83 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Myanmar | 10.7 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Eswatini | 10.4 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Haiti | 10.27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 74 | Cameroon | 10.05 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Colombia | 9.79 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Gambia | 9.6 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Brazil | 9.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Liberia | 8.35 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Saudi Arabia | 8.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Algeria | 7.8 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Malta | 7.7 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 82 | Peru | 7.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Madagascar | 7.09 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 85 | Guyana | 6.96 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Tuvalu | 6.87 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 87 | South Sudan | 5.7 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.4% | rising |
| 88 | Zambia | 5.53 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Angola | 4.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 4.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Zimbabwe | 4.7 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 92 | Ethiopia | 4.68 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 93 | Mali | 4.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 94 | Belgium | 4.33 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 95 | Cambodia | 4.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Belize | 4.08 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Chile | 3.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 98 | Paraguay | 3.46 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 99 | Kiribati | 2.85 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Turkmenistan | 2.67 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Sudan | 2.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 102 | Mozambique | 2.41 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 103 | Argentina | 2.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 104 | Libya | 2.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.08 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 106 | Lesotho | 1.75 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 107 | Tonga | 1.71 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 108 | Suriname | 1.6 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 109 | Niger | 1.58 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 110 | Bhutan | 1.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Oman | 1.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Denmark | 1.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 1.36 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 114 | Italy | 1.3 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 115 | Portugal | 1.3 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 116 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.28 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 117 | Gabon | 1.27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Fiji | 1.22 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Germany | 1.2 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 120 | France | 1.08 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 121 | Eritrea | 1.08 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 122 | Central African Republic | 1.03 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Spain | 1.02 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 124 | Nauru | 0.9727 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Kazakhstan | 0.9517 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 126 | Switzerland | 0.8788 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 127 | Congo | 0.8465 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 128 | Poland | 0.7759 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 129 | Greece | 0.7259 kg per square kilometre | 2018 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 130 | Belarus | 0.6882 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Albania | 0.6724 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Somalia | 0.6009 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 133 | Austria | 0.5876 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 134 | Slovenia | 0.5781 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 135 | Ireland | 0.5752 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 136 | Samoa | 0.5303 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 137 | Namibia | 0.508 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Serbia | 0.5074 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5017 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.6% | rising |
| 140 | Mauritania | 0.4804 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 141 | Croatia | 0.4803 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.5% | falling |
| 142 | Chad | 0.4701 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 143 | Romania | 0.4555 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 144 | Lithuania | 0.4336 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 145 | French Polynesia | 0.4285 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Hungary | 0.4078 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 147 | Ukraine | 0.3758 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 148 | Czechia | 0.3408 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 149 | New Zealand | 0.3365 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 150 | Latvia | 0.2942 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 151 | Luxembourg | 0.2562 kg per square kilometre | 2022 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 152 | Slovakia | 0.2428 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 153 | North Macedonia | 0.2332 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 154 | Montenegro | 0.2279 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 155 | Sweden | 0.2179 kg per square kilometre | 2019 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 156 | Bulgaria | 0.2039 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 157 | Botswana | 0.1794 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 158 | Finland | 0.1549 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 159 | Estonia | 0.1333 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 0.1285 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Norway | 0.1183 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 162 | New Caledonia | 0.1157 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 163 | Mongolia | 0.0748 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 235.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Australia | 0.0493 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0401 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 0.0362 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 167 | Canada | 0.0234 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 168 | Iceland | 0.0077 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 10.88 kg per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6.44 kg per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Chickens — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture that leaches (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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.