Chickens — Manure left on pasture 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
224.44 million kg
China
Lowest
12.97 kg
Tokelau
Median
324,344 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,082
What the numbers show
Chickens — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content) is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 224.44 million kg in China; the lowest is 12.97 kg in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 324,344 kg, and the mean is 5.93 million kg.
Over the past decade 165 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 270.3%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 56.6%).
Chickens — Manure left on pasture that volatilises: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 224.44 million kg | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 220.41 million kg | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Indonesia | 125.94 million kg | 2023 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 33.57 million kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 4 | OECD | 70.89 million kg | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 21.80 million kg | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 62.58 million kg | 2023 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 16.05 million kg | 2023 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Brazil | 51.81 million kg | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 7 | India | 37.75 million kg | 2023 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Mexico | 22.08 million kg | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 7.11 million kg | 2023 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Egypt | 17.29 million kg | 2023 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4.22 million kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Nigeria | 16.98 million kg | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.35 million kg | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 11 | Morocco | 13.70 million kg | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.73 million kg | 2023 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 13.51 million kg | 2023 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.19 million kg | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 13 | Algeria | 12.38 million kg | 2023 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.05 million kg | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Japan | 12.12 million kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 318,614 kg | 2023 | down 56.3% | rising |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 11.80 million kg | 2023 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 37,702 kg | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 16 | Malaysia | 11.78 million kg | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Melanesia | 30,134 kg | 2023 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Thailand | 10.80 million kg | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 27,907 kg | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 10.60 million kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Polynesia | 3,068 kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 19 | Philippines | 8.25 million kg | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 2,066 kg | 2023 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Iraq | 7.54 million kg | 2023 | up 173.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 515.26 kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 21 | Caribbean | 10.95 million kg | 2023 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 7.52 million kg | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.27 million kg | 2023 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Colombia | 7.24 million kg | 2023 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Republic of Korea | 7.08 million kg | 2023 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Tunisia | 6.59 million kg | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Senegal | 6.29 million kg | 2023 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Peru | 6.24 million kg | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Ghana | 6.03 million kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Ecuador | 5.54 million kg | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Myanmar | 4.65 million kg | 2023 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Kenya | 4.44 million kg | 2023 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Ethiopia PDR | 4.42 million kg | 1992 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 32 | Argentina | 4.21 million kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 33 | Angola | 3.98 million kg | 2023 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 49,108 kg | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 34 | China, Taiwan Province of | 3.86 million kg | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Yemen | 3.81 million kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Mali | 3.77 million kg | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 37 | Lebanon | 3.61 million kg | 2023 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 3.52 million kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 3.50 million kg | 2023 | up 79.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Kuwait | 3.33 million kg | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Sudan | 3.23 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 42 | Cameroon | 3.17 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Uganda | 3.08 million kg | 2023 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Sudan (former) | 2.84 million kg | 2011 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 45 | Madagascar | 2.75 million kg | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 46 | Israel | 2.75 million kg | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 47 | Zambia | 2.74 million kg | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Guinea | 2.63 million kg | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Libya | 2.50 million kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 50 | South Sudan | 2.40 million kg | 2023 | up 135.4% | rising |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 2.36 million kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Nepal | 2.30 million kg | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Jordan | 2.27 million kg | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Togo | 2.22 million kg | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 1.83 million kg | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 1.78 million kg | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 57 | Guatemala | 1.71 million kg | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 1.71 million kg | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 59 | Qatar | 1.67 million kg | 2023 | up 270.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Uruguay | 1.54 million kg | 2023 | up 120.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Benin | 1.54 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Honduras | 1.52 million kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Sierra Leone | 1.49 million kg | 2023 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 1.46 million kg | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Niger | 1.34 million kg | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 66 | Malawi | 1.31 million kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 67 | Mozambique | 1.26 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.26 million kg | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 1.21 million kg | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 70 | Cuba | 1.06 million kg | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 71 | Mauritius | 1.02 million kg | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Guyana | 979,821 kg | 2023 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 73 | USSR | 948,905 kg | 1991 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 74 | Panama | 947,121 kg | 2023 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 933,557 kg | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Paraguay | 912,826 kg | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 861,106 kg | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Turkmenistan | 836,459 kg | 2023 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Réunion | 834,140 kg | 2006 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Brunei Darussalam | 700,826 kg | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 672,526 kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 82 | El Salvador | 670,390 kg | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Afghanistan | 591,924 kg | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 84 | Liberia | 535,879 kg | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Georgia | 527,702 kg | 2023 | up 49.3% | falling |
| 86 | Cambodia | 491,767 kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Jamaica | 444,358 kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 440,261 kg | 2023 | up 114.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Central African Republic | 429,622 kg | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Russian Federation | 423,345 kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 91 | Chad | 394,599 kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 92 | France | 386,903 kg | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 93 | Palestine | 345,893 kg | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 94 | Spain | 340,915 kg | 2020 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 330,075 kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 96 | Australia and New Zealand | 311,938 kg | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 97 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 306,505 kg | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 98 | Oman | 296,481 kg | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Armenia | 282,122 kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 100 | Germany | 280,115 kg | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 101 | Namibia | 278,844 kg | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 266,302 kg | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 103 | Cyprus | 258,000 kg | 2020 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 104 | Italy | 256,447 kg | 2020 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 105 | Australia | 252,865 kg | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 106 | Somalia | 251,302 kg | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 107 | Rwanda | 229,545 kg | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Gabon | 218,777 kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Burundi | 199,184 kg | 2023 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 110 | Congo | 192,718 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 111 | Haiti | 188,620 kg | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 112 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 180,604 kg | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 113 | Suriname | 171,662 kg | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 114 | Barbados | 168,081 kg | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Poland | 158,427 kg | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 116 | Puerto Rico | 151,029 kg | 2023 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 117 | Ukraine | 145,168 kg | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 118 | Yugoslav SFR | 142,856 kg | 1991 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 119 | Singapore | 138,234 kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 120 | Canada | 137,037 kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 121 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 136,157 kg | 2023 | up 206.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Guinea-Bissau | 134,239 kg | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Eswatini | 119,310 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Bahrain | 100,660 kg | 2023 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Bahamas | 100,271 kg | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Belarus | 93,129 kg | 2023 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Belgium | 87,977 kg | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 128 | Eritrea | 86,946 kg | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 129 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 83,285 kg | 1999 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 130 | Portugal | 79,189 kg | 2020 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 131 | Mongolia | 77,667 kg | 2023 | up 236.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Romania | 69,861 kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 133 | Botswana | 67,773 kg | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 134 | Gambia | 64,768 kg | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Greece | 62,380 kg | 2018 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 136 | Belize | 62,093 kg | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Sweden | 59,159 kg | 2019 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 138 | New Zealand | 59,073 kg | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 139 | Czechoslovakia | 39,583 kg | 1992 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 140 | Comoros | 37,240 kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 141 | Bhutan | 36,633 kg | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Denmark | 36,594 kg | 2023 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 143 | Lesotho | 35,505 kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 144 | Serbia and Montenegro | 34,506 kg | 2005 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 145 | Austria | 32,328 kg | 2020 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 146 | Finland | 31,395 kg | 2023 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 147 | Norway | 28,735 kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Serbia | 28,444 kg | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 149 | China, Macao SAR | 28,076 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 150 | Ireland | 26,418 kg | 2020 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 151 | Hungary | 24,810 kg | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 23,855 kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 153 | Switzerland | 23,148 kg | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 154 | Seychelles | 19,823 kg | 2023 | up 161.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Lithuania | 18,095 kg | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 156 | Croatia | 17,919 kg | 2023 | up 74.4% | falling |
| 157 | Czechia | 17,532 kg | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17,124 kg | 2023 | down 56.6% | rising |
| 159 | Grenada | 17,028 kg | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 15,956 kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Fiji | 14,905 kg | 2023 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14,837 kg | 2023 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Bulgaria | 14,760 kg | 2020 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 164 | Albania | 12,282 kg | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Latvia | 12,207 kg | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 12,099 kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Guadeloupe | 9,490 kg | 2006 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Martinique | 9,004 kg | 2006 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 169 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8,213 kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 170 | Slovakia | 7,782 kg | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 171 | Slovenia | 7,760 kg | 2023 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 172 | Dominica | 7,250 kg | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6,584 kg | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 174 | French Guiana | 5,257 kg | 2006 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 175 | North Macedonia | 3,921 kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 176 | Estonia | 3,796 kg | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 177 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3,157 kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 178 | Montenegro | 2,044 kg | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 179 | Malta | 1,643 kg | 2020 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 180 | Kiribati | 1,537 kg | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 1,411 kg | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 182 | Vanuatu | 1,044 kg | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 991.45 kg | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Samoa | 982.86 kg | 2023 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 185 | Tonga | 821.24 kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 186 | Solomon Islands | 676.01 kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 187 | Iceland | 516.24 kg | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 188 | Luxembourg | 439.78 kg | 2022 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 137.46 kg | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Cook Islands | 77.93 kg | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 191 | Niue | 44.39 kg | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 192 | Nauru | 12.97 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 192 | Tokelau | 12.97 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 940.84 million kg
- Asia 646.80 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 902.37 million kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 80.49 million kg
- Eastern Asia 244.03 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 221.29 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 180.55 million kg
- Africa 158.35 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 13.64 million kg
- Southern Asia 151.01 million kg
- Middle Africa 9.60 million kg
- Americas 132.88 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 131.50 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 102.65 million kg
- South America 91.76 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 68.88 million kg
- Western Asia 64.46 million kg
- Northern Africa 55.70 million kg
- Western Africa 54.04 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 44.88 million kg
- Annex I countries 38.13 million kg
- Central America 28.79 million kg
- Eastern Africa 27.91 million kg
- Southern Africa 11.10 million kg
- Central Asia 6.75 million kg
- Europe 2.46 million kg
- Northern America 1.38 million kg
- European Union (27) 1.34 million kg
- United States of America 1.24 million kg
- Eastern Europe 977,754 kg
- Western Europe 958,748 kg
- Northern Europe 437,843 kg
- Oceania 347,207 kg
- Southern Europe 89,495 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).