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Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre by country

Horses — Amount excreted in manure (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
143
Highest
726.1 kg per square kilometre
Haiti
Lowest
0 kg per square kilometre
Bahamas
Median
14.33 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,113

What the numbers show

Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 726.1 kg per square kilometre in Haiti; the lowest is 0 kg per square kilometre in Bahamas.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.33 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 38.56 kg per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 391.7%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 91.2%).

Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Haiti 726.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
2 Tonga 430.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% rising
3 Cuba 348.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 25.5% rising
4 Dominican Republic 304.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% rising
5 Sierra Leone 246.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
6 El Salvador 190.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
7 Mexico 131.78 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
8 Mongolia 123.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 84.2% rising
9 Senegal 121.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
10 Malta 119.63 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 0.9% falling
11 Barbados 114.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% rising
12 Kyrgyzstan 113.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 33.2% rising
13 Uruguay 92.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% falling
14 Costa Rica 92.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.7% rising
15 Nicaragua 89.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
16 Gambia 87.67 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 391.7% volatile
17 Lesotho 87.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% falling
18 Ethiopia 81.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% rising
19 Saint Lucia 72.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
20 Fiji 68.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
21 Romania 67.1 kg per square kilometre 2021 down 38.8% falling
22 Honduras 65.18 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
23 Kazakhstan 57 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 128.4% rising
24 Luxembourg 56.95 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 16.1% rising
25 Panama 55.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.8% falling
26 Qatar 55.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 205.0% volatile
27 Colombia 53.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 76.6% rising
28 Guatemala 49.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% falling
29 Germany 49.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% falling
30 Chad 47.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 244.7% volatile
31 Antigua and Barbuda 44.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% falling
32 Italy 44.47 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 22.5% rising
33 Switzerland 43.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.0% falling
34 Ireland 42.59 kg per square kilometre 2019 down 16.4% falling
35 Denmark 41.15 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 32.8% falling
36 Austria 39.21 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 3.9% rising
37 Argentina 36.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.6% falling
38 Albania 35.63 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.6% falling
39 Portugal 35.15 kg per square kilometre 2022 up 2.3% rising
40 Belgium 34.72 kg per square kilometre 2017 down 12.2% flat
41 Slovenia 34.56 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 2.4% rising
42 Philippines 33.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
43 Puerto Rico 28.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.0% falling
44 Brazil 27.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.2% rising
45 Azerbaijan 25.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.7% rising
46 Uzbekistan 25.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 34.9% rising
47 Georgia 24.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
48 Tajikistan 24.19 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.1% rising
49 Peru 23.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
50 Ecuador 23.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 53.4% rising
51 Paraguay 22.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 19.5% falling
52 Spain 22.02 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 22.9% falling
53 Poland 21.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.4% volatile
54 Mali 20.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% volatile
55 Czechia 19.84 kg per square kilometre 2022 up 11.9% rising
56 Pakistan 19.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% falling
57 France 19.23 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 30.1% volatile
58 Armenia 18.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 23.4% rising
59 Samoa 18.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% falling
60 Iceland 17.62 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 33.3% rising
61 Sudan 17.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% flat
62 Hungary 16.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 51.7% volatile
63 French Polynesia 16.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
64 Bulgaria 15.97 kg per square kilometre 2017 down 72.9% falling
65 Chile 15.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.6% falling
66 Morocco 15.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.5% falling
67 China 15.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.8% falling
68 New Caledonia 15.24 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% rising
69 Croatia 15.12 kg per square kilometre 2018 up 47.8% rising
70 Jamaica 14.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% falling
71 Tunisia 14.7 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% falling
72 North Macedonia 14.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 51.1% volatile
73 Lebanon 13.23 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.9% rising
74 Sao Tome and Principe 13.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% rising
75 Ukraine 11.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 57.8% falling
76 South Africa 11.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
77 Trinidad and Tobago 10.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
78 Belize 10.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
79 Bhutan 10.6 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 55.4% rising
80 Montenegro 10.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.1% falling
81 Sweden 8.99 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 7.7% rising
82 Finland 8.76 kg per square kilometre 2018 up 7.3% volatile
83 Indonesia 8.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% falling
84 Niger 8.23 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.3% rising
85 Israel 7.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
86 Cambodia 7.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% volatile
87 Lithuania 7.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 58.5% volatile
88 Myanmar 6.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
89 Serbia 6.18 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% falling
90 Slovakia 5.98 kg per square kilometre 2019 down 17.3% falling
91 Latvia 5.17 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.4% falling
92 New Zealand 4.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 45.7% falling
93 Estonia 4.77 kg per square kilometre 2018 up 6.6% rising
94 Iraq 4.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% falling
95 Nigeria 4.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% falling
96 Belarus 4.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 75.4% volatile
97 Eswatini 4.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% falling
98 Norway 3.7 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% volatile
99 Grenada 3.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
100 Egypt 3.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.4% volatile
101 Guinea-Bissau 3.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
102 Burkina Faso 3.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 44.7% rising
103 Vanuatu 3.24 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 75.6% volatile
104 India 2.93 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 65.2% falling
105 Zimbabwe 2.91 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
106 Mauritius 2.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% flat
107 Cyprus 2.81 kg per square kilometre 1990 down 13.3% falling
108 Kuwait 2.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.2% volatile
109 Mauritania 2.62 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% volatile
110 Japan 2.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.2% volatile
111 Turkmenistan 2.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 83.4% falling
113 Namibia 2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
114 Canada 1.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% flat
115 Greece 1.64 kg per square kilometre 2018 down 79.3% volatile
116 Togo 1.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.1% rising
117 Australia 1.5 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% falling
118 Cameroon 1.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% volatile
119 Libya 1.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
120 Jordan 1.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% volatile
121 Afghanistan 0.9269 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 91.2% falling
122 Algeria 0.8266 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% volatile
123 Sri Lanka 0.7894 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.9% falling
124 Ghana 0.6041 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.6% falling
125 Guinea 0.5962 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
126 Thailand 0.5655 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 39.3% volatile
127 Malaysia 0.4846 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% falling
128 Guyana 0.4504 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% falling
129 Benin 0.4182 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% volatile
130 Botswana 0.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 85.0% rising
131 United Arab Emirates 0.2509 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% rising
132 Yemen 0.1447 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% falling
133 Solomon Islands 0.1406 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
134 Kenya 0.1398 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% falling
135 Papua New Guinea 0.1171 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% rising
136 Malawi 0.0937 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 92.2% volatile
137 Saudi Arabia 0.0905 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 82.3% volatile
138 Suriname 0.0856 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 116.4% flat
139 Somalia 0.0573 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
140 Madagascar 0.0354 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% volatile
141 Angola 0.0324 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% flat
142 Congo 0.009 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% volatile
143 Bahamas 0 kg per square kilometre 1992 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Horses — Amount excreted in manure (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.

Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Horses — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre
Unit
kg per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
145 places, 8,113 data points, 1961–2023
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Horses — Amount excreted in manure (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.