Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per square kilometre by country

Horses — Manure applied to soils (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
120
Highest
7.26 kg per square kilometre
Haiti
Lowest
0 kg per square kilometre
Bahamas
Median
0.3539 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,113

What the numbers show

Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 7.26 kg per square kilometre in Haiti; the lowest is 0 kg per square kilometre in Bahamas.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3539 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.8957 kg per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 391.7%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 91.2%).

Horses — Manure applied to soils (N content), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Haiti 7.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
2 Mongolia 6.19 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 84.2% rising
3 Kyrgyzstan 5.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 33.2% rising
4 Romania 5.37 kg per square kilometre 2021 down 38.8% falling
5 Sierra Leone 4.92 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
6 Malta 4.79 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 0.9% falling
7 Cuba 3.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 25.5% rising
8 Dominican Republic 3.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% rising
9 Kazakhstan 2.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 128.4% rising
10 Senegal 2.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
11 Luxembourg 2.28 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 16.1% rising
12 Germany 1.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% falling
13 El Salvador 1.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
14 Italy 1.78 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 22.5% rising
15 Gambia 1.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 391.7% volatile
16 Switzerland 1.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.0% falling
17 Lesotho 1.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% falling
18 Ireland 1.7 kg per square kilometre 2019 down 16.4% falling
19 Poland 1.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.4% volatile
20 Philippines 1.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
21 Denmark 1.65 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 32.8% falling
22 Ethiopia 1.62 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% rising
23 Czechia 1.59 kg per square kilometre 2022 up 11.9% rising
24 Austria 1.57 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 3.9% rising
25 Albania 1.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.6% falling
26 Portugal 1.41 kg per square kilometre 2022 up 2.3% rising
27 Belgium 1.39 kg per square kilometre 2017 down 12.2% flat
28 Slovenia 1.38 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 2.4% rising
29 Hungary 1.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 51.7% volatile
30 Mexico 1.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
31 Bulgaria 1.28 kg per square kilometre 2017 down 72.9% falling
32 Uzbekistan 1.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 34.9% rising
33 Tajikistan 1.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.1% rising
34 Barbados 1.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% rising
35 Pakistan 0.9823 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% falling
36 Chad 0.9516 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 244.7% volatile
37 Uruguay 0.922 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% falling
38 Costa Rica 0.9201 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.7% rising
39 Ukraine 0.9069 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 57.8% falling
40 Nicaragua 0.8925 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
41 Spain 0.8808 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 22.9% falling
42 France 0.769 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 30.1% volatile
43 China 0.7647 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.8% falling
44 Saint Lucia 0.7271 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
45 Iceland 0.7048 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 33.3% rising
46 Honduras 0.6518 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
47 Croatia 0.6047 kg per square kilometre 2018 up 47.8% rising
48 North Macedonia 0.5733 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 51.1% volatile
49 Panama 0.5575 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.8% falling
50 Colombia 0.5339 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 76.6% rising
51 Bhutan 0.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 55.4% rising
52 Guatemala 0.4981 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% falling
53 Slovakia 0.4781 kg per square kilometre 2019 down 17.3% falling
54 Antigua and Barbuda 0.4477 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% falling
55 Indonesia 0.4279 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% falling
56 Mali 0.4142 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% volatile
57 Montenegro 0.413 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.1% falling
58 Argentina 0.3669 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.6% falling
59 Sweden 0.3595 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 7.7% rising
60 Cambodia 0.3575 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% volatile
61 Finland 0.3503 kg per square kilometre 2018 up 7.3% volatile
62 Sudan 0.3404 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% flat
63 Myanmar 0.3289 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
64 Belarus 0.3287 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 75.4% volatile
65 Morocco 0.3103 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.5% falling
66 Tunisia 0.2939 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% falling
67 Lithuania 0.2812 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 58.5% volatile
68 Puerto Rico 0.2807 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.0% falling
69 Brazil 0.2773 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.2% rising
70 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2622 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% rising
71 Serbia 0.2471 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% falling
72 Peru 0.2332 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
73 Ecuador 0.2307 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 53.4% rising
74 Paraguay 0.2249 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 19.5% falling
75 South Africa 0.2214 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
76 Latvia 0.207 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.4% falling
77 Estonia 0.1908 kg per square kilometre 2018 up 6.6% rising
78 Niger 0.1646 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.3% rising
79 Chile 0.1576 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.6% falling
80 Canada 0.1502 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% flat
81 Norway 0.1481 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% volatile
82 Jamaica 0.1479 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% falling
83 India 0.1467 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 65.2% falling
84 Japan 0.1204 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.2% volatile
85 Turkmenistan 0.1188 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
86 Trinidad and Tobago 0.109 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
87 Belize 0.1081 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
88 Nigeria 0.0906 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% falling
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0821 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 83.4% falling
90 Eswatini 0.081 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% falling
91 Egypt 0.0695 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.4% volatile
92 Guinea-Bissau 0.0689 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
93 Greece 0.0655 kg per square kilometre 2018 down 79.3% volatile
94 Burkina Faso 0.0653 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 44.7% rising
95 Zimbabwe 0.0582 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
96 Mauritius 0.058 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% flat
97 Mauritania 0.0525 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% volatile
98 Afghanistan 0.0463 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 91.2% falling
99 Namibia 0.04 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
100 Sri Lanka 0.0395 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.9% falling
101 Grenada 0.0353 kg per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
102 Togo 0.0305 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.1% rising
103 Thailand 0.0283 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 39.3% volatile
104 Cameroon 0.0265 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% volatile
105 Malaysia 0.0242 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% falling
106 Libya 0.0212 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
107 Algeria 0.0165 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% volatile
108 Ghana 0.0121 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.6% falling
109 Guinea 0.0119 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
110 Benin 0.0084 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% volatile
111 Botswana 0.0078 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 85.0% rising
112 Guyana 0.0045 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% falling
113 Kenya 0.0028 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% falling
114 Malawi 0.0019 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 92.2% volatile
115 Somalia 0.0011 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
116 Suriname 0.0009 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 116.4% flat
117 Madagascar 0.0007 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% volatile
118 Angola 0.0006 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% flat
119 Congo 0.0002 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% volatile
120 Bahamas 0 kg per square kilometre 1992 — volatile

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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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Horses — Manure applied to soils (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 — Manure applied to soils (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Horses — Manure applied to soils (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 — Manure applied to soils (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.