Horses — Manure applied to soils 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
150
Highest
5.59 million kg
OECD
Lowest
0 kg
Bahamas
Median
12,041 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,993
What the numbers show
Horses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 5.59 million kg in OECD; the lowest is 0 kg in Bahamas.
The median across all reporting countries is 12,041 kg, and the mean is 155,535 kg.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 391.7%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 91.2%).
Horses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 5.59 million kg | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 2 | USSR | 3.91 million kg | 1991 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 3 | Mongolia | 1.93 million kg | 2023 | up 84.4% | rising |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 1.54 million kg | 2023 | up 128.4% | rising |
| 5 | China | 1.44 million kg | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 51,159 kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 6 | China, mainland | 1.43 million kg | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 41,998 kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 865,590 kg | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 40,588 kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 512,353 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 19,509 kg | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 9 | Brazil | 463,499 kg | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 19,404 kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia PDR | 439,562 kg | 1992 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 14,941 kg | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 365,724 kg | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 12,787 kg | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 264,062 kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 10,745 kg | 2023 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 13 | Romania | 247,028 kg | 2021 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 kg | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 243,286 kg | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Chad | 239,649 kg | 2023 | up 244.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 216,795 kg | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 200,832 kg | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 18 | Indonesia | 161,964 kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 19 | Pakistan | 151,449 kg | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 20 | Germany | 139,245 kg | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 21 | Sudan | 127,175 kg | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 22 | Sudan (former) | 125,533 kg | 2011 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Colombia | 118,465 kg | 2023 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 110,250 kg | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 105,203 kg | 2017 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 26 | Ukraine | 105,086 kg | 2023 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 27 | Caribbean | 142,848 kg | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 103,381 kg | 2023 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Mali | 101,074 kg | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Philippines | 100,314 kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 30 | Senegal | 93,426 kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 30 | Cabo Verde | 94.63 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 87,995 kg | 2017 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 32 | India | 87,236 kg | 2023 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 33 | Yugoslav SFR | 86,827 kg | 1991 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 34 | France | 82,891 kg | 2022 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Cuba | 72,277 kg | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 71,073 kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 37 | Peru | 59,706 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 38 | South Africa | 53,724 kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 39 | Myanmar | 42,927 kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 40 | Niger | 41,698 kg | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 41 | Haiti | 40,023 kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 33,567 kg | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 43 | Uruguay | 32,274 kg | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 29,388 kg | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 45 | Sweden | 29,286 kg | 2017 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 46 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 27,849 kg | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 27,741 kg | 2017 | down 72.9% | falling |
| 48 | Morocco | 27,700 kg | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 49 | Austria | 25,882 kg | 2017 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 50 | Portugal | 25,760 kg | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 51 | Czechia | 24,496 kg | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 52 | Hungary | 24,439 kg | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Ireland | 23,473 kg | 2019 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 54 | Chile | 23,416 kg | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 55 | Czechoslovakia | 22,647 kg | 1992 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Nicaragua | 21,481 kg | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 57 | Finland | 21,295 kg | 2018 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Paraguay | 17,811 kg | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 59 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 17,173 kg | 1999 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 60 | Nigeria | 16,504 kg | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 61 | Honduras | 14,586 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 62 | Iceland | 14,213 kg | 2023 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 63 | Egypt | 13,839 kg | 2023 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Switzerland | 13,764 kg | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 65 | Belarus | 13,342 kg | 2023 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Denmark | 13,170 kg | 2022 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 67 | Cambodia | 12,621 kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Ecuador | 11,460 kg | 2023 | down 53.4% | rising |
| 69 | Turkmenistan | 11,168 kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 70 | Republic of Korea | 10,936 kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Mauritania | 10,817 kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Norway | 10,790 kg | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Guatemala | 10,676 kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 74 | Lesotho | 10,568 kg | 2023 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 9,396 kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 76 | Serbia and Montenegro | 9,356 kg | 2005 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 77 | Tunisia | 9,133 kg | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 78 | Japan | 8,782 kg | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Belgium | 8,425 kg | 2017 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 80 | Panama | 8,271 kg | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 81 | El Salvador | 7,880 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 82 | Algeria | 7,875 kg | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Albania | 7,811 kg | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 84 | Libya | 7,456 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 85 | Croatia | 6,769 kg | 2018 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 86 | Namibia | 6,586 kg | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 87 | Afghanistan | 6,046 kg | 2023 | down 91.2% | falling |
| 88 | Slovenia | 5,568 kg | 2017 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 89 | Slovakia | 4,597 kg | 2019 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 4,504 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 91 | Serbia | 4,156 kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 92 | Bhutan | 4,043 kg | 2023 | down 55.4% | rising |
| 93 | Burkina Faso | 3,575 kg | 2023 | down 44.7% | rising |
| 94 | Gambia | 3,549 kg | 2023 | up 391.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Lithuania | 3,521 kg | 2023 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 2,892 kg | 2023 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Thailand | 2,889 kg | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Latvia | 2,576 kg | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 99 | Cameroon | 2,502 kg | 2023 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Greece | 1,689 kg | 2018 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Estonia | 1,631 kg | 2018 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 102 | Malaysia | 1,592 kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 1,173 kg | 2022 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 104 | Montenegro | 1,111 kg | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 105 | Botswana | 884.08 kg | 2023 | down 85.0% | rising |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 840.62 kg | 2023 | down 83.4% | falling |
| 107 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 622.98 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 108 | Guinea | 585.98 kg | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 109 | Ghana | 549.85 kg | 2023 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 110 | Puerto Rico | 497.9 kg | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 111 | Belize | 493.19 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 488.31 kg | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 113 | Guinea-Bissau | 387.29 kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 114 | China, Taiwan Province of | 349.25 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Togo | 331.35 kg | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 116 | Kenya | 324.8 kg | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 117 | Jamaica | 320.32 kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 118 | Malta | 306.25 kg | 2017 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 119 | Eswatini | 278.76 kg | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 120 | Guyana | 190.21 kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 121 | Benin | 188.61 kg | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Angola | 161.44 kg | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 123 | Somalia | 143.86 kg | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 111.81 kg | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 125 | Barbados | 98.7 kg | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 126 | Saint Lucia | 88.71 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 127 | Madagascar | 82.48 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Réunion | 68.73 kg | 2006 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Sao Tome and Principe | 50.35 kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 130 | French Guiana | 40.36 kg | 2006 | up 102.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Martinique | 39.96 kg | 2006 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 39.4 kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 133 | Malawi | 35.32 kg | 2023 | up 92.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Suriname | 27.49 kg | 2023 | up 116.4% | flat |
| 135 | Mauritius | 23.18 kg | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 136 | Guadeloupe | 15.98 kg | 2006 | down 78.9% | falling |
| 137 | Congo | 12.31 kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Grenada | 2.4 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Bahamas | 0 kg | 1992 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 15.00 million kg
- Asia 5.99 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 8.96 million kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.20 million kg
- Americas 6.19 million kg
- Middle Africa 242,376 kg
- Annex I countries 6.03 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 159,055 kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 4.70 million kg
- Northern America 4.46 million kg
- United States of America 4.19 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.57 million kg
- Eastern Asia 3.40 million kg
- Central Asia 1.91 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.74 million kg
- Europe 1.59 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.53 million kg
- Africa 1.22 million kg
- Eastern Europe 1.12 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.03 million kg
- South America 1.01 million kg
- Central America 585,137 kg
- Eastern Africa 370,838 kg
- South-Eastern Asia 369,545 kg
- Western Africa 343,853 kg
- European Union (27) 301,011 kg
- Southern Asia 300,420 kg
- Northern Europe 274,386 kg
- Northern Africa 193,179 kg
- Western Europe 180,858 kg
- Southern Africa 72,042 kg
- Southern Europe 16,810 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).