Horses — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre by country

Horses — Manure left on pasture (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
718.84 kg per square kilometre
Haiti
Lowest
0 kg per square kilometre
Bahamas
Median
13.76 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,113

What the numbers show

Horses — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 718.84 kg per square kilometre in Haiti; the lowest is 0 kg per square kilometre in Bahamas.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.76 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 37.87 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 — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Haiti 718.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
2 Tonga 430.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% rising
3 Cuba 344.67 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 25.5% rising
4 Dominican Republic 301.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% rising
5 Sierra Leone 243.7 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
6 El Salvador 188.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
7 Mexico 130.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
8 Senegal 120.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
9 Mongolia 117.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 84.2% rising
10 Malta 114.84 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 0.9% falling
11 Barbados 113.62 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% rising
12 Kyrgyzstan 107.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 33.2% rising
13 Uruguay 91.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% falling
14 Costa Rica 91.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.7% rising
15 Nicaragua 88.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
16 Gambia 86.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 391.7% volatile
17 Lesotho 86.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% falling
18 Ethiopia 80.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% rising
19 Saint Lucia 71.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
20 Fiji 68.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
21 Honduras 64.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
22 Romania 61.74 kg per square kilometre 2021 down 38.8% falling
23 Qatar 55.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 205.0% volatile
24 Panama 55.19 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.8% falling
25 Luxembourg 54.67 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 16.1% rising
26 Kazakhstan 54.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 128.4% rising
27 Colombia 52.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 76.6% rising
28 Guatemala 49.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% falling
29 Germany 47.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% falling
30 Chad 47.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 244.7% volatile
31 Antigua and Barbuda 44.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% falling
32 Italy 42.69 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 22.5% rising
33 Switzerland 41.8 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.0% falling
34 Ireland 40.89 kg per square kilometre 2019 down 16.4% falling
35 Denmark 39.51 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 32.8% falling
36 Austria 37.64 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 3.9% rising
37 Argentina 36.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.6% falling
38 Albania 34.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.6% falling
39 Portugal 33.74 kg per square kilometre 2022 up 2.3% rising
40 Belgium 33.33 kg per square kilometre 2017 down 12.2% flat
41 Slovenia 33.18 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 2.4% rising
42 Philippines 31.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
43 Puerto Rico 27.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.0% falling
44 Brazil 27.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.2% rising
45 Azerbaijan 25.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.7% rising
46 Georgia 24.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
47 Uzbekistan 23.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 34.9% rising
48 Peru 23.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
49 Tajikistan 22.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.1% rising
50 Ecuador 22.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 53.4% rising
51 Paraguay 22.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 19.5% falling
52 Spain 21.14 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 22.9% falling
53 Mali 20.5 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% volatile
54 Poland 19.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.4% volatile
55 Pakistan 18.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% falling
56 Armenia 18.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 23.4% rising
57 Samoa 18.66 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% falling
58 France 18.46 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 30.1% volatile
59 Czechia 18.25 kg per square kilometre 2022 up 11.9% rising
60 Iceland 16.92 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 33.3% rising
61 Sudan 16.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% flat
62 French Polynesia 16.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
63 Chile 15.6 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.6% falling
64 Hungary 15.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 51.7% volatile
65 Morocco 15.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.5% falling
66 New Caledonia 15.24 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% rising
67 Bulgaria 14.69 kg per square kilometre 2017 down 72.9% falling
68 Jamaica 14.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% falling
69 Tunisia 14.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% falling
70 China 14.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.8% falling
71 Croatia 14.51 kg per square kilometre 2018 up 47.8% rising
72 North Macedonia 13.76 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 12.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% rising
75 South Africa 10.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
76 Trinidad and Tobago 10.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
77 Belize 10.7 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
78 Ukraine 10.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 57.8% falling
79 Bhutan 10.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 55.4% rising
80 Montenegro 9.91 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.1% falling
81 Sweden 8.63 kg per square kilometre 2017 up 7.7% rising
82 Finland 8.41 kg per square kilometre 2018 up 7.3% volatile
83 Niger 8.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.3% rising
84 Indonesia 8.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% falling
85 Israel 7.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
86 Cambodia 6.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% volatile
87 Lithuania 6.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 58.5% volatile
88 Myanmar 6.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
89 Serbia 5.93 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% falling
90 Slovakia 5.5 kg per square kilometre 2019 down 17.3% falling
91 Latvia 4.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.4% falling
92 New Zealand 4.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 45.7% falling
93 Iraq 4.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% falling
94 Estonia 4.58 kg per square kilometre 2018 up 6.6% rising
95 Nigeria 4.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% falling
96 Eswatini 4.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% falling
97 Belarus 3.78 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 75.4% volatile
98 Norway 3.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% volatile
99 Grenada 3.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
100 Egypt 3.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.4% volatile
101 Guinea-Bissau 3.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
102 Vanuatu 3.24 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 75.6% volatile
103 Burkina Faso 3.23 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 44.7% rising
104 Zimbabwe 2.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
105 Mauritius 2.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% flat
106 Cyprus 2.81 kg per square kilometre 1990 down 13.3% falling
107 India 2.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 65.2% falling
108 Kuwait 2.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.2% volatile
109 Mauritania 2.6 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% volatile
110 Japan 2.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.2% volatile
111 Turkmenistan 2.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
112 Namibia 1.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 83.4% falling
114 Canada 1.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% flat
115 Greece 1.57 kg per square kilometre 2018 down 79.3% volatile
116 Togo 1.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.1% rising
117 Australia 1.5 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% falling
118 Cameroon 1.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% volatile
119 Libya 1.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
120 Jordan 1.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% volatile
121 Afghanistan 0.8806 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 91.2% falling
122 Algeria 0.8184 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% volatile
123 Sri Lanka 0.7499 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.9% falling
124 Ghana 0.5981 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.6% falling
125 Guinea 0.5902 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
126 Thailand 0.5372 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 39.3% volatile
127 Malaysia 0.4603 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% falling
128 Guyana 0.4459 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% falling
129 Benin 0.414 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% volatile
130 Botswana 0.3861 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 0.1384 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 0.0927 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 0.0848 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 116.4% flat
139 Somalia 0.0568 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
140 Madagascar 0.0351 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% volatile
141 Angola 0.032 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% flat
142 Congo 0.0089 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% volatile
143 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 left on pasture (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 left on pasture (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Horses — Manure left on pasture (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 left on pasture (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.