Horses — Manure management (manure treated, 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
27.96 million kg
OECD
Lowest
0 kg
Bahamas
Median
60,203 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,993

What the numbers show

Horses — Manure management (manure treated, N content) is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 27.96 million kg in OECD; the lowest is 0 kg in Bahamas.

The median across all reporting countries is 60,203 kg, and the mean is 777,674 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 management: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 27.96 million kg 2023 down 21.5% rising
2 USSR 19.55 million kg 1991 up 6.4% falling
3 Mongolia 9.65 million kg 2023 up 84.4% rising
4 Kazakhstan 7.69 million kg 2023 up 128.4% rising
5 China 7.18 million kg 2023 down 16.8% falling
5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 255,793 kg 2023 down 8.6% falling
6 China, mainland 7.17 million kg 2023 down 16.8% falling
6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 209,990 kg 2023 up 0.7% rising
7 Russian Federation 4.33 million kg 2023 down 4.9% falling
7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 202,943 kg 2023 up 4.1% rising
8 Mexico 2.56 million kg 2023 up 0.9% rising
8 Viet Nam 97,545 kg 2023 down 38.2% falling
9 Brazil 2.32 million kg 2023 up 9.2% rising
9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 97,021 kg 2023 up 1.2% rising
10 Ethiopia PDR 2.20 million kg 1992 up 37.5% rising
10 Timor-Leste 74,704 kg 2023 down 27.8% falling
11 Ethiopia 1.83 million kg 2023 up 16.6% rising
11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 63,936 kg 2023 down 1.5% rising
12 Canada 1.32 million kg 2023 down 1.8% flat
12 Republic of Moldova 53,725 kg 2023 down 64.9% falling
13 Romania 1.24 million 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 1.22 million kg 2023 up 48.3% volatile
15 Chad 1.20 million kg 2023 up 244.7% volatile
16 Kyrgyzstan 1.08 million kg 2023 up 33.2% rising
17 Argentina 1.00 million kg 2023 down 30.6% falling
18 Indonesia 809,819 kg 2023 down 6.7% falling
19 Pakistan 757,246 kg 2023 up 5.9% falling
20 Germany 696,226 kg 2023 up 5.5% falling
21 Sudan 635,874 kg 2023 up 1.0% flat
22 Sudan (former) 627,665 kg 2011 up 30.9% volatile
23 Colombia 592,324 kg 2023 up 76.6% rising
24 Uzbekistan 551,251 kg 2023 up 36.4% rising
25 Italy 526,014 kg 2017 up 22.5% rising
26 Ukraine 525,431 kg 2023 down 57.8% falling
27 Caribbean 714,238 kg 2023 up 12.0% rising
27 Poland 516,907 kg 2023 down 24.4% volatile
28 Mali 505,369 kg 2023 up 24.6% volatile
29 Philippines 501,570 kg 2023 up 4.6% rising
30 Senegal 467,129 kg 2023 up 8.4% rising
30 Cabo Verde 473.13 kg 2023 up 11.7% volatile
31 Spain 439,976 kg 2017 up 23.0% falling
32 India 436,178 kg 2023 down 65.2% falling
33 Yugoslav SFR 434,133 kg 1991 down 47.1% falling
34 France 414,454 kg 2022 down 30.1% volatile
35 Cuba 361,386 kg 2023 up 25.0% rising
36 Sierra Leone 355,363 kg 2023 up 4.0% rising
37 Peru 298,528 kg 2023 up 0.6% rising
38 South Africa 268,622 kg 2023 up 8.4% rising
39 Myanmar 214,636 kg 2023 down 7.0% rising
40 Niger 208,488 kg 2023 up 8.3% rising
41 Haiti 200,114 kg 2023 up 0.2% rising
42 Tajikistan 167,833 kg 2023 up 9.2% rising
43 Uruguay 161,368 kg 2023 up 6.3% falling
44 Dominican Republic 146,942 kg 2023 up 3.6% rising
45 Sweden 146,428 kg 2017 up 7.7% rising
46 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 139,247 kg 2023 down 25.5% rising
47 Bulgaria 138,706 kg 2017 down 72.9% falling
48 Morocco 138,502 kg 2023 up 24.5% falling
49 Austria 129,411 kg 2017 up 3.9% rising
50 Portugal 128,798 kg 2022 up 2.3% rising
51 Czechia 122,481 kg 2022 up 11.8% rising
52 Hungary 122,193 kg 2023 down 51.3% volatile
53 Ireland 117,364 kg 2019 down 16.4% falling
54 Chile 117,078 kg 2023 down 5.6% falling
55 Czechoslovakia 113,237 kg 1992 down 21.7% volatile
56 Nicaragua 107,405 kg 2023 down 0.1% rising
57 Finland 106,473 kg 2018 up 7.3% volatile
58 Paraguay 89,055 kg 2023 down 19.8% falling
59 Belgium-Luxembourg 85,866 kg 1999 down 11.8% falling
60 Nigeria 82,523 kg 2023 up 1.5% falling
61 Honduras 72,928 kg 2023 up 0.6% rising
62 Iceland 71,067 kg 2023 down 32.9% rising
63 Egypt 69,197 kg 2023 up 21.4% volatile
64 Switzerland 68,818 kg 2023 down 16.0% falling
65 Belarus 66,711 kg 2023 down 75.4% volatile
66 Denmark 65,847 kg 2022 down 32.8% falling
67 Cambodia 63,107 kg 2023 up 5.3% volatile
68 Ecuador 57,299 kg 2023 down 53.4% rising
69 Turkmenistan 55,842 kg 2023 up 7.5% rising
70 Republic of Korea 54,680 kg 2023 down 6.7% volatile
71 Mauritania 54,083 kg 2023 up 4.1% volatile
72 Norway 53,952 kg 2023 up 9.4% volatile
73 Guatemala 53,382 kg 2023 up 2.8% falling
74 Lesotho 52,839 kg 2023 up 10.7% falling
75 Costa Rica 46,980 kg 2023 down 6.7% rising
76 Serbia and Montenegro 46,780 kg 2005 down 66.0% falling
77 Tunisia 45,664 kg 2023 down 0.1% falling
78 Japan 43,910 kg 2023 down 12.2% volatile
79 Belgium 42,127 kg 2017 down 12.2% flat
80 Panama 41,356 kg 2023 down 10.0% falling
81 El Salvador 39,402 kg 2023 up 0.6% rising
82 Algeria 39,376 kg 2023 up 9.4% volatile
83 Albania 39,054 kg 2023 down 13.6% falling
84 Libya 37,281 kg 2023 up 0.8% rising
85 Croatia 33,844 kg 2018 up 47.8% rising
86 Namibia 32,932 kg 2023 up 2.3% rising
87 Afghanistan 30,228 kg 2023 down 91.2% falling
88 Slovenia 27,839 kg 2017 up 2.4% rising
89 Slovakia 22,986 kg 2019 down 17.3% falling
90 Zimbabwe 22,520 kg 2023 up 0.6% rising
91 Serbia 20,780 kg 2023 down 7.0% falling
92 Bhutan 20,214 kg 2023 down 55.4% rising
93 Burkina Faso 17,877 kg 2023 down 44.7% rising
94 Gambia 17,744 kg 2023 up 391.7% volatile
95 Lithuania 17,604 kg 2023 down 58.5% volatile
96 North Macedonia 14,460 kg 2023 down 51.1% volatile
97 Thailand 14,446 kg 2023 up 39.3% volatile
98 Latvia 12,880 kg 2023 down 17.4% falling
99 Cameroon 12,512 kg 2023 down 14.4% volatile
100 Greece 8,446 kg 2018 down 79.3% volatile
101 Estonia 8,157 kg 2018 up 7.5% rising
102 Malaysia 7,960 kg 2023 up 8.4% falling
103 Luxembourg 5,865 kg 2022 down 16.1% rising
104 Montenegro 5,556 kg 2023 down 20.1% falling
105 Botswana 4,420 kg 2023 down 85.0% rising
106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,203 kg 2023 down 83.4% falling
107 China, Hong Kong SAR 3,115 kg 2023 up 2.2% rising
108 Guinea 2,930 kg 2023 up 9.4% rising
109 Ghana 2,749 kg 2023 up 18.6% falling
110 Puerto Rico 2,490 kg 2023 down 30.0% falling
111 Belize 2,466 kg 2023 up 6.4% rising
112 Sri Lanka 2,442 kg 2023 down 12.1% falling
113 Guinea-Bissau 1,936 kg 2023 up 5.3% rising
114 China, Taiwan Province of 1,746 kg 2023 up 2.2% volatile
115 Togo 1,657 kg 2023 up 12.1% rising
116 Kenya 1,624 kg 2023 down 0.9% falling
117 Jamaica 1,602 kg 2023 up 0.2% falling
118 Malta 1,531 kg 2017 up 0.9% falling
119 Eswatini 1,394 kg 2023 up 5.7% falling
120 Guyana 951.05 kg 2023 down 2.9% falling
121 Benin 943.06 kg 2023 down 1.7% volatile
122 Angola 807.2 kg 2023 up 1.0% flat
123 Somalia 719.28 kg 2023 up 5.9% rising
124 Trinidad and Tobago 559.04 kg 2023 down 0.1% rising
125 Barbados 493.51 kg 2023 down 1.2% rising
126 Saint Lucia 443.56 kg 2023 up 0.9% rising
127 Madagascar 412.39 kg 2023 up 6.4% volatile
128 Réunion 343.66 kg 2006 up 10.3% volatile
129 Sao Tome and Principe 251.75 kg 2023 up 8.6% rising
130 French Guiana 201.8 kg 2006 up 102.0% volatile
131 Martinique 199.8 kg 2006 down 76.2% volatile
132 Antigua and Barbuda 197 kg 2023 down 1.4% falling
133 Malawi 176.62 kg 2023 up 92.2% volatile
134 Suriname 137.46 kg 2023 up 116.4% flat
135 Mauritius 115.89 kg 2023 down 3.3% flat
136 Guadeloupe 79.92 kg 2006 down 78.9% falling
137 Congo 61.54 kg 2023 up 2.7% volatile
138 Grenada 11.99 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.

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About this data

Indicator
Horses — Manure management (manure treated, N content)
Unit
kg
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
213 places, 11,993 data points, 1961–2023
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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).