Mules and Asses — Amount excreted in manure (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
133
Highest
241.41 million kg
Ethiopia
Lowest
0 kg
Republic of Korea
Median
489,470 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,721
What the numbers show
Mules and Asses — Amount excreted in manure (N content) is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 241.41 million kg in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0 kg in Republic of Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 489,470 kg, and the mean is 12.62 million kg.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 874.2%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 81.0%).
Mules and Asses — Amount excreted in manure: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia | 241.41 million kg | 2023 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 2 | Sudan | 167.34 million kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 3 | OECD | 147.91 million kg | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 4 | Mexico | 144.00 million kg | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 131.84 million kg | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 6 | Ethiopia PDR | 127.25 million kg | 1992 | up 29.6% | flat |
| 7 | Chad | 102.07 million kg | 2023 | up 874.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Niger | 43.42 million kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 42.41 million kg | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 10 | China | 41.43 million kg | 2023 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 10 | China, mainland | 41.43 million kg | 2023 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 12 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 37.37 million kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 35.28 million kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 33.71 million kg | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 15 | Nigeria | 29.62 million kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 16 | Morocco | 27.80 million kg | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 17 | Mali | 27.04 million kg | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 18 | Egypt | 22.06 million kg | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 19 | Peru | 21.02 million kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 20 | Sudan (former) | 16.42 million kg | 2011 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 21 | Yemen | 15.96 million kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 15.68 million kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 23 | Caribbean | 15.03 million kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 14.62 million kg | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 11.18 million kg | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 26 | Senegal | 10.19 million kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 27 | Iraq | 8.50 million kg | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 28 | South Sudan | 7.98 million kg | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 29 | Mauritania | 7.53 million kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 30 | Tunisia | 7.11 million kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 6.68 million kg | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 32 | Haiti | 6.38 million kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 33 | Colombia | 5.51 million kg | 2023 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 34 | USSR | 4.43 million kg | 1991 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 35 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.19 million kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 36 | India | 3.60 million kg | 2023 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 37 | Namibia | 3.55 million kg | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 38 | Spain | 3.09 million kg | 2017 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Lesotho | 2.86 million kg | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 40 | Tajikistan | 2.29 million kg | 2023 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 41 | Argentina | 2.25 million kg | 2023 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 2.15 million kg | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 43 | Honduras | 2.05 million kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 44 | Türkiye | 1.99 million kg | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Ecuador | 1.92 million kg | 2023 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 1.92 million kg | 2023 | down 74.7% | rising |
| 47 | Botswana | 1.86 million kg | 2023 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Gambia | 1.66 million kg | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Algeria | 1.56 million kg | 2023 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 1.26 million kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 51 | Libya | 1.24 million kg | 2023 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.20 million kg | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 53 | Mozambique | 1.16 million kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 54 | Guatemala | 1.04 million kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 55 | Paraguay | 1.00 million kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 56 | Somalia | 987,497 kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 57 | Cameroon | 874,957 kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 58 | Cuba | 841,344 kg | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 59 | Lebanon | 778,002 kg | 2023 | up 28.9% | flat |
| 60 | Jamaica | 720,291 kg | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 61 | France | 703,221 kg | 2017 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 645,184 kg | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 600,766 kg | 2023 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 64 | El Salvador | 594,044 kg | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 65 | Turkmenistan | 542,030 kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 66 | Chile | 490,605 kg | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 67 | Bhutan | 489,470 kg | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 68 | Oman | 476,920 kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 69 | Albania | 449,745 kg | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 70 | Romania | 431,762 kg | 2017 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 71 | Uganda | 423,335 kg | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 72 | Switzerland | 421,728 kg | 2023 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Yugoslav SFR | 411,562 kg | 1991 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Cabo Verde | 404,520 kg | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 75 | Eswatini | 363,310 kg | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 76 | Italy | 345,091 kg | 2017 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Ghana | 330,461 kg | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 326,576 kg | 2023 | down 65.6% | flat |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 284,700 kg | 2017 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 267,839 kg | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 81 | Georgia | 213,774 kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 82 | Greece | 209,692 kg | 2017 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Djibouti | 185,530 kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 84 | Malawi | 179,527 kg | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Ukraine | 168,471 kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 86 | Portugal | 148,044 kg | 2017 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Cyprus | 146,241 kg | 2017 | unchanged | volatile |
| 88 | Israel | 144,058 kg | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Jordan | 136,877 kg | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Belarus | 129,140 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 91 | Uruguay | 126,138 kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 92 | Comoros | 120,507 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 93 | Guinea-Bissau | 113,893 kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 94 | Ireland | 106,949 kg | 2017 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Puerto Rico | 100,492 kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 96 | Belize | 99,684 kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 97 | Samoa | 99,645 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 97 | Polynesia | 99,645 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 99 | Angola | 97,588 kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 100 | Trinidad and Tobago | 94,576 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 101 | Barbados | 90,517 kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 102 | Togo | 76,613 kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 103 | Russian Federation | 75,075 kg | 2023 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 104 | Canada | 56,940 kg | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Guinea | 52,669 kg | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 106 | Zambia | 49,023 kg | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 107 | Panama | 46,251 kg | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 44,128 kg | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 109 | Croatia | 40,120 kg | 2017 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Antigua and Barbuda | 37,935 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 37,455 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 29,008 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 113 | Australia | 26,605 kg | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 113 | Australia and New Zealand | 26,605 kg | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 115 | Guyana | 25,101 kg | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Myanmar | 23,333 kg | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Armenia | 23,028 kg | 2023 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 118 | Republic of Moldova | 22,733 kg | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 119 | Grenada | 15,519 kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 120 | Benin | 13,860 kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 121 | Malta | 9,586 kg | 2017 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 6,168 kg | 1985 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 123 | Guadeloupe | 5,457 kg | 2006 | unchanged | volatile |
| 124 | Madagascar | 3,492 kg | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,768 kg | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Mauritius | 1,746 kg | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Thailand | 1,746 kg | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Mongolia | 873.08 kg | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Suriname | 152.79 kg | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Belgium | 24.67 kg | 2017 | unchanged | rising |
| 131 | Bahrain | 0 kg | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 kg | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Republic of Korea | 0 kg | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.32 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 1.32 billion kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 949.21 million kg
- Africa 769.30 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 732.93 million kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 710.51 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 542.19 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 534.81 million kg
- Asia 286.37 million kg
- Eastern Africa 271.31 million kg
- Americas 266.80 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 266.00 million 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).