Mules and Asses — Manure applied to soils (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...
What the numbers show
Mules and Asses — Manure applied to soils (N content) is currently reported for 118 countries. The highest value is 6.59 million kg in Pakistan; the lowest is 0 kg in Republic of Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 16,666 kg, and the mean is 322,733 kg.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 874.2%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 81.0%).
Mules and Asses — Manure applied to soils: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 6.59 million kg | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 4.83 million kg | 2023 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 3 | Sudan | 3.35 million kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 4 | Ethiopia PDR | 2.55 million kg | 1992 | up 29.6% | flat |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.87 million kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 5 | China | 2.07 million kg | 2023 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 5 | China, mainland | 2.07 million kg | 2023 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 156,779 kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 7 | Chad | 2.04 million kg | 2023 | up 874.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 111,754 kg | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 1.69 million kg | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 83,827 kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 9 | OECD | 1.53 million kg | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 1,819 kg | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 1.44 million kg | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 kg | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Niger | 868,345 kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 705,639 kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Nigeria | 592,492 kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 14 | Morocco | 555,903 kg | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 15 | Mali | 540,727 kg | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 16 | Egypt | 441,200 kg | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 17 | Brazil | 424,119 kg | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 18 | USSR | 354,508 kg | 1991 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 19 | Sudan (former) | 328,337 kg | 2011 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 19 | Caribbean | 150,335 kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 292,367 kg | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Peru | 210,233 kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 22 | Senegal | 203,807 kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 23 | India | 180,075 kg | 2023 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 24 | South Sudan | 159,684 kg | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 25 | Mauritania | 150,584 kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 26 | Tunisia | 142,221 kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 123,472 kg | 2017 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Cabo Verde | 8,090 kg | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 114,650 kg | 2023 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 96,010 kg | 2023 | down 74.7% | rising |
| 30 | Namibia | 71,033 kg | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 31 | South Africa | 69,414 kg | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 66,831 kg | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 33 | Haiti | 63,833 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 34 | Lesotho | 57,173 kg | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 35 | Colombia | 55,097 kg | 2023 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 36 | Botswana | 37,215 kg | 2023 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Romania | 34,541 kg | 2017 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 38 | Gambia | 33,174 kg | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 32,259 kg | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 40 | Algeria | 31,145 kg | 2023 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 30,038 kg | 2023 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 42 | France | 28,129 kg | 2017 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 27,102 kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 44 | Libya | 24,849 kg | 2023 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Bhutan | 24,474 kg | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 46 | Mozambique | 23,149 kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 22,776 kg | 2017 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 48 | Argentina | 22,461 kg | 2023 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 49 | Honduras | 20,465 kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 50 | Somalia | 19,750 kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 51 | Ecuador | 19,216 kg | 2023 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 52 | Albania | 17,990 kg | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 53 | Cameroon | 17,499 kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 54 | Switzerland | 16,869 kg | 2023 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Yugoslav SFR | 16,462 kg | 1991 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Italy | 13,804 kg | 2017 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Ukraine | 13,478 kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 12,606 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 59 | Guatemala | 10,401 kg | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 60 | Belarus | 10,331 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 61 | Paraguay | 10,039 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 62 | Uganda | 8,467 kg | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 63 | Cuba | 8,413 kg | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 64 | Greece | 8,388 kg | 2017 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Eswatini | 7,266 kg | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 66 | Jamaica | 7,203 kg | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 67 | Ghana | 6,609 kg | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 68 | Russian Federation | 6,006 kg | 2023 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 69 | El Salvador | 5,940 kg | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 70 | Portugal | 5,922 kg | 2017 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Chile | 4,906 kg | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 72 | Canada | 4,555 kg | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Ireland | 4,278 kg | 2017 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Djibouti | 3,711 kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 75 | Malawi | 3,591 kg | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Hungary | 3,530 kg | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 2,678 kg | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 78 | Comoros | 2,410 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,278 kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 80 | Angola | 1,952 kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 81 | Croatia | 1,605 kg | 2017 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Togo | 1,532 kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 83 | Uruguay | 1,261 kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 84 | Myanmar | 1,167 kg | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Guinea | 1,053 kg | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 86 | Puerto Rico | 1,005 kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 87 | Belize | 996.84 kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 88 | Zambia | 980.47 kg | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 89 | Trinidad and Tobago | 945.76 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 90 | Barbados | 905.17 kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 91 | Panama | 462.51 kg | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 92 | Malta | 383.43 kg | 2017 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Antigua and Barbuda | 379.35 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 374.55 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 95 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 290.08 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 96 | Benin | 277.2 kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 97 | Guyana | 251.01 kg | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 246.74 kg | 1985 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 99 | Grenada | 155.19 kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 100 | Thailand | 87.31 kg | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Madagascar | 69.85 kg | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Guadeloupe | 54.57 kg | 2006 | unchanged | volatile |
| 103 | Mongolia | 43.65 kg | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 35.36 kg | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritius | 34.92 kg | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Réunion | 6.55 kg | 2006 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Suriname | 1.53 kg | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Belgium | 0.987 kg | 2017 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Central African Republic | 0 kg | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 109 | 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 30.90 million kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 14.84 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 30.79 million kg
- Asia 12.72 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 23.14 million kg
- Middle Africa 2.06 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 15.39 million kg
- Africa 15.39 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 164,433 kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 11.73 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 10.84 million kg
- Southern Asia 10.35 million kg
- Eastern Africa 5.43 million kg
- Northern Africa 4.54 million kg
- Western Africa 3.11 million kg
- Americas 2.72 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 2.66 million kg
- Eastern Asia 2.07 million kg
- Central America 1.49 million kg
- South America 1.02 million kg
- Central Asia 300,059 kg
- Southern Africa 242,102 kg
- Annex I countries 114,961 kg
- Europe 70,023 kg
- Northern America 63,742 kg
- United States of America 59,187 kg
- Eastern Europe 35,164 kg
- Southern Europe 17,990 kg
- Western Europe 16,869 kg
- Northern Europe 4,278 kg
- European Union (27) 3,530 kg
- South-Eastern Asia 1,254 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).