Mules and Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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
1.98 million kg
Pakistan
Lowest
0 kg
Australia and New Zealand
Median
2,516 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,721

What the numbers show

Mules and Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 1.98 million kg in Pakistan; the lowest is 0 kg in Australia and New Zealand.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,516 kg, and the mean is 85,405 kg.

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 43 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 that leaches: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Pakistan 1.98 million kg 2023 up 20.1% rising
2 Ethiopia 1.45 million kg 2023 up 51.3% rising
3 Sudan 1.00 million kg 2023 up 1.4% flat
4 Ethiopia PDR 763,508 kg 1992 up 29.6% flat
5 China 621,447 kg 2023 down 66.3% falling
5 China, mainland 621,447 kg 2023 down 66.3% falling
7 Chad 612,420 kg 2023 up 874.2% volatile
8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 560,512 kg 2023 down 3.6% falling
9 Afghanistan 505,696 kg 2023 up 4.9% rising
10 OECD 458,719 kg 2023 down 11.1% falling
11 Mexico 432,005 kg 2023 up 0.5% rising
12 Niger 260,503 kg 2023 up 17.2% rising
13 Burkina Faso 211,692 kg 2023 up 45.0% volatile
14 Nigeria 177,748 kg 2023 up 7.3% rising
15 Morocco 166,771 kg 2023 down 8.9% flat
16 Mali 162,218 kg 2023 up 34.7% rising
17 Egypt 132,360 kg 2023 down 21.5% rising
18 Brazil 127,236 kg 2023 down 9.8% falling
19 USSR 106,353 kg 1991 down 14.9% falling
20 Sudan (former) 98,501 kg 2011 up 0.2% rising
21 Zimbabwe 87,710 kg 2023 up 7.8% volatile
22 Peru 63,070 kg 2023 up 1.7% rising
23 Senegal 61,142 kg 2023 up 1.8% rising
24 India 54,022 kg 2023 down 67.2% falling
25 South Sudan 47,905 kg 2023 up 14.3% rising
26 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 47,034 kg 2023 up 0.2% rising
27 Mauritania 45,175 kg 2023 up 14.6% rising
29 Tunisia 42,666 kg 2023 up 1.1% rising
30 Spain 37,042 kg 2017 down 0.7% volatile
31 Tajikistan 34,395 kg 2023 down 39.6% rising
32 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 33,526 kg 2023 unchanged falling
33 Uzbekistan 28,803 kg 2023 down 74.7% rising
34 United Republic of Tanzania 25,148 kg 2023 up 2.7% rising
34 Réunion 1.96 kg 2006 unchanged volatile
35 Namibia 21,310 kg 2023 up 24.4% rising
36 Dominican Republic 20,049 kg 2023 up 2.1% rising
37 Haiti 19,150 kg 2023 up 0.8% rising
38 Lesotho 17,152 kg 2023 up 26.0% rising
39 Colombia 16,529 kg 2023 up 17.9% falling
40 Botswana 11,164 kg 2023 down 72.8% volatile
41 Romania 10,362 kg 2017 up 4.6% falling
42 Gambia 9,952 kg 2023 up 26.7% volatile
43 Kazakhstan 9,678 kg 2023 down 1.5% falling
44 Algeria 9,343 kg 2023 down 56.8% volatile
45 Kyrgyzstan 9,012 kg 2023 down 64.6% falling
46 France 8,439 kg 2017 up 6.5% falling
47 Turkmenistan 8,130 kg 2023 down 0.7% flat
48 Libya 7,455 kg 2023 up 96.3% volatile
49 Bhutan 7,342 kg 2023 down 4.5% rising
50 Mozambique 6,945 kg 2023 up 9.8% rising
51 Bulgaria 6,833 kg 2017 down 74.2% falling
52 Argentina 6,738 kg 2023 down 63.6% falling
53 Honduras 6,140 kg 2023 up 0.7% falling
54 Somalia 5,925 kg 2023 up 2.8% flat
55 Ecuador 5,765 kg 2023 down 61.1% falling
56 Albania 5,397 kg 2023 down 37.1% falling
57 Cameroon 5,250 kg 2023 up 0.2% falling
58 Switzerland 5,061 kg 2023 up 74.0% volatile
59 Yugoslav SFR 4,939 kg 1991 up 11.2% volatile
60 Italy 4,141 kg 2017 down 15.2% volatile
61 Ukraine 4,043 kg 2023 down 1.4% falling
62 Nicaragua 3,782 kg 2023 up 1.3% rising
63 Guatemala 3,120 kg 2023 down 2.8% falling
64 Belarus 3,099 kg 2023 up 0.8% rising
65 Paraguay 3,012 kg 2023 up 0.6% rising
66 Uganda 2,540 kg 2023 up 1.0% rising
67 Cuba 2,524 kg 2023 up 10.1% rising
68 Greece 2,516 kg 2017 down 71.5% volatile
69 Cabo Verde 2,427 kg 2023 up 8.0% rising
70 Eswatini 2,180 kg 2023 up 3.3% flat
71 Jamaica 2,161 kg 2023 unchanged falling
72 Ghana 1,983 kg 2023 up 5.5% falling
73 Russian Federation 1,802 kg 2023 down 64.5% falling
74 El Salvador 1,782 kg 2023 down 0.5% rising
75 Portugal 1,777 kg 2017 down 54.6% volatile
76 Chile 1,472 kg 2023 down 0.8% falling
77 Canada 1,367 kg 2023 unchanged flat
78 Ireland 1,283 kg 2017 up 20.4% volatile
79 Djibouti 1,113 kg 2023 up 1.2% rising
80 Malawi 1,077 kg 2023 up 30.3% volatile
81 Hungary 1,059 kg 2023 down 26.2% falling
82 Costa Rica 803.52 kg 2023 down 8.2% rising
83 Comoros 723.04 kg 2023 up 2.2% rising
84 Guinea-Bissau 683.36 kg 2023 up 0.3% rising
85 Angola 585.53 kg 2023 down 0.6% rising
86 Republic of Moldova 545.6 kg 2023 down 33.5% falling
87 Croatia 481.44 kg 2017 down 18.7% volatile
88 Togo 459.68 kg 2023 up 3.2% rising
89 Uruguay 378.42 kg 2023 up 3.2% rising
90 Myanmar 350 kg 2023 up 4.8% volatile
91 Guinea 316.01 kg 2023 up 9.7% falling
92 Puerto Rico 301.48 kg 2023 up 0.1% rising
93 Belize 299.05 kg 2023 down 1.8% rising
94 Zambia 294.14 kg 2023 up 7.0% rising
95 Trinidad and Tobago 283.73 kg 2023 up 0.8% flat
96 Barbados 271.55 kg 2023 down 3.6% rising
97 Panama 138.75 kg 2023 down 11.7% falling
98 Malta 115.03 kg 2017 down 2.9% volatile
99 Antigua and Barbuda 113.81 kg 2023 up 2.2% falling
100 Saint Lucia 112.36 kg 2023 up 0.9% rising
101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 87.02 kg 2023 up 2.2% rising
102 Benin 83.16 kg 2023 up 2.4% flat
103 Guyana 75.3 kg 2023 down 2.5% volatile
104 Belgium-Luxembourg 74.02 kg 1985 down 20.3% falling
105 Grenada 46.56 kg 2023 up 0.1% falling
106 Thailand 26.19 kg 2023 down 5.9% volatile
107 Madagascar 20.95 kg 2023 up 6.7% volatile
108 Guadeloupe 16.37 kg 2006 unchanged volatile
109 Mongolia 13.1 kg 2023 down 81.0% volatile
110 Sao Tome and Principe 10.61 kg 2023 up 8.0% volatile
111 Mauritius 10.48 kg 2023 unchanged flat
112 Suriname 0.4584 kg 2023 up 16.7% volatile
113 Belgium 0.2961 kg 2017 unchanged rising
114 Armenia 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Australia 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Azerbaijan 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Bahrain 0 kg 1992 flat
114 Cyprus 0 kg 2017 flat
114 Georgia 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Iraq 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Israel 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Jordan 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Lebanon 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Oman 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Saudi Arabia 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Samoa 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Yemen 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Polynesia 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 kg 1992 volatile
114 Republic of Korea 0 kg 2023 volatile
114 Syrian Arab Republic 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Türkiye 0 kg 2023 flat
114 Australia and New Zealand 0 kg 2023 flat

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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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Indicator
Mules and Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content)
Unit
kg
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
170 places, 9,721 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).