Mules and Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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
1.32 million kg
Pakistan
Lowest
0 kg
Australia and New Zealand
Median
1,678 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,721

What the numbers show

Mules and Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 1.32 million kg in Pakistan; the lowest is 0 kg in Australia and New Zealand.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,678 kg, and the mean is 56,937 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 volatilises: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Pakistan 1.32 million kg 2023 up 20.1% rising
2 Ethiopia 965,634 kg 2023 up 51.3% rising
3 Sudan 669,361 kg 2023 up 1.4% flat
4 Ethiopia PDR 509,006 kg 1992 up 29.6% flat
5 China 414,298 kg 2023 down 66.3% falling
5 China, mainland 414,298 kg 2023 down 66.3% falling
7 Chad 408,280 kg 2023 up 874.2% volatile
8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 373,675 kg 2023 down 3.6% falling
9 Afghanistan 337,130 kg 2023 up 4.9% rising
10 OECD 305,813 kg 2023 down 11.1% falling
11 Mexico 288,003 kg 2023 up 0.5% rising
12 Niger 173,669 kg 2023 up 17.2% rising
13 Burkina Faso 141,128 kg 2023 up 45.0% volatile
14 Nigeria 118,498 kg 2023 up 7.3% rising
15 Morocco 111,181 kg 2023 down 8.9% flat
16 Mali 108,145 kg 2023 up 34.7% rising
17 Egypt 88,240 kg 2023 down 21.5% rising
18 Brazil 84,824 kg 2023 down 9.8% falling
19 USSR 70,902 kg 1991 down 14.9% falling
20 Sudan (former) 65,668 kg 2011 up 0.2% rising
21 Zimbabwe 58,474 kg 2023 up 7.8% volatile
22 Peru 42,047 kg 2023 up 1.7% rising
23 Senegal 40,761 kg 2023 up 1.8% rising
24 India 36,015 kg 2023 down 67.2% falling
25 South Sudan 31,937 kg 2023 up 14.3% rising
26 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 31,356 kg 2023 up 0.2% rising
27 Mauritania 30,117 kg 2023 up 14.6% rising
29 Tunisia 28,444 kg 2023 up 1.1% rising
30 Spain 24,694 kg 2017 down 0.7% volatile
31 Tajikistan 22,930 kg 2023 down 39.6% rising
32 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 22,351 kg 2023 unchanged falling
33 Uzbekistan 19,202 kg 2023 down 74.7% rising
34 United Republic of Tanzania 16,765 kg 2023 up 2.7% rising
34 Réunion 1.31 kg 2006 unchanged volatile
35 Namibia 14,207 kg 2023 up 24.4% rising
36 Dominican Republic 13,366 kg 2023 up 2.1% rising
37 Haiti 12,767 kg 2023 up 0.8% rising
38 Lesotho 11,435 kg 2023 up 26.0% rising
39 Colombia 11,019 kg 2023 up 17.9% falling
40 Botswana 7,443 kg 2023 down 72.8% volatile
41 Romania 6,908 kg 2017 up 4.6% falling
42 Gambia 6,635 kg 2023 up 26.7% volatile
43 Kazakhstan 6,452 kg 2023 down 1.5% falling
44 Algeria 6,229 kg 2023 down 56.8% volatile
45 Kyrgyzstan 6,008 kg 2023 down 64.6% falling
46 France 5,626 kg 2017 up 6.5% falling
47 Turkmenistan 5,420 kg 2023 down 0.7% flat
48 Libya 4,970 kg 2023 up 96.3% volatile
49 Bhutan 4,895 kg 2023 down 4.5% rising
50 Mozambique 4,630 kg 2023 up 9.8% rising
51 Bulgaria 4,555 kg 2017 down 74.2% falling
52 Argentina 4,492 kg 2023 down 63.6% falling
53 Honduras 4,093 kg 2023 up 0.7% falling
54 Somalia 3,950 kg 2023 up 2.8% flat
55 Ecuador 3,843 kg 2023 down 61.1% falling
56 Albania 3,598 kg 2023 down 37.1% falling
57 Cameroon 3,500 kg 2023 up 0.2% falling
58 Switzerland 3,374 kg 2023 up 74.0% volatile
59 Yugoslav SFR 3,292 kg 1991 up 11.2% volatile
60 Italy 2,761 kg 2017 down 15.2% volatile
61 Ukraine 2,696 kg 2023 down 1.4% falling
62 Nicaragua 2,521 kg 2023 up 1.3% rising
63 Guatemala 2,080 kg 2023 down 2.8% falling
64 Belarus 2,066 kg 2023 up 0.8% rising
65 Paraguay 2,008 kg 2023 up 0.6% rising
66 Uganda 1,693 kg 2023 up 1.0% rising
67 Cuba 1,683 kg 2023 up 10.1% rising
68 Greece 1,678 kg 2017 down 71.5% volatile
69 Cabo Verde 1,618 kg 2023 up 8.0% rising
70 Eswatini 1,453 kg 2023 up 3.3% flat
71 Jamaica 1,441 kg 2023 unchanged falling
72 Ghana 1,322 kg 2023 up 5.5% falling
73 Russian Federation 1,201 kg 2023 down 64.5% falling
74 El Salvador 1,188 kg 2023 down 0.5% rising
75 Portugal 1,184 kg 2017 down 54.6% volatile
76 Chile 981.21 kg 2023 down 0.8% falling
77 Canada 911.04 kg 2023 unchanged flat
78 Ireland 855.6 kg 2017 up 20.4% volatile
79 Djibouti 742.12 kg 2023 up 1.2% rising
80 Malawi 718.11 kg 2023 up 30.3% volatile
81 Hungary 706.06 kg 2023 down 26.2% falling
82 Costa Rica 535.68 kg 2023 down 8.2% rising
83 Comoros 482.03 kg 2023 up 2.2% rising
84 Guinea-Bissau 455.57 kg 2023 up 0.3% rising
85 Angola 390.35 kg 2023 down 0.6% rising
86 Republic of Moldova 363.73 kg 2023 down 33.5% falling
87 Croatia 320.96 kg 2017 down 18.7% volatile
88 Togo 306.45 kg 2023 up 3.2% rising
89 Uruguay 252.28 kg 2023 up 3.2% rising
90 Myanmar 233.33 kg 2023 up 4.8% volatile
91 Guinea 210.67 kg 2023 up 9.7% falling
92 Puerto Rico 200.98 kg 2023 up 0.1% rising
93 Belize 199.37 kg 2023 down 1.8% rising
94 Zambia 196.09 kg 2023 up 7.0% rising
95 Trinidad and Tobago 189.15 kg 2023 up 0.8% flat
96 Barbados 181.03 kg 2023 down 3.6% rising
97 Panama 92.5 kg 2023 down 11.7% falling
98 Malta 76.69 kg 2017 down 2.9% volatile
99 Antigua and Barbuda 75.87 kg 2023 up 2.2% falling
100 Saint Lucia 74.91 kg 2023 up 0.9% rising
101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 58.02 kg 2023 up 2.2% rising
102 Benin 55.44 kg 2023 up 2.4% flat
103 Guyana 50.2 kg 2023 down 2.5% volatile
104 Belgium-Luxembourg 49.35 kg 1985 down 20.3% falling
105 Grenada 31.04 kg 2023 up 0.1% falling
106 Thailand 17.46 kg 2023 down 5.9% volatile
107 Madagascar 13.97 kg 2023 up 6.7% volatile
108 Guadeloupe 10.91 kg 2006 unchanged volatile
109 Mongolia 8.73 kg 2023 down 81.0% volatile
110 Sao Tome and Principe 7.07 kg 2023 up 8.0% volatile
111 Mauritius 6.98 kg 2023 unchanged flat
112 Suriname 0.3056 kg 2023 up 16.7% volatile
113 Belgium 0.1974 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 volatilises (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).