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Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre by country

Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
168
Highest
5,004 kg per square kilometre
Barbados
Lowest
0.4014 kg per square kilometre
Sweden
Median
92.33 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,701

What the numbers show

Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 5,004 kg per square kilometre in Barbados; the lowest is 0.4014 kg per square kilometre in Sweden.

The median across all reporting countries is 92.33 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 269.2 kg per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12,467.

Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 274.2%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 98.4%).

Poultry Birds: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Barbados 5,004 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 36.0% volatile
2 Mauritius 3,169 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.4% volatile
3 Trinidad and Tobago 2,913 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.7% volatile
4 Lebanon 2,482 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.7% volatile
5 Singapore 2,163 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.5% falling
6 Dominican Republic 1,856 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 43.1% volatile
7 Bangladesh 1,583 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 28.5% volatile
8 Kuwait 1,315 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 33.4% volatile
9 Malta 1,286 kg per square kilometre 2020 down 10.4% rising
10 Israel 1,163 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% rising
11 Qatar 1,022 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 274.2% volatile
12 Pakistan 916.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 139.2% volatile
13 Bahrain 886.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 63.0% volatile
14 Indonesia 773.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 98.4% volatile
15 Tuvalu 763.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.4% volatile
16 Belgium 721.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 32.9% rising
17 Grenada 596.23 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 24.1% rising
18 Jamaica 488.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
19 Malaysia 426.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.4% volatile
20 Tunisia 419.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.0% volatile
21 Palestine 404.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% falling
22 El Salvador 385.18 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.7% volatile
23 Japan 373.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
24 Poland 367.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 65.0% rising
25 Philippines 351.54 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 25.9% rising
26 China 340.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% volatile
27 Kiribati 316.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% volatile
28 Saint Lucia 311.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.8% volatile
29 Italy 289.04 kg per square kilometre 2020 down 1.2% rising
30 Seychelles 274.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 148.1% volatile
31 Portugal 272.5 kg per square kilometre 2020 up 42.6% rising
32 Ecuador 268.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% volatile
33 Thailand 262.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.6% volatile
34 France 255.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.7% rising
35 Togo 252.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 46.4% volatile
36 Germany 251.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% rising
37 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 250.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% rising
38 Belarus 249.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 41.5% rising
39 Morocco 248.5 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 25.7% volatile
40 Denmark 241.57 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.7% falling
41 Hungary 211.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.4% falling
42 Spain 204.99 kg per square kilometre 2020 up 17.3% rising
43 Puerto Rico 202.7 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 54.0% rising
44 Senegal 201.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 105.6% volatile
45 Costa Rica 200.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.4% volatile
46 Cyprus 198.98 kg per square kilometre 2020 up 45.7% rising
47 Guatemala 190.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.4% volatile
48 Tonga 190.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
49 Azerbaijan 188.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 23.3% rising
50 Nepal 187.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 40.9% volatile
51 Jordan 180.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 41.0% volatile
52 Antigua and Barbuda 178.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.5% rising
53 Ghana 163.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 45.0% volatile
54 Honduras 161.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% volatile
55 Panama 153.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 47.6% volatile
56 Switzerland 152.24 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 36.2% rising
57 India 151.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 35.9% volatile
58 Romania 151.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.9% rising
59 Fiji 149.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 30.1% volatile
60 Sierra Leone 146.57 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 69.2% volatile
61 United Arab Emirates 144.67 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.2% volatile
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 144.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% rising
63 Ukraine 142.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 18.3% rising
64 Mexico 138.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.2% rising
65 Albania 135.33 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 36.3% volatile
66 Sao Tome and Principe 130.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.9% volatile
67 Comoros 123.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% rising
68 Sri Lanka 122.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
69 Iraq 122.3 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 173.9% volatile
70 Cuba 122.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.0% rising
71 Ireland 119.55 kg per square kilometre 2020 down 1.3% rising
72 Bahamas 119.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% volatile
73 Egypt 115.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 60.6% volatile
74 Nigeria 115.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 44.3% rising
75 Dominica 115.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% rising
76 Czechia 113.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.2% falling
77 Austria 111.32 kg per square kilometre 2020 up 9.5% rising
78 Nauru 108.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
79 Uruguay 104.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 120.2% volatile
80 Haiti 104.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% rising
81 Slovenia 102.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.2% falling
82 Uganda 94.92 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 45.9% volatile
83 Myanmar 94.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 41.5% volatile
84 Nicaragua 92.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 33.9% volatile
85 Uzbekistan 92.3 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 74.0% volatile
86 Croatia 92.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 48.3% falling
87 Chile 89.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.3% volatile
88 Serbia 87.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.8% falling
89 Slovakia 87.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 25.9% falling
90 Malawi 85.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% rising
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 84.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 57.5% rising
92 Benin 84.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% volatile
93 Armenia 81.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
94 Bulgaria 81.37 kg per square kilometre 2020 up 6.5% falling
95 Colombia 77.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 48.7% volatile
96 Lithuania 77.57 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
97 Brazil 75.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.8% volatile
98 Cambodia 72.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% volatile
99 Guinea 66.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 56.6% volatile
100 Georgia 63.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 37.8% falling
101 Samoa 58.92 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% flat
102 Rwanda 58.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 28.0% volatile
103 Peru 58.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 38.5% volatile
104 Guyana 55.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.0% volatile
105 South Africa 55.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% volatile
106 French Polynesia 54.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 17.6% volatile
107 Burkina Faso 53.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% volatile
108 Yemen 50.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.8% volatile
109 Latvia 49.04 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.0% flat
110 Burundi 47.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 52.0% rising
111 Kenya 47.18 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 54.9% volatile
112 Madagascar 43.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 40.6% rising
113 Eswatini 42.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% volatile
114 Luxembourg 42.71 kg per square kilometre 2022 up 66.9% rising
115 Cameroon 41.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% volatile
116 Gambia 39.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.2% volatile
117 North Macedonia 38.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% falling
118 Saudi Arabia 38.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.3% volatile
119 New Zealand 38.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 30.6% rising
120 Montenegro 37.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 36.9% rising
121 Algeria 37.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 42.6% volatile
122 Belize 37.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.3% volatile
123 Liberia 37.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% volatile
124 Tajikistan 35.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 116.6% volatile
125 Paraguay 31.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 34.0% rising
126 Guinea-Bissau 29.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.0% volatile
127 Finland 27.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 56.4% rising
128 South Sudan 23.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 135.4% rising
129 Zambia 22.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% volatile
130 Estonia 22.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% falling
131 Norway 22.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% volatile
132 Turkmenistan 21.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 37.8% rising
133 Argentina 21.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.7% rising
134 Angola 19.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 128.0% volatile
135 Zimbabwe 19.67 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.3% rising
136 Ethiopia 19.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
137 Mali 19.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 58.5% rising
138 Kyrgyzstan 17.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 41.4% rising
139 Suriname 15.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% rising
140 Vanuatu 14.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 41.0% volatile
141 Mozambique 13.04 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
142 New Caledonia 12.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% rising
143 Bhutan 10.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 42.8% volatile
144 Sudan 10.67 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
145 Afghanistan 10.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.1% rising
146 Canada 9.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
147 Libya 8.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% volatile
148 Kazakhstan 8.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 25.9% rising
149 Lesotho 7.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% falling
150 Oman 6.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.2% volatile
151 Niger 6.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.3% rising
152 Equatorial Guinea 6.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
153 Australia 5.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% rising
154 Gabon 5.24 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% volatile
155 Papua New Guinea 4.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% volatile
156 Eritrea 4.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% falling
157 Central African Republic 4.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.9% volatile
158 Greece 4.08 kg per square kilometre 2020 down 96.0% flat
159 Solomon Islands 4.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% rising
160 Congo 3.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
161 Somalia 2.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.6% rising
162 Namibia 2.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 19.0% volatile
163 Mauritania 1.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% rising
164 Chad 1.93 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
165 Iceland 1.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 38.4% rising
166 Botswana 0.7382 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 23.0% rising
167 Mongolia 0.5599 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 235.7% volatile
168 Sweden 0.4014 kg per square kilometre 2020 down 98.4% rising

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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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Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre
Unit
kg per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
170 places, 9,701 data points, 1961–2023
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Poultry Birds — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.