Poultry Birds — 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
212
Highest
531.81 million kg
OECD
Lowest
629 kg
Tokelau
Median
1.25 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,087
What the numbers show
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 531.81 million kg in OECD; the lowest is 629 kg in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.25 million kg, and the mean is 15.59 million kg.
Over the past decade 161 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 270.3%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 98.4%).
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that leaches: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 531.81 million kg | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 2 | China | 520.41 million kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 3 | China, mainland | 512.03 million kg | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 62.18 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Indonesia | 238.17 million kg | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 41.01 million kg | 2023 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 5 | USSR | 161.37 million kg | 1991 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 114.90 million kg | 2023 | up 139.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 14.83 million kg | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 109.70 million kg | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Türkiye | 13.93 million kg | 2023 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 8 | India | 73.47 million kg | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 8.75 million kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 73.05 million kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 5.69 million kg | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 46.96 million kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.64 million kg | 2023 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 11 | France | 40.34 million kg | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 33.48 million kg | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Melanesia | 1.55 million kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Poland | 33.46 million kg | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.54 million kg | 2023 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 30.03 million kg | 2020 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 14 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.24 million kg | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 25.76 million kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 667,282 kg | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 25.07 million kg | 2020 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 417,541 kg | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 17 | Ukraine | 24.46 million kg | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 155,953 kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 24.17 million kg | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia | 100,180 kg | 2023 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Canada | 22.87 million kg | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 19 | Timor-Leste | 51,013 kg | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 20 | Malaysia | 22.80 million kg | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 24,990 kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 21 | Japan | 22.15 million kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 22 | Thailand | 21.81 million kg | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Philippines | 17.05 million kg | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 24 | Australia and New Zealand | 15.97 million kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 25 | Caribbean | 22.81 million kg | 2023 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 15.57 million kg | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Belarus | 15.05 million kg | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 27 | Colombia | 15.00 million kg | 2023 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Republic of Korea | 13.81 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 13.70 million kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 30 | Australia | 13.03 million kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 31 | Peru | 12.93 million kg | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Yugoslav SFR | 11.77 million kg | 1991 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.91 million kg | 2023 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Chile | 11.62 million kg | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 17,279 kg | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Ecuador | 11.61 million kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Romania | 10.37 million kg | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 36 | Myanmar | 10.04 million kg | 2023 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Argentina | 10.01 million kg | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 38 | China, Taiwan Province of | 8.04 million kg | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 39 | Portugal | 7.32 million kg | 2020 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 7.23 million kg | 2023 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 6.62 million kg | 2023 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Egypt | 6.54 million kg | 2023 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Belgium | 6.45 million kg | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 6.32 million kg | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 6.32 million kg | 1999 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 46 | Czechoslovakia | 6.25 million kg | 1992 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 47 | Nigeria | 5.97 million kg | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 48 | Hungary | 5.72 million kg | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 49 | Algeria | 5.15 million kg | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Iraq | 4.62 million kg | 2023 | up 173.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Nepal | 4.38 million kg | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 52 | South Africa | 3.80 million kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Kazakhstan | 3.76 million kg | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 54 | Tunisia | 3.72 million kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Guatemala | 3.55 million kg | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Uruguay | 3.20 million kg | 2023 | up 120.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Honduras | 3.15 million kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3.05 million kg | 2005 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 59 | New Zealand | 2.95 million kg | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 60 | Denmark | 2.83 million kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 61 | Austria | 2.69 million kg | 2020 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 2.62 million kg | 2020 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 63 | Czechia | 2.60 million kg | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.60 million kg | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Finland | 2.45 million kg | 2023 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 66 | Ireland | 2.42 million kg | 2020 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 67 | Norway | 2.36 million kg | 2023 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Yemen | 2.34 million kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Senegal | 2.21 million kg | 2023 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Lebanon | 2.21 million kg | 2023 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Cuba | 2.20 million kg | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 72 | Israel | 2.19 million kg | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 73 | Paraguay | 2.15 million kg | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 74 | Serbia | 2.15 million kg | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 75 | Ghana | 2.12 million kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Cambodia | 2.08 million kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Kuwait | 2.04 million kg | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Guyana | 2.03 million kg | 2023 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Panama | 1.98 million kg | 2023 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 1.93 million kg | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 1.78 million kg | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Switzerland | 1.76 million kg | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 83 | Turkmenistan | 1.67 million kg | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 84 | Kenya | 1.56 million kg | 2023 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Ethiopia PDR | 1.55 million kg | 1992 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 86 | Croatia | 1.51 million kg | 2023 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 87 | Madagascar | 1.44 million kg | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 88 | Lithuania | 1.42 million kg | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 89 | Angola | 1.40 million kg | 2023 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Jordan | 1.39 million kg | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 91 | El Salvador | 1.39 million kg | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 1.36 million kg | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 93 | Mali | 1.33 million kg | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 94 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.31 million kg | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.27 million kg | 2023 | down 57.5% | rising |
| 96 | Slovakia | 1.24 million kg | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 97 | Ethiopia | 1.24 million kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 1.23 million kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 99 | Sudan | 1.14 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 100 | Cameroon | 1.11 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Albania | 1.09 million kg | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Uganda | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Afghanistan | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 104 | Qatar | 1.02 million kg | 2023 | up 270.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Sudan (former) | 997,641 kg | 2011 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 106 | Zambia | 964,292 kg | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Guinea | 926,668 kg | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Jamaica | 920,456 kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 109 | Latvia | 894,920 kg | 2023 | up 26.0% | flat |
| 110 | United Arab Emirates | 893,864 kg | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Libya | 881,221 kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 112 | South Sudan | 844,514 kg | 2023 | up 135.4% | rising |
| 113 | Burkina Faso | 830,752 kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Tajikistan | 804,787 kg | 2023 | up 114.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Fiji | 793,602 kg | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Togo | 782,089 kg | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Slovenia | 604,639 kg | 2023 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 118 | Sierra Leone | 603,022 kg | 2023 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Papua New Guinea | 600,405 kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Mozambique | 584,543 kg | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 555,711 kg | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 122 | Benin | 541,631 kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Haiti | 500,569 kg | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 124 | Niger | 470,831 kg | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 125 | Malawi | 461,439 kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 126 | Zimbabwe | 433,633 kg | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 127 | Suriname | 426,036 kg | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 128 | Georgia | 386,587 kg | 2023 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 129 | Barbados | 374,373 kg | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Mauritius | 360,714 kg | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Réunion | 342,864 kg | 2006 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Puerto Rico | 312,846 kg | 2023 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 287,470 kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 134 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 279,766 kg | 2023 | up 144.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Estonia | 278,291 kg | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 136 | Singapore | 252,688 kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 137 | Palestine | 211,920 kg | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 138 | Bahamas | 207,703 kg | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Liberia | 204,262 kg | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Armenia | 200,813 kg | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 141 | Oman | 181,647 kg | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Cyprus | 159,953 kg | 2020 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 143 | Greece | 154,227 kg | 2020 | down 96.0% | flat |
| 144 | Central African Republic | 151,769 kg | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Montenegro | 149,816 kg | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 146 | Belize | 147,905 kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Mongolia | 141,974 kg | 2023 | up 236.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Chad | 138,840 kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 149 | Malta | 120,692 kg | 2020 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 150 | Mauritania | 116,138 kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 151 | Namibia | 98,112 kg | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Somalia | 88,421 kg | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 153 | Rwanda | 81,932 kg | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Gabon | 76,977 kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Kiribati | 74,561 kg | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Burundi | 70,083 kg | 2023 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 68,412 kg | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 158 | Congo | 67,808 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 159 | Bhutan | 66,964 kg | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Bahrain | 61,672 kg | 2023 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 161 | French Polynesia | 55,226 kg | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Iceland | 54,005 kg | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 163 | China, Macao SAR | 51,322 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 50,649 kg | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Sweden | 47,936 kg | 2020 | down 98.4% | rising |
| 166 | Samoa | 47,669 kg | 2023 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 47,232 kg | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Eswatini | 41,980 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Tonga | 39,830 kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 170 | Grenada | 35,273 kg | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 33,053 kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 32,787 kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 173 | Luxembourg | 32,242 kg | 2022 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 174 | Eritrea | 30,592 kg | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 175 | Guadeloupe | 25,376 kg | 2006 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Botswana | 23,846 kg | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 177 | Gambia | 22,789 kg | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Martinique | 18,651 kg | 2006 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17,012 kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 180 | French Guiana | 15,159 kg | 2006 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Dominica | 15,018 kg | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13,638 kg | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 183 | Comoros | 13,103 kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 184 | Lesotho | 12,493 kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 185 | Equatorial Guinea | 10,165 kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 186 | Seychelles | 7,208 kg | 2023 | up 148.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7,166 kg | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Tuvalu | 6,667 kg | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6,540 kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 190 | Cook Islands | 3,780 kg | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 191 | Niue | 2,153 kg | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 192 | Nauru | 629 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 192 | Tokelau | 629 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2.17 billion kg
- Asia 1.26 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 1.58 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 77.19 million kg
- Annex I countries 583.54 million kg
- Eastern Asia 558.05 million kg
- Americas 526.45 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 27.97 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 358.22 million kg
- Europe 301.19 million kg
- Southern Asia 290.78 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 285.96 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 264.66 million kg
- Northern America 240.49 million kg
- Middle Africa 3.38 million kg
- United States of America 217.62 million kg
- South America 202.25 million kg
- Eastern Europe 171.65 million kg
- European Union (27) 149.65 million kg
- Western Europe 88.02 million kg
- Central America 60.90 million kg
- Africa 60.73 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 55.41 million kg
- Western Asia 40.92 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 40.72 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 36.98 million kg
- Northern Europe 34.46 million kg
- Northern Africa 23.75 million kg
- Western Africa 19.11 million kg
- Oceania 17.77 million kg
- Central Asia 13.40 million kg
- Eastern Africa 10.51 million kg
- Southern Europe 7.06 million kg
- Southern Africa 3.98 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).