Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per capita by country

Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
168
Highest
1.64 kg per person
Guyana
Lowest
0.0031 kg per person
Sweden
Median
0.1208 kg per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,701

What the numbers show

Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per capita is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 1.64 kg per person in Guyana; the lowest is 0.0031 kg per person in Sweden.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1208 kg per person, and the mean is 0.182 kg per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 530.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 179.8%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 98.5%).

Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guyana 1.64 kg per person 2023 up 15.8% volatile
2 Trinidad and Tobago 1.27 kg per person 2023 up 14.4% volatile
3 Belarus 1.09 kg per person 2023 up 45.7% volatile
4 Dominican Republic 0.916 kg per person 2023 up 28.4% volatile
5 Barbados 0.884 kg per person 2023 up 33.7% volatile
6 Uruguay 0.629 kg per person 2023 up 117.4% volatile
7 Poland 0.608 kg per person 2023 up 71.1% rising
8 Fiji 0.5725 kg per person 2023 up 29.0% volatile
9 Indonesia 0.5647 kg per person 2023 up 81.9% volatile
10 Portugal 0.4739 kg per person 2020 up 46.5% rising
11 Tuvalu 0.4528 kg per person 2023 up 26.0% rising
12 Suriname 0.4516 kg per person 2023 up 0.6% flat
13 Malaysia 0.4327 kg per person 2023 down 1.8% rising
14 Ukraine 0.4321 kg per person 2023 down 0.1% rising
15 Ecuador 0.4304 kg per person 2023 down 4.7% volatile
16 Spain 0.4227 kg per person 2020 up 15.2% rising
17 Hungary 0.3976 kg per person 2023 down 9.1% falling
18 Chile 0.3941 kg per person 2023 down 22.9% volatile
19 France 0.3934 kg per person 2023 down 19.6% rising
20 Canada 0.3808 kg per person 2023 down 8.7% rising
21 New Zealand 0.3778 kg per person 2023 up 11.6% rising
22 Kiribati 0.3751 kg per person 2023 down 7.5% rising
23 Belgium 0.365 kg per person 2023 up 26.6% rising
24 Romania 0.3628 kg per person 2023 down 5.5% rising
25 Bahamas 0.3467 kg per person 2023 up 2.6% rising
26 Brazil 0.3464 kg per person 2023 up 10.7% rising
27 Lithuania 0.3306 kg per person 2023 up 11.0% rising
28 Australia 0.3257 kg per person 2023 down 6.1% rising
29 Ireland 0.3195 kg per person 2020 down 10.7% rising
30 Denmark 0.3177 kg per person 2023 up 5.4% falling
31 Latvia 0.3167 kg per person 2023 up 34.6% rising
32 Pakistan 0.3095 kg per person 2023 up 104.0% volatile
33 Albania 0.3006 kg per person 2023 down 25.6% volatile
34 Panama 0.2965 kg per person 2023 up 26.3% rising
35 Finland 0.2923 kg per person 2023 up 52.4% rising
36 Norway 0.2849 kg per person 2023 down 5.0% rising
37 Italy 0.2811 kg per person 2020 down 0.6% rising
38 Kuwait 0.2801 kg per person 2023 down 3.6% rising
39 Bulgaria 0.267 kg per person 2020 up 20.2% falling
40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2651 kg per person 2023 down 51.8% rising
41 Croatia 0.2615 kg per person 2023 up 62.7% flat
42 Qatar 0.2564 kg per person 2023 up 167.2% volatile
43 Lebanon 0.2551 kg per person 2023 up 15.1% rising
44 Peru 0.2546 kg per person 2023 up 22.1% rising
45 Tonga 0.2539 kg per person 2023 up 5.3% rising
46 China 0.2459 kg per person 2023 up 10.7% volatile
47 Mexico 0.2413 kg per person 2023 up 6.9% rising
48 Belize 0.2398 kg per person 2023 down 6.7% rising
49 Costa Rica 0.2329 kg per person 2023 up 5.7% rising
50 Serbia 0.2166 kg per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
51 Jamaica 0.2161 kg per person 2023 up 1.5% rising
52 Paraguay 0.2098 kg per person 2023 up 16.8% rising
53 Germany 0.2062 kg per person 2023 down 11.7% rising
54 Tunisia 0.2032 kg per person 2023 up 10.5% volatile
55 Thailand 0.2028 kg per person 2023 up 7.7% rising
56 Austria 0.2014 kg per person 2020 up 2.7% rising
57 Grenada 0.2008 kg per person 2023 up 20.3% rising
58 Honduras 0.1973 kg per person 2023 down 10.3% volatile
59 Mauritius 0.1926 kg per person 2023 up 16.3% volatile
60 Colombia 0.1911 kg per person 2023 up 31.1% volatile
61 Slovenia 0.1901 kg per person 2023 up 15.7% falling
62 Nicaragua 0.1889 kg per person 2023 up 17.4% rising
63 Montenegro 0.1602 kg per person 2023 up 36.7% rising
64 Czechia 0.1598 kg per person 2023 down 14.2% falling
65 New Caledonia 0.1573 kg per person 2023 up 6.3% rising
66 Malta 0.1561 kg per person 2020 down 27.9% falling
67 Slovakia 0.1527 kg per person 2023 down 26.1% falling
68 Turkmenistan 0.1511 kg per person 2023 up 11.1% rising
69 Dominica 0.1505 kg per person 2023 up 7.1% rising
70 Israel 0.1483 kg per person 2023 down 7.7% falling
71 El Salvador 0.1467 kg per person 2023 up 18.4% rising
72 Samoa 0.1467 kg per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
73 Argentina 0.1466 kg per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
74 Saudi Arabia 0.143 kg per person 2023 down 2.2% volatile
75 Estonia 0.1354 kg per person 2023 down 7.4% falling
76 Cuba 0.1333 kg per person 2023 down 5.1% rising
77 Switzerland 0.1323 kg per person 2023 up 24.0% rising
78 French Polynesia 0.131 kg per person 2023 up 14.9% rising
79 Guatemala 0.1306 kg per person 2023 up 7.3% rising
80 Bangladesh 0.1302 kg per person 2023 up 17.1% rising
81 Uzbekistan 0.1237 kg per person 2023 up 46.7% rising
82 Myanmar 0.1236 kg per person 2023 down 45.7% volatile
83 Kazakhstan 0.1232 kg per person 2023 up 8.8% rising
84 Saint Lucia 0.1229 kg per person 2023 up 6.1% rising
85 Japan 0.1186 kg per person 2023 up 3.8% rising
86 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1119 kg per person 2023 up 3.5% rising
87 Morocco 0.1118 kg per person 2023 up 12.6% volatile
88 Vanuatu 0.1054 kg per person 2023 down 53.2% rising
89 North Macedonia 0.1048 kg per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
90 Philippines 0.099 kg per person 2023 up 11.8% rising
91 Nepal 0.0983 kg per person 2023 up 30.9% volatile
92 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0974 kg per person 2023 up 14.7% rising
93 Iceland 0.0934 kg per person 2023 up 16.9% falling
94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0932 kg per person 2023 down 4.4% flat
95 Azerbaijan 0.0892 kg per person 2023 up 14.3% rising
96 Cyprus 0.0819 kg per person 2020 up 26.2% falling
97 Senegal 0.0816 kg per person 2023 up 56.0% volatile
98 Jordan 0.0811 kg per person 2023 down 1.5% falling
99 Libya 0.0804 kg per person 2023 down 6.0% volatile
100 Cambodia 0.0796 kg per person 2023 down 10.3% rising
101 Algeria 0.0744 kg per person 2023 up 18.7% volatile
102 Georgia 0.0694 kg per person 2023 up 37.9% flat
103 Iraq 0.0683 kg per person 2023 up 114.4% volatile
104 Puerto Rico 0.0651 kg per person 2023 down 47.9% rising
105 Togo 0.0634 kg per person 2023 up 21.1% volatile
106 United Arab Emirates 0.0568 kg per person 2023 down 10.3% volatile
107 Bhutan 0.0568 kg per person 2023 up 31.7% volatile
108 Kyrgyzstan 0.0522 kg per person 2023 up 15.0% volatile
109 Tajikistan 0.0516 kg per person 2023 up 69.9% volatile
110 South Sudan 0.049 kg per person 2023 up 128.9% rising
111 Sierra Leone 0.0475 kg per person 2023 up 34.3% rising
112 Armenia 0.0452 kg per person 2023 up 3.6% rising
113 Guinea 0.0429 kg per person 2023 up 21.7% rising
114 Ghana 0.0419 kg per person 2023 up 17.5% rising
115 South Africa 0.0401 kg per person 2023 down 14.9% rising
116 Seychelles 0.0401 kg per person 2023 up 86.3% volatile
117 Yemen 0.0395 kg per person 2023 down 18.3% volatile
118 Papua New Guinea 0.0385 kg per person 2023 down 14.1% rising
119 Egypt 0.0381 kg per person 2023 up 33.6% rising
120 Mali 0.0373 kg per person 2023 up 16.4% rising
121 Sri Lanka 0.0373 kg per person 2023 down 7.2% rising
122 Nauru 0.0353 kg per person 2023 down 11.4% rising
123 India 0.0341 kg per person 2023 up 22.4% rising
124 Luxembourg 0.0329 kg per person 2022 up 35.7% rising
125 Zambia 0.031 kg per person 2023 down 21.2% rising
126 Madagascar 0.0307 kg per person 2023 up 8.7% falling
127 Haiti 0.0287 kg per person 2023 down 5.5% falling
128 Singapore 0.0285 kg per person 2023 down 16.2% volatile
129 Palestine 0.0273 kg per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
130 Solomon Islands 0.0273 kg per person 2023 down 26.6% falling
131 Mongolia 0.0272 kg per person 2023 up 179.8% volatile
132 Cameroon 0.0262 kg per person 2023 down 22.4% rising
133 Bahrain 0.0261 kg per person 2023 up 34.5% rising
134 Benin 0.0256 kg per person 2023 down 21.4% flat
135 Angola 0.0254 kg per person 2023 up 62.3% rising
136 Liberia 0.0248 kg per person 2023 down 9.0% rising
137 Burkina Faso 0.0241 kg per person 2023 down 24.2% rising
138 Oman 0.024 kg per person 2023 down 12.6% rising
139 Eswatini 0.0227 kg per person 2023 down 6.2% rising
140 Namibia 0.0221 kg per person 2023 down 38.4% rising
141 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0207 kg per person 2023 down 30.5% rising
142 Gabon 0.0207 kg per person 2023 down 16.0% rising
143 Central African Republic 0.0196 kg per person 2023 down 5.4% rising
144 Kenya 0.0188 kg per person 2023 up 28.5% falling
145 Zimbabwe 0.0177 kg per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
146 Nigeria 0.0175 kg per person 2023 up 14.6% rising
147 Afghanistan 0.0174 kg per person 2023 down 16.0% falling
148 Mauritania 0.0154 kg per person 2023 down 22.9% falling
149 Sudan 0.0151 kg per person 2023 down 17.8% falling
150 Uganda 0.0149 kg per person 2023 up 6.0% rising
151 Guinea-Bissau 0.0146 kg per person 2023 down 11.8% rising
152 Malawi 0.0146 kg per person 2023 down 13.8% falling
153 Niger 0.012 kg per person 2023 down 16.2% falling
154 Mozambique 0.0116 kg per person 2023 down 21.9% falling
155 Comoros 0.0103 kg per person 2023 down 15.5% falling
156 Greece 0.0096 kg per person 2020 down 95.9% falling
157 Congo 0.0073 kg per person 2023 down 16.5% flat
158 Ethiopia 0.0064 kg per person 2023 down 17.7% falling
159 Botswana 0.0064 kg per person 2023 down 33.5% falling
160 Eritrea 0.0059 kg per person 2023 down 21.7% volatile
161 Gambia 0.0056 kg per person 2023 down 40.9% falling
162 Chad 0.0048 kg per person 2023 down 27.0% falling
163 Rwanda 0.0039 kg per person 2023 down 42.8% rising
164 Equatorial Guinea 0.0037 kg per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
165 Lesotho 0.0036 kg per person 2023 up 0.1% falling
166 Burundi 0.0034 kg per person 2023 up 15.9% falling
167 Somalia 0.0032 kg per person 2023 down 22.4% falling
168 Sweden 0.0031 kg per person 2020 down 98.5% 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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Indicator
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per capita
Unit
kg per person
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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.