Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per square kilometre by country
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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
580.42 kg per square kilometre
Barbados
Lowest
0.0281 kg per square kilometre
Botswana
Median
9.51 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,701
What the numbers show
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 580.42 kg per square kilometre in Barbados; the lowest is 0.0281 kg per square kilometre in Botswana.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.51 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 28.73 kg per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20,692.
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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados | 580.42 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 337.86 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Malta | 251.44 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 4 | Singapore | 234.62 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 215.35 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 171.71 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Tuvalu | 148.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Lebanon | 143.98 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Belgium | 141.01 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 10 | Mauritius | 120.42 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Pakistan | 99.36 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 139.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Indonesia | 83.9 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Kuwait | 76.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Poland | 72.83 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 15 | Grenada | 69.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 16 | Israel | 67.47 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 17 | Kiribati | 61.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Qatar | 59.28 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 274.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Jamaica | 56.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 56.51 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 21 | Portugal | 53.27 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 22 | Bahrain | 51.39 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 23 | France | 49.9 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 24 | Belarus | 49.42 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 25 | Germany | 49.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 26 | Denmark | 47.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 27 | Malaysia | 46.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 28 | El Salvador | 44.68 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Hungary | 41.79 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 30 | Japan | 40.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 40.07 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 32 | Philippines | 38.13 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 33 | China | 36.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Tonga | 36.88 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | 36.12 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Ecuador | 31.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Romania | 30.06 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 38 | Switzerland | 29.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 39 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 29.08 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 40 | Fiji | 28.96 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Thailand | 28.46 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Ukraine | 28.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 43 | Albania | 26.46 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Puerto Rico | 23.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 45 | Palestine | 23.45 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 46 | Ireland | 23.37 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 23.29 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Czechia | 22.49 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 49 | Guatemala | 22.09 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Austria | 21.76 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 51 | Nauru | 20.97 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 53 | Nepal | 20.36 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Slovenia | 20.02 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 55 | Honduras | 18.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Croatia | 18.04 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 57 | Panama | 17.82 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Slovakia | 17.24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 59 | Serbia | 17.06 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.49 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.5% | rising |
| 62 | India | 16.47 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 16.11 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 64 | Mexico | 16.1 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 65 | Tunisia | 15.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Lithuania | 15.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 67 | Cuba | 14.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 68 | Bahamas | 13.83 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Dominica | 13.35 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 13.27 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 71 | Uruguay | 12.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 120.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Haiti | 12.11 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 73 | Cyprus | 11.54 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 74 | Samoa | 11.43 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 10.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 10.71 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 77 | French Polynesia | 10.61 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Jordan | 10.45 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Seychelles | 10.45 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 148.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Chile | 10.43 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Myanmar | 10.25 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | 10.01 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Latvia | 9.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | flat |
| 84 | Togo | 9.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Morocco | 9.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Colombia | 9.01 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Brazil | 8.75 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 8.39 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Luxembourg | 8.35 kg per square kilometre | 2022 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 90 | Cambodia | 7.86 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Senegal | 7.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 7.6 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 93 | New Zealand | 7.46 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 94 | Montenegro | 7.43 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 95 | Iraq | 7.09 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 173.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Peru | 6.73 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Guyana | 6.41 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Ghana | 6.22 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Sierra Leone | 5.57 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Finland | 5.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 101 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.98 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Armenia | 4.75 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 103 | Comoros | 4.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 104 | Egypt | 4.38 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Nigeria | 4.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 106 | Estonia | 4.34 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 107 | Belize | 4.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Norway | 4.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 3.87 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Georgia | 3.71 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 111 | Paraguay | 3.63 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 112 | Uganda | 3.61 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Malawi | 3.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 114 | Benin | 3.2 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Yemen | 2.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Vanuatu | 2.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Guinea | 2.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 118 | New Caledonia | 2.49 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 119 | Argentina | 2.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 120 | Turkmenistan | 2.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 121 | Saudi Arabia | 2.24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Rwanda | 2.21 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 123 | South Africa | 2.09 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 2.02 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.93 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 126 | Burundi | 1.82 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 127 | Kenya | 1.79 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Suriname | 1.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 129 | Canada | 1.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 130 | Madagascar | 1.65 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 131 | Eswatini | 1.63 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Cameroon | 1.57 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Gambia | 1.5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Algeria | 1.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Liberia | 1.41 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Bhutan | 1.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Australia | 1.13 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.12 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Afghanistan | 1.11 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 0.9277 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 141 | South Sudan | 0.8909 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.4% | rising |
| 142 | Papua New Guinea | 0.8839 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Zambia | 0.8648 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Greece | 0.7977 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | down 96.0% | flat |
| 145 | Solomon Islands | 0.7809 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 146 | Angola | 0.748 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Zimbabwe | 0.7473 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 148 | Ethiopia | 0.7319 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 149 | Mali | 0.7257 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 150 | Mozambique | 0.4956 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 151 | Sudan | 0.4053 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 152 | Oman | 0.3913 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Iceland | 0.3571 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 154 | Libya | 0.3339 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Lesotho | 0.2743 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 156 | Niger | 0.2478 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2416 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 158 | Gabon | 0.1992 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Eritrea | 0.1683 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 160 | Central African Republic | 0.1624 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Congo | 0.1324 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 162 | Somalia | 0.094 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 163 | Namibia | 0.0794 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Sweden | 0.0785 kg per square kilometre | 2020 | down 98.4% | rising |
| 165 | Mauritania | 0.0751 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 166 | Chad | 0.0735 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 167 | Mongolia | 0.0607 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 235.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Botswana | 0.0281 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 11.14 kg per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.03 kg per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Poultry Birds — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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.