Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture 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
212
Highest
284.69 million kg
China
Lowest
12.97 kg
Tokelau
Median
348,666 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,087
What the numbers show
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content) is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 284.69 million kg in China; the lowest is 12.97 kg in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 348,666 kg, and the mean is 6.76 million kg.
Over the past decade 162 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 270.3%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 98.4%).
Poultry Birds — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 284.69 million kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 280.11 million kg | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Indonesia | 130.29 million kg | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 34.02 million kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 4 | OECD | 78.22 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 22.73 million kg | 2023 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 62.85 million kg | 2023 | up 139.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 22.43 million kg | 2023 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Brazil | 52.96 million kg | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 7 | India | 40.19 million kg | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Mexico | 22.67 million kg | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 7.16 million kg | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Egypt | 18.59 million kg | 2023 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4.22 million kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 18.31 million kg | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.53 million kg | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 11 | Morocco | 17.97 million kg | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.99 million kg | 2023 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Nigeria | 16.98 million kg | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.19 million kg | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 13 | Algeria | 14.64 million kg | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.09 million kg | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 14 | Malaysia | 12.47 million kg | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 842,693 kg | 2023 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 15 | Japan | 12.12 million kg | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 38,308 kg | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 16 | Thailand | 11.93 million kg | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Melanesia | 31,873 kg | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 11.80 million kg | 2023 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 27,907 kg | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 10.81 million kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Polynesia | 3,216 kg | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 19 | Tunisia | 10.57 million kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Micronesia | 2,066 kg | 2023 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Philippines | 9.33 million kg | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 515.26 kg | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 21 | Caribbean | 11.01 million kg | 2023 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Republic of Korea | 7.55 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.27 million kg | 2023 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Iraq | 7.54 million kg | 2023 | up 173.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 7.52 million kg | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Colombia | 7.24 million kg | 2023 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Senegal | 6.29 million kg | 2023 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Peru | 6.24 million kg | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Ghana | 6.03 million kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Chile | 5.61 million kg | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Ecuador | 5.60 million kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Myanmar | 5.49 million kg | 2023 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Argentina | 4.83 million kg | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 32 | Kenya | 4.44 million kg | 2023 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Ethiopia PDR | 4.42 million kg | 1992 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 49,108 kg | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 34 | China, Taiwan Province of | 4.40 million kg | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 35 | Madagascar | 4.09 million kg | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 36 | Angola | 3.98 million kg | 2023 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Yemen | 3.81 million kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Mali | 3.77 million kg | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 3.62 million kg | 2023 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Lebanon | 3.61 million kg | 2023 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Israel | 3.57 million kg | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 3.52 million kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 43 | Kuwait | 3.33 million kg | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Sudan | 3.23 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 45 | Cameroon | 3.17 million kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Uganda | 3.08 million kg | 2023 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Sudan (former) | 2.84 million kg | 2011 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 48 | Zambia | 2.74 million kg | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Guinea | 2.63 million kg | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Libya | 2.50 million kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 51 | South Sudan | 2.40 million kg | 2023 | up 135.4% | rising |
| 52 | Nepal | 2.39 million kg | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 2.36 million kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Jordan | 2.27 million kg | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Togo | 2.22 million kg | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 2.22 million kg | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 2.06 million kg | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 58 | Guatemala | 1.71 million kg | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | 1.71 million kg | 2023 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Qatar | 1.67 million kg | 2023 | up 270.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Mozambique | 1.66 million kg | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 62 | Uruguay | 1.54 million kg | 2023 | up 120.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Benin | 1.54 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Honduras | 1.52 million kg | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 1.46 million kg | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Niger | 1.34 million kg | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 67 | Malawi | 1.31 million kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.26 million kg | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 1.23 million kg | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 70 | Cambodia | 1.14 million kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 71 | USSR | 1.09 million kg | 1991 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 72 | Cuba | 1.06 million kg | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 73 | Paraguay | 1.04 million kg | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 74 | Mauritius | 1.03 million kg | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Guyana | 979,821 kg | 2023 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Réunion | 974,456 kg | 2006 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Panama | 957,370 kg | 2023 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Nicaragua | 933,557 kg | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Turkmenistan | 913,124 kg | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 861,106 kg | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Brunei Darussalam | 718,225 kg | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 673,618 kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 83 | El Salvador | 670,390 kg | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Georgia | 630,982 kg | 2023 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 85 | Afghanistan | 591,924 kg | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 86 | Liberia | 580,535 kg | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 87 | France | 550,267 kg | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 88 | Russian Federation | 491,950 kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 89 | Jamaica | 444,358 kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 440,261 kg | 2023 | up 114.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 431,345 kg | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Spain | 409,611 kg | 2020 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 93 | Chad | 394,599 kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 94 | Germany | 351,440 kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 95 | Palestine | 345,893 kg | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 96 | Italy | 341,893 kg | 2020 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 97 | Mauritania | 330,075 kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 98 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 329,671 kg | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 99 | Australia and New Zealand | 329,328 kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 100 | Armenia | 327,764 kg | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 304,003 kg | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 102 | Oman | 296,481 kg | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Namibia | 278,844 kg | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Australia | 268,567 kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 105 | Cyprus | 261,073 kg | 2020 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 106 | Somalia | 251,302 kg | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 107 | Haiti | 241,654 kg | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 108 | Rwanda | 232,858 kg | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Poland | 225,301 kg | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 110 | Gabon | 218,777 kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Suriname | 205,673 kg | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 112 | Burundi | 199,184 kg | 2023 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 113 | Congo | 192,718 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 114 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 186,825 kg | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 115 | Barbados | 180,732 kg | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Ukraine | 164,704 kg | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 117 | Yugoslav SFR | 160,581 kg | 1991 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 118 | Canada | 160,267 kg | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 119 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 153,047 kg | 2023 | up 144.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Puerto Rico | 151,029 kg | 2023 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 121 | Singapore | 138,234 kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 122 | Guinea-Bissau | 134,239 kg | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Eswatini | 119,310 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Belarus | 101,324 kg | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 125 | Bahrain | 100,660 kg | 2023 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Bahamas | 100,271 kg | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Portugal | 99,850 kg | 2020 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 128 | Belgium | 87,977 kg | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 129 | Eritrea | 86,946 kg | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 130 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 86,162 kg | 1999 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 131 | Mongolia | 77,667 kg | 2023 | up 236.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Belize | 71,402 kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Romania | 69,861 kg | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 134 | Botswana | 67,773 kg | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 135 | Gambia | 64,768 kg | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 136 | New Zealand | 60,761 kg | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 137 | Czechoslovakia | 42,079 kg | 1992 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 138 | Serbia and Montenegro | 41,612 kg | 2005 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 139 | Denmark | 38,651 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 140 | Hungary | 38,524 kg | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 141 | Comoros | 37,240 kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 142 | Austria | 36,745 kg | 2020 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 143 | Bhutan | 36,633 kg | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Lesotho | 35,505 kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 145 | Finland | 33,393 kg | 2023 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 146 | Ireland | 32,944 kg | 2020 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 147 | Norway | 32,176 kg | 2023 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Serbia | 29,351 kg | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,890 kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 150 | China, Macao SAR | 28,076 kg | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 151 | Switzerland | 24,060 kg | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 152 | Croatia | 20,650 kg | 2023 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 153 | Seychelles | 20,486 kg | 2023 | up 148.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 20,367 kg | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Lithuania | 19,424 kg | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 156 | Bulgaria | 17,668 kg | 2020 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 157 | Czechia | 17,532 kg | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17,276 kg | 2023 | down 57.5% | rising |
| 159 | Grenada | 17,028 kg | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 160 | Fiji | 16,363 kg | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 15,956 kg | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Albania | 14,832 kg | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 12,380 kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Guadeloupe | 12,250 kg | 2006 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Latvia | 12,207 kg | 2023 | up 26.0% | flat |
| 166 | Martinique | 9,004 kg | 2006 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 167 | Slovakia | 8,371 kg | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 168 | Slovenia | 8,247 kg | 2023 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 169 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8,213 kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 170 | French Guiana | 7,318 kg | 2006 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Dominica | 7,250 kg | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6,584 kg | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 173 | North Macedonia | 3,921 kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 174 | Estonia | 3,796 kg | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 175 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3,157 kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 176 | Greece | 2,104 kg | 2020 | down 96.0% | flat |
| 177 | Montenegro | 2,044 kg | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 178 | Malta | 1,646 kg | 2020 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 179 | Kiribati | 1,537 kg | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 180 | New Caledonia | 1,411 kg | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 181 | French Polynesia | 1,139 kg | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Vanuatu | 1,044 kg | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Samoa | 982.86 kg | 2023 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 184 | Tonga | 821.24 kg | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 185 | Iceland | 736.65 kg | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 186 | Solomon Islands | 676.01 kg | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 187 | Sweden | 653.86 kg | 2020 | down 98.4% | rising |
| 188 | Luxembourg | 439.78 kg | 2022 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 137.46 kg | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Cook Islands | 77.93 kg | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 191 | Niue | 44.39 kg | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 192 | Nauru | 12.97 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 192 | Tokelau | 12.97 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 1.05 billion kg
- Asia 734.45 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 1.01 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 89.40 million kg
- Eastern Asia 305.29 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 240.03 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 195.96 million kg
- Africa 172.60 million kg
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 13.76 million kg
- Southern Asia 159.07 million kg
- Middle Africa 9.62 million kg
- Americas 139.73 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 138.05 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 105.10 million kg
- South America 97.64 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 71.98 million kg
- Northern Africa 67.50 million kg
- Western Asia 66.79 million kg
- Western Africa 54.31 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 46.46 million kg
- Annex I countries 39.83 million kg
- Eastern Africa 29.86 million kg
- Central America 29.40 million kg
- Southern Africa 11.32 million kg
- Central Asia 7.33 million kg
- Europe 2.92 million kg
- Northern America 1.69 million kg
- European Union (27) 1.67 million kg
- United States of America 1.52 million kg
- Western Europe 1.20 million kg
- Eastern Europe 1.16 million kg
- Northern Europe 470,054 kg
- Oceania 366,482 kg
- Southern Europe 96,321 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).