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Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita by country

Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (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
159
Highest
101.02 kg per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0.0025 kg per person
Japan
Median
1.16 kg per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,179

What the numbers show

Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 101.02 kg per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.0025 kg per person in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.16 kg per person, and the mean is 4.7 kg per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 40,612.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 127.0%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 70.2%).

Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 101.02 kg per person 2023 up 22.1% falling
2 New Zealand 93.71 kg per person 2023 down 32.4% falling
3 Australia 54.1 kg per person 2023 down 17.2% volatile
4 Chad 30.11 kg per person 2023 up 51.9% volatile
5 Mauritania 27.1 kg per person 2023 down 16.0% falling
6 Turkmenistan 22.93 kg per person 2023 down 18.6% rising
7 Faroe Islands 21.75 kg per person 2023 down 0.4% falling
8 Uruguay 20.92 kg per person 2023 down 28.5% falling
9 South Sudan 15.1 kg per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
10 Iceland 13.85 kg per person 2023 down 35.7% falling
11 Libya 12.32 kg per person 2023 down 9.8% falling
12 Mali 11.73 kg per person 2023 up 30.9% flat
13 Greece 11.41 kg per person 2023 down 5.3% falling
14 Ireland 10.6 kg per person 2023 down 35.0% rising
15 Kazakhstan 9.98 kg per person 2023 down 3.2% falling
16 Sudan 9.55 kg per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
17 Kyrgyzstan 9.35 kg per person 2023 down 3.5% falling
18 Namibia 9.14 kg per person 2023 down 21.3% volatile
19 Romania 8.61 kg per person 2023 up 22.2% falling
20 Eritrea 8.53 kg per person 2023 down 4.7% falling
21 Algeria 8.24 kg per person 2023 down 0.4% rising
22 Azerbaijan 7.82 kg per person 2023 down 22.3% rising
23 Lesotho 7.59 kg per person 2023 down 7.4% falling
24 Albania 7.53 kg per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
25 Uzbekistan 6.89 kg per person 2023 up 20.9% rising
26 Somalia 6.73 kg per person 2023 down 41.1% falling
27 Saudi Arabia 6.72 kg per person 2023 up 35.0% falling
28 Morocco 6.55 kg per person 2023 down 2.5% falling
29 Niger 6.46 kg per person 2023 down 6.7% falling
30 Tunisia 6.11 kg per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
31 Norway 5.97 kg per person 2023 down 11.3% falling
32 Burkina Faso 5.94 kg per person 2023 down 2.5% rising
33 Senegal 5.42 kg per person 2023 up 2.2% rising
34 Kenya 5.01 kg per person 2023 up 13.7% rising
35 Djibouti 4.88 kg per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
36 North Macedonia 4.83 kg per person 2023 down 15.6% falling
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.74 kg per person 2023 up 11.6% rising
38 Tajikistan 4.35 kg per person 2023 down 3.4% rising
39 Spain 4.23 kg per person 2023 down 18.7% falling
40 Montenegro 4.05 kg per person 2023 down 19.0% falling
41 South Africa 4.05 kg per person 2023 down 24.4% volatile
42 Peru 3.99 kg per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
43 Serbia 3.9 kg per person 2023 up 14.9% rising
44 Ethiopia 3.71 kg per person 2023 up 11.7% rising
45 Qatar 3.65 kg per person 2023 up 46.3% falling
46 Afghanistan 3.53 kg per person 2023 down 29.0% volatile
47 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.37 kg per person 2023 up 113.9% falling
48 Argentina 3.31 kg per person 2023 down 19.1% volatile
49 Portugal 3.15 kg per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
50 Yemen 3.14 kg per person 2023 down 19.4% falling
51 Guinea 3.09 kg per person 2023 up 31.8% rising
52 Cyprus 3.08 kg per person 2022 down 13.3% falling
53 Jordan 3.07 kg per person 2023 down 11.3% falling
54 Togo 3.03 kg per person 2023 down 21.8% falling
55 Georgia 2.78 kg per person 2023 up 25.6% rising
56 Armenia 2.74 kg per person 2023 up 7.4% rising
57 Nigeria 2.7 kg per person 2023 up 1.3% rising
58 Guinea-Bissau 2.69 kg per person 2023 down 18.9% rising
59 Bulgaria 2.65 kg per person 2023 down 12.5% volatile
60 United Arab Emirates 2.35 kg per person 2023 down 27.3% falling
61 Benin 2.18 kg per person 2023 up 127.0% falling
62 Croatia 2.15 kg per person 2023 down 2.3% rising
63 Ghana 2.11 kg per person 2023 up 16.5% rising
64 Guyana 1.91 kg per person 2023 down 9.2% rising
65 Palestine 1.85 kg per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
66 Kuwait 1.81 kg per person 2023 up 2.7% rising
67 Iraq 1.81 kg per person 2023 down 18.1% volatile
68 Italy 1.66 kg per person 2023 down 7.5% falling
69 China 1.64 kg per person 2023 up 22.1% rising
70 Oman 1.58 kg per person 2023 down 7.4% rising
71 Pakistan 1.56 kg per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
72 Cuba 1.54 kg per person 2023 down 28.7% volatile
73 Dominica 1.51 kg per person 2023 up 11.8% rising
74 Hungary 1.51 kg per person 2023 down 21.2% falling
75 Cameroon 1.51 kg per person 2023 down 8.8% falling
76 France 1.45 kg per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
77 Sierra Leone 1.42 kg per person 2023 down 6.3% rising
78 Brazil 1.23 kg per person 2023 up 18.5% falling
79 Uganda 1.23 kg per person 2023 up 71.4% falling
80 Botswana 1.16 kg per person 2023 down 24.6% volatile
81 Gabon 1.1 kg per person 2023 down 16.1% rising
82 Antigua and Barbuda 1.09 kg per person 2023 down 42.6% rising
83 Central African Republic 1.03 kg per person 2023 down 0.5% rising
84 Grenada 1.02 kg per person 2023 down 26.6% rising
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9409 kg per person 2023 up 16.3% rising
86 Lebanon 0.8993 kg per person 2023 down 4.0% falling
87 Slovakia 0.851 kg per person 2023 down 29.4% falling
88 Slovenia 0.8254 kg per person 2023 down 1.0% rising
89 Mexico 0.8144 kg per person 2023 down 5.1% falling
90 Gambia 0.7563 kg per person 2023 up 21.0% falling
91 Chile 0.732 kg per person 2023 down 68.2% volatile
92 Lithuania 0.6701 kg per person 2023 up 59.4% volatile
93 Indonesia 0.6602 kg per person 2023 down 5.4% rising
94 Austria 0.6457 kg per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
95 India 0.6438 kg per person 2023 up 1.2% falling
96 Liberia 0.6263 kg per person 2023 down 14.9% falling
97 Latvia 0.6255 kg per person 2023 up 0.1% rising
98 Switzerland 0.6134 kg per person 2023 down 19.5% flat
99 Israel 0.607 kg per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
100 Estonia 0.6051 kg per person 2023 down 31.0% rising
101 Burundi 0.6004 kg per person 2023 up 77.9% falling
102 Saint Lucia 0.5888 kg per person 2023 down 4.4% falling
103 Paraguay 0.5715 kg per person 2023 down 36.2% falling
104 Barbados 0.5652 kg per person 2023 down 0.6% volatile
105 Sweden 0.4835 kg per person 2023 down 46.5% rising
106 Fiji 0.4758 kg per person 2023 up 102.9% volatile
107 Belize 0.4687 kg per person 2023 up 1.5% rising
108 Bahrain 0.4607 kg per person 2023 up 20.7% rising
109 Colombia 0.4096 kg per person 2023 up 125.2% falling
110 Guatemala 0.4068 kg per person 2023 down 10.0% volatile
111 Denmark 0.386 kg per person 2023 down 4.8% rising
112 Malta 0.3808 kg per person 2023 down 1.6% rising
113 Angola 0.3798 kg per person 2023 down 22.0% rising
114 Zimbabwe 0.3752 kg per person 2023 up 37.4% volatile
115 Ecuador 0.3737 kg per person 2023 down 33.2% volatile
116 Madagascar 0.367 kg per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
117 Comoros 0.3622 kg per person 2023 down 12.1% rising
118 Finland 0.329 kg per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
119 Haiti 0.309 kg per person 2023 up 71.0% rising
120 Germany 0.2818 kg per person 2023 down 20.2% falling
121 Dominican Republic 0.2706 kg per person 2023 down 7.0% rising
122 Equatorial Guinea 0.2698 kg per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
123 Bangladesh 0.2669 kg per person 2023 up 11.2% rising
124 Rwanda 0.2639 kg per person 2023 down 69.3% falling
125 Czechia 0.2627 kg per person 2023 down 21.4% rising
126 Congo 0.2413 kg per person 2023 down 19.7% falling
127 Ukraine 0.219 kg per person 2023 down 40.9% volatile
128 Egypt 0.2079 kg per person 2023 down 70.2% falling
129 Malawi 0.2075 kg per person 2023 up 9.6% falling
130 Luxembourg 0.2074 kg per person 2022 down 10.9% falling
131 Nepal 0.2021 kg per person 2023 down 42.4% falling
132 Bahamas 0.1977 kg per person 2023 down 5.1% volatile
133 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1766 kg per person 2023 down 10.8% falling
134 Eswatini 0.1619 kg per person 2023 down 12.1% volatile
135 Canada 0.1572 kg per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
136 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1517 kg per person 2023 down 19.5% rising
137 Bhutan 0.1431 kg per person 2023 down 12.5% volatile
138 Belgium 0.1419 kg per person 2022 down 12.2% falling
139 Zambia 0.1403 kg per person 2023 down 24.7% rising
140 Belarus 0.1314 kg per person 2023 up 24.6% volatile
141 Suriname 0.1194 kg per person 2023 down 4.9% flat
142 Myanmar 0.1193 kg per person 2023 down 50.7% volatile
143 Poland 0.1175 kg per person 2023 up 12.4% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.0817 kg per person 2023 down 30.7% falling
145 New Caledonia 0.0805 kg per person 2023 down 17.9% volatile
146 Puerto Rico 0.0618 kg per person 2023 up 64.1% rising
147 Malaysia 0.048 kg per person 2023 down 14.6% flat
148 Mauritius 0.0378 kg per person 2023 up 58.7% volatile
149 Honduras 0.019 kg per person 2023 down 11.5% rising
150 French Polynesia 0.0182 kg per person 2023 down 1.4% volatile
151 Nicaragua 0.0121 kg per person 2023 down 3.5% rising
152 El Salvador 0.0105 kg per person 2023 up 1.8% falling
153 Papua New Guinea 0.0084 kg per person 2023 down 17.6% volatile
154 Sri Lanka 0.007 kg per person 2023 up 26.9% volatile
155 Costa Rica 0.0068 kg per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
156 Thailand 0.0064 kg per person 2023 down 10.9% volatile
157 Jamaica 0.0055 kg per person 2023 down 4.2% volatile
158 Philippines 0.0031 kg per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
159 Japan 0.0025 kg per person 2023 up 17.7% volatile

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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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Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (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.

Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita
Unit
kg per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
161 places, 9,179 data points, 1961–2023
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Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (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.