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

Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (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
159
Highest
1,851 kg per square kilometre
New Zealand
Lowest
0.1918 kg per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
Median
138.01 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,179

What the numbers show

Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 1,851 kg per square kilometre in New Zealand; the lowest is 0.1918 kg per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 138.01 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 221.71 kg per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9,646.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 199.2%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 64.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 New Zealand 1,851 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.9% falling
2 Palestine 1,590 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
3 Azerbaijan 960.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.2% rising
4 Greece 921.3 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.1% rising
5 Bahrain 908.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 46.2% volatile
6 Faroe Islands 863.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.5% rising
7 Qatar 843.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 104.9% volatile
8 Ireland 817.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 25.3% rising
9 Romania 713.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% falling
10 Nigeria 675.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 27.5% volatile
11 Albania 662.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 35.0% rising
12 Malta 657.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 28.0% rising
13 Saint Kitts and Nevis 605.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 112.5% falling
14 Lesotho 577.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% falling
15 Uzbekistan 557.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 43.4% rising
16 Morocco 553.54 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
17 Senegal 509.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 34.8% volatile
18 Lebanon 507.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.5% rising
19 Pakistan 501.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.5% rising
20 Burkina Faso 499.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.9% volatile
21 Kuwait 492.91 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 42.2% volatile
22 Tunisia 479.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.0% rising
23 Kenya 477.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 37.0% volatile
24 Chad 462.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 114.4% volatile
25 Togo 457.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% rising
26 Cyprus 444.39 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 1.0% falling
27 Ethiopia 423.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 46.1% rising
28 Spain 409.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.6% falling
29 Uruguay 404.93 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 27.6% falling
30 Jordan 395.17 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.9% rising
31 Barbados 371.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% volatile
32 Portugal 364.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% falling
33 Turkmenistan 359.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
34 Bangladesh 352.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.9% volatile
35 Grenada 351.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.2% rising
36 North Macedonia 350.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 19.8% volatile
37 United Arab Emirates 347.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% volatile
38 Kyrgyzstan 346.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.6% flat
39 Italy 330.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.5% falling
40 Tajikistan 325.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 23.2% rising
41 Burundi 320.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 133.3% rising
42 Ghana 313.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 43.8% volatile
43 India 311.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.3% rising
44 Serbia 307.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.5% rising
45 Uganda 297.7 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 136.0% volatile
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 294.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% rising
47 Armenia 288.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% flat
48 Israel 276.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% rising
49 South Sudan 274.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% falling
50 Benin 272.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 199.2% volatile
51 Sudan 255.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% flat
52 China 245.8 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.3% rising
53 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 244.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% rising
54 Eritrea 244.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
55 Djibouti 242.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% rising
56 Yemen 234.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.3% volatile
57 Antigua and Barbuda 231.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 39.2% rising
58 Mali 228.5 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 78.3% volatile
59 Mongolia 225.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 46.4% rising
60 Afghanistan 224.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% falling
61 South Africa 211.19 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.6% falling
62 Guinea-Bissau 205.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
63 Gambia 201.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 55.1% rising
64 Somalia 196.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.0% rising
65 Montenegro 187.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 18.9% falling
66 Iraq 187.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% falling
67 Australia 187.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.7% falling
68 France 183.6 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.2% falling
69 Guinea 181.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 69.7% volatile
70 Saint Lucia 173.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% rising
71 Sierra Leone 166.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.1% volatile
72 Comoros 165.5 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.3% rising
73 Cuba 162.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.2% volatile
74 Algeria 159.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.7% rising
75 Hungary 158.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.1% falling
76 Bulgaria 157.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 21.2% volatile
77 Rwanda 149.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 61.4% volatile
78 Georgia 148.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 25.5% rising
79 Croatia 148.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.9% rising
80 Switzerland 138.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% rising
81 Dominica 134.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.7% rising
82 Niger 133.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 31.7% rising
83 Mauritania 132.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% rising
84 Haiti 130.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 94.6% rising
85 Peru 105.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% falling
86 Saudi Arabia 105.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 64.8% volatile
87 Indonesia 98.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% volatile
88 Slovakia 96.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 29.2% falling
89 Norway 90.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.4% rising
90 Cameroon 90.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.0% rising
91 Slovenia 86.93 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
92 Kazakhstan 75.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.1% falling
93 Austria 71.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
94 Guatemala 68.8 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% falling
95 Germany 67.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.7% falling
96 Dominican Republic 63.63 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% volatile
97 Denmark 57.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
98 Argentina 55.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.5% falling
99 Mexico 54.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
100 Belgium 54.34 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 8.2% falling
101 Iceland 52.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 23.9% falling
102 Luxembourg 52.6 kg per square kilometre 2022 up 9.6% flat
103 Libya 51.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
104 Malawi 46.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 43.1% volatile
105 Sao Tome and Principe 42.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
106 Nepal 41.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 38.0% rising
107 Trinidad and Tobago 40.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.8% volatile
108 Czechia 36.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 18.7% rising
109 Liberia 35.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
110 Namibia 32.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% falling
111 Brazil 31.18 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.0% rising
112 Lithuania 30.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 54.7% volatile
113 Ecuador 27.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.0% falling
114 Oman 25.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.9% volatile
115 Fiji 24.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 104.7% volatile
116 Egypt 23.92 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 64.2% rising
117 Mauritius 23.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 57.4% falling
118 Puerto Rico 22.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 44.8% rising
119 Madagascar 19.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.1% rising
120 Estonia 19.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 27.0% rising
121 Chile 19.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 64.6% falling
122 Colombia 19.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 155.3% falling
123 Latvia 18.93 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.3% rising
124 Equatorial Guinea 17.77 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
125 Zimbabwe 15.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 60.2% falling
126 Ukraine 14.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 51.7% volatile
127 Poland 14.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% volatile
128 Sweden 12.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 41.3% rising
129 Eswatini 11.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.3% falling
130 Angola 11.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% volatile
131 Gabon 10.62 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% rising
132 Myanmar 9.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 46.8% volatile
133 Paraguay 9.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 26.8% flat
134 Central African Republic 8.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.5% volatile
135 Belize 8.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.1% volatile
136 Bahamas 7.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% volatile
137 Guyana 7.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.7% rising
138 Finland 6.04 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.9% falling
139 Belarus 5.94 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.1% volatile
140 Malaysia 5.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% volatile
141 Botswana 5.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.6% rising
142 Congo 4.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
143 Zambia 3.91 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% volatile
144 Mozambique 3.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.0% rising
145 El Salvador 3.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
146 Bhutan 2.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% volatile
147 Sri Lanka 2.49 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 37.7% volatile
148 Honduras 1.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
149 French Polynesia 1.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% volatile
150 Jamaica 1.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% volatile
151 New Caledonia 1.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.0% falling
152 Philippines 1.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
153 Thailand 0.8997 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.6% volatile
154 Japan 0.8496 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.0% volatile
155 Canada 0.7164 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% rising
156 Nicaragua 0.6889 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.0% rising
157 Costa Rica 0.6756 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
158 Suriname 0.4678 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% rising
159 Papua New Guinea 0.1918 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% 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 Land area (sq. km), 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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Sheep — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre
Unit
kg per square kilometre
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.