Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita by country
Sheep and Goats — 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.
What the numbers show
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 207.11 kg per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 kg per person in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.85 kg per person, and the mean is 7.87 kg per person.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 123.5%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 207.11 kg per person | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 2 | New Zealand | 93.94 kg per person | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 68.4 kg per person | 2023 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Australia | 57.18 kg per person | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 5 | Mauritania | 48.78 kg per person | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 6 | South Sudan | 36.2 kg per person | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 32.88 kg per person | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 32.05 kg per person | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 9 | Faroe Islands | 21.75 kg per person | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 10 | Uruguay | 21 kg per person | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 11 | Central African Republic | 19.23 kg per person | 2023 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Sudan | 18.97 kg per person | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 13 | Namibia | 18.74 kg per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Libya | 17.91 kg per person | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 15 | Niger | 17.7 kg per person | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 16 | Eritrea | 16.83 kg per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 17 | Greece | 16.16 kg per person | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 18 | Somalia | 16.1 kg per person | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 19 | Kenya | 14.5 kg per person | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 20 | Iceland | 13.94 kg per person | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 21 | Togo | 13.7 kg per person | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 13 kg per person | 2023 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 23 | Albania | 12.3 kg per person | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 24 | Djibouti | 11.64 kg per person | 2023 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Lesotho | 11.63 kg per person | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 11.23 kg per person | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 27 | Senegal | 10.81 kg per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.75 kg per person | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 29 | Ireland | 10.6 kg per person | 2023 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 9.96 kg per person | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 31 | Romania | 9.95 kg per person | 2023 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 32 | Algeria | 9.9 kg per person | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 9.54 kg per person | 2023 | up 39.4% | falling |
| 34 | Oman | 9.13 kg per person | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 35 | Malawi | 9.13 kg per person | 2023 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Morocco | 8.79 kg per person | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 37 | Nigeria | 8.58 kg per person | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 8.44 kg per person | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 8.39 kg per person | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.38 kg per person | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 41 | Botswana | 8.19 kg per person | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 42 | Guinea | 7.76 kg per person | 2023 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Nepal | 7.55 kg per person | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 44 | Tunisia | 7.53 kg per person | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 45 | Tajikistan | 7.38 kg per person | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 46 | Yemen | 6.94 kg per person | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 47 | Pakistan | 6.7 kg per person | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 48 | Uganda | 6.63 kg per person | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 49 | Eswatini | 6.51 kg per person | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 50 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.44 kg per person | 2023 | up 123.5% | falling |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 6.44 kg per person | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 6.31 kg per person | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 53 | Ghana | 6.23 kg per person | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 54 | Norway | 6.21 kg per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 55 | Benin | 6.14 kg per person | 2023 | up 82.6% | falling |
| 56 | Cyprus | 5.91 kg per person | 2022 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 57 | Qatar | 5.75 kg per person | 2023 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 5.67 kg per person | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 5.66 kg per person | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 60 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.46 kg per person | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 61 | South Africa | 5.27 kg per person | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Fiji | 5.12 kg per person | 2023 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 63 | Spain | 5.08 kg per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.03 kg per person | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 65 | Cameroon | 4.97 kg per person | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 66 | Montenegro | 4.9 kg per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 67 | Peru | 4.77 kg per person | 2023 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Burundi | 4.75 kg per person | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 69 | Argentina | 4.67 kg per person | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Serbia | 4.3 kg per person | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 71 | Grenada | 4.22 kg per person | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 72 | Jordan | 4.07 kg per person | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Portugal | 3.72 kg per person | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 74 | Dominica | 3.7 kg per person | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 75 | Zambia | 3.51 kg per person | 2023 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Guyana | 3.42 kg per person | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 77 | Jamaica | 3.14 kg per person | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 3.14 kg per person | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Gambia | 3.07 kg per person | 2023 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 3.01 kg per person | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 81 | China | 3.01 kg per person | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 82 | Georgia | 2.98 kg per person | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 83 | Armenia | 2.85 kg per person | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 84 | Haiti | 2.7 kg per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 2.62 kg per person | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 86 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.54 kg per person | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 87 | Palestine | 2.53 kg per person | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 88 | Comoros | 2.5 kg per person | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 89 | Croatia | 2.49 kg per person | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 90 | Kuwait | 2.49 kg per person | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 91 | Cuba | 2.36 kg per person | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Iraq | 2.28 kg per person | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Lebanon | 2.26 kg per person | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 94 | India | 2.25 kg per person | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 95 | Tonga | 2.2 kg per person | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 96 | Angola | 2.17 kg per person | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 97 | Brazil | 2.15 kg per person | 2023 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 98 | Italy | 1.96 kg per person | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 99 | Mozambique | 1.91 kg per person | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Rwanda | 1.88 kg per person | 2023 | down 58.4% | rising |
| 101 | Mexico | 1.84 kg per person | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 102 | Saint Lucia | 1.81 kg per person | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 103 | Gabon | 1.81 kg per person | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 104 | France | 1.78 kg per person | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 105 | Indonesia | 1.71 kg per person | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 106 | Liberia | 1.58 kg per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 107 | Hungary | 1.57 kg per person | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 108 | Madagascar | 1.34 kg per person | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 109 | Bhutan | 1.3 kg per person | 2023 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 110 | Slovenia | 1.05 kg per person | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 111 | Chile | 1.04 kg per person | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Congo | 1.03 kg per person | 2023 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 113 | French Polynesia | 0.9087 kg per person | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 114 | Barbados | 0.8651 kg per person | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Slovakia | 0.851 kg per person | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 116 | Austria | 0.8367 kg per person | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 117 | Paraguay | 0.8214 kg per person | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 118 | Israel | 0.7809 kg per person | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 119 | Switzerland | 0.7779 kg per person | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 120 | Bahamas | 0.7656 kg per person | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Lithuania | 0.7577 kg per person | 2023 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Myanmar | 0.7567 kg per person | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Colombia | 0.7388 kg per person | 2023 | up 57.1% | falling |
| 124 | Seychelles | 0.7328 kg per person | 2023 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 125 | Latvia | 0.7242 kg per person | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 126 | Bahrain | 0.684 kg per person | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 127 | Estonia | 0.6536 kg per person | 2023 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 128 | Malta | 0.5943 kg per person | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 0.5745 kg per person | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 130 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5708 kg per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 131 | Philippines | 0.5127 kg per person | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 132 | Guatemala | 0.5029 kg per person | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Sweden | 0.4835 kg per person | 2023 | down 46.5% | rising |
| 134 | Belize | 0.4758 kg per person | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 135 | Ukraine | 0.4205 kg per person | 2023 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Ecuador | 0.3976 kg per person | 2023 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Denmark | 0.386 kg per person | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 138 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.3506 kg per person | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 139 | Finland | 0.3477 kg per person | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 140 | Luxembourg | 0.3475 kg per person | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 141 | Egypt | 0.3455 kg per person | 2023 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 142 | Germany | 0.3169 kg per person | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 143 | Czechia | 0.3104 kg per person | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 144 | Mauritius | 0.3009 kg per person | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2997 kg per person | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 0.2945 kg per person | 2023 | down 71.7% | falling |
| 147 | Belgium | 0.2579 kg per person | 2022 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | 0.2456 kg per person | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 149 | Costa Rica | 0.2347 kg per person | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Belarus | 0.23 kg per person | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 151 | Suriname | 0.2175 kg per person | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 152 | Malaysia | 0.1925 kg per person | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 153 | New Caledonia | 0.1689 kg per person | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Canada | 0.162 kg per person | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 155 | Poland | 0.1473 kg per person | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Thailand | 0.1076 kg per person | 2023 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Puerto Rico | 0.0774 kg per person | 2023 | up 35.5% | falling |
| 158 | Honduras | 0.0538 kg per person | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 159 | El Salvador | 0.0441 kg per person | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 160 | Panama | 0.0309 kg per person | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 161 | Nicaragua | 0.0297 kg per person | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0131 kg per person | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 163 | Japan | 0.0052 kg per person | 2023 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Singapore | 0.0019 kg per person | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Tuvalu | 0 kg per person | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 8.78 kg per person
- World 4.21 kg per person
How this figure is calculated
Sheep and Goats — 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 and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Sheep and Goats — 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.