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

Sheep and Goats — 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
165
Highest
3,462 kg per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 kg per square kilometre
Tuvalu
Median
237.7 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,526

What the numbers show

Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 3,462 kg per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 kg per square kilometre in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 237.7 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 473.79 kg per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 140.6%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 3,462 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% rising
2 Burundi 2,530 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.2% volatile
3 Palestine 2,166 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
4 Pakistan 2,151 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 25.9% rising
5 Nigeria 2,146 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.7% volatile
6 Togo 2,071 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 67.6% volatile
7 Malawi 2,044 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 131.0% volatile
8 New Zealand 1,855 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.9% falling
9 Uganda 1,608 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 31.9% volatile
10 Nepal 1,564 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 43.2% rising
11 Grenada 1,455 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 49.2% rising
12 Kenya 1,381 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 38.4% volatile
13 Bahrain 1,348 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 37.4% volatile
14 Qatar 1,330 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 85.6% volatile
15 Greece 1,305 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 23.6% flat
16 Lebanon 1,275 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.3% rising
17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,158 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 122.1% falling
18 Antigua and Barbuda 1,158 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.0% rising
19 Comoros 1,142 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% rising
20 Haiti 1,138 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
21 Ethiopia 1,135 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 71.0% rising
22 Burkina Faso 1,094 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.5% volatile
23 India 1,090 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.8% rising
24 Albania 1,083 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 31.8% rising
25 Rwanda 1,064 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 47.6% volatile
26 Chad 1,049 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 95.1% volatile
27 Azerbaijan 1,037 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.9% rising
28 Malta 1,027 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 32.9% falling
29 Senegal 1,015 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 29.6% volatile
30 Ghana 925.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 54.8% volatile
31 Lesotho 885.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.7% falling
32 Faroe Islands 863.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.5% rising
33 Cyprus 850.94 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 4.3% flat
34 United Arab Emirates 835.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% volatile
35 Jamaica 824.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.2% rising
36 Romania 824.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.0% falling
37 Gambia 818.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 55.5% rising
38 Ireland 817.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 25.4% rising
39 Benin 768.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 140.6% volatile
40 Morocco 742.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% rising
41 Uzbekistan 679.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 38.4% rising
42 Kuwait 677.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 43.1% volatile
43 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 660.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.1% rising
44 South Sudan 657.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
45 Guinea-Bissau 642.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.0% volatile
46 Mali 624.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 77.3% volatile
47 Tunisia 591.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% rising
48 Djibouti 578.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
49 Barbados 568.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% volatile
50 Tajikistan 552.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 20.1% rising
51 Saint Lucia 533.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.5% rising
52 Jordan 524.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% rising
53 Yemen 517.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% volatile
54 Turkmenistan 515.23 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.7% rising
55 Sudan 508.25 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% flat
56 Spain 491.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.0% flat
57 Eritrea 481.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.0% rising
58 Somalia 471.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.7% flat
59 Eswatini 465.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% rising
60 Mongolia 462.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 36.3% volatile
61 Guinea 455.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 82.9% volatile
62 China 452.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% rising
63 Portugal 430.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% falling
64 North Macedonia 411.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.1% falling
65 Afghanistan 409.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% falling
66 Uruguay 406.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 27.5% falling
67 Kyrgyzstan 398.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.5% rising
68 Italy 390.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.1% falling
69 Niger 365.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 35.0% rising
70 Israel 355.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% rising
71 Sierra Leone 353.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% volatile
72 Serbia 338.67 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% rising
73 Dominica 328.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
74 Tonga 319.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 11.8% rising
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 312.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.5% rising
76 Armenia 299.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% flat
77 Cameroon 298.54 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.7% rising
78 South Africa 274.57 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% falling
79 Zimbabwe 266.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 30.8% rising
80 Fiji 259.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.7% rising
81 Indonesia 253.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
82 Cuba 250.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 22.6% volatile
83 Mauritania 237.7 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.8% rising
84 Iraq 236.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.3% falling
85 Montenegro 226.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.3% falling
86 France 226.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% falling
87 Australia 198.19 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.8% falling
88 Philippines 197.54 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% volatile
89 Algeria 191.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.8% rising
90 Seychelles 190.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
91 Mauritius 188.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.6% falling
92 Bulgaria 186.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 25.0% volatile
93 Switzerland 175 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.7% rising
94 Croatia 171.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.0% rising
95 Hungary 164.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 27.3% falling
96 Georgia 159.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.5% flat
97 Central African Republic 159.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% volatile
98 Saudi Arabia 149.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 70.1% volatile
99 Oman 149.02 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.9% volatile
100 Sao Tome and Principe 137.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.5% rising
101 Dominican Republic 135.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% rising
102 Peru 126.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.1% falling
103 Mexico 122.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% rising
104 Slovenia 110.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
105 Belgium 98.79 kg per square kilometre 2022 up 22.7% falling
106 Zambia 97.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 80.4% volatile
107 Slovakia 96.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 35.4% falling
108 Norway 94.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% rising
109 Austria 92.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.3% rising
110 Liberia 90.15 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
111 Luxembourg 88.17 kg per square kilometre 2022 up 7.2% rising
112 Sri Lanka 87.5 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.0% falling
113 Guatemala 85.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% flat
114 Kazakhstan 84.6 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% falling
115 Mozambique 81.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% volatile
116 Trinidad and Tobago 79.9 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 22.5% falling
117 Argentina 77.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.3% falling
118 Germany 75.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.5% falling
119 Libya 74.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
120 French Polynesia 73.6 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.1% rising
121 Madagascar 71.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 30.0% rising
122 Namibia 67.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% falling
123 Angola 64.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% volatile
124 Myanmar 62.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 52.7% volatile
125 Denmark 57.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
126 Brazil 54.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 34.1% rising
127 Iceland 53.3 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 23.6% falling
128 Czechia 43.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.5% rising
129 Egypt 39.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 69.3% rising
130 Botswana 35.83 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 22.7% rising
131 Colombia 34.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 78.1% flat
132 Lithuania 34.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 46.2% volatile
133 Bahamas 30.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% falling
134 Ecuador 28.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 31.3% falling
135 Puerto Rico 27.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.5% falling
136 Chile 27.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 57.1% falling
137 Ukraine 27.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 45.4% volatile
138 Bhutan 26.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 44.7% rising
139 Costa Rica 23.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% volatile
140 Equatorial Guinea 23.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
141 Latvia 21.92 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% rising
142 Estonia 20.96 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 26.4% rising
143 Malaysia 20.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.8% rising
144 Congo 18.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
145 Poland 17.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% volatile
146 Gabon 17.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.2% rising
147 Singapore 15.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% volatile
148 Thailand 15.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% volatile
149 Paraguay 14.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.5% rising
150 El Salvador 13.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.3% flat
151 Guyana 13.38 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.2% rising
152 Sweden 12.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 41.3% rising
153 Belarus 10.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.1% falling
154 Belize 8.57 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.8% volatile
155 Vanuatu 7.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 64.4% rising
156 Finland 6.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% falling
157 Honduras 5.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% rising
158 New Caledonia 2.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.3% falling
159 Panama 1.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.8% rising
160 Japan 1.78 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% volatile
161 Nicaragua 1.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
162 Suriname 0.8522 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% falling
163 Canada 0.738 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.1% rising
164 Papua New Guinea 0.3 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% volatile
165 Tuvalu 0 kg per square kilometre 1992 down 100.0% 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 and Goats — 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 and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Sheep and Goats — 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
167 places, 9,526 data points, 1961–2023
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Sheep and Goats — 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.