Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (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
206
Highest
4.37 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
0 kg
Tuvalu
Median
20.27 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,693
What the numbers show
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 4.37 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 0 kg in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.27 million kg, and the mean is 236.03 million kg.
Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 82 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: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 4.37 billion kg | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 2 | China | 4.25 billion kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 4.25 billion kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 4 | India | 3.24 billion kg | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 898.28 million kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 5 | USSR | 2.24 billion kg | 1991 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 657.49 million kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | falling |
| 6 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.01 billion kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 525.92 million kg | 2023 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Nigeria | 1.95 billion kg | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 254.93 million kg | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 1.66 billion kg | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 123.60 million kg | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 1.52 billion kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 10 | Chad | 1.32 billion kg | 2023 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 73.10 million kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 1.28 billion kg | 2023 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 60.66 million kg | 2023 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Sudan (former) | 1.09 billion kg | 2011 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 46.33 million kg | 2023 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Sudan | 949.42 million kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 13 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 25.36 million kg | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 802.41 million kg | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 11.81 million kg | 2023 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Mali | 761.78 million kg | 2023 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 9.03 million kg | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 16 | Mongolia | 720.97 million kg | 2023 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Melanesia | 5.01 million kg | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 17 | Ethiopia PDR | 548.94 million kg | 1992 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 2.80 million kg | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 18 | New Zealand | 488.50 million kg | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 18 | Polynesia | 527,123 kg | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 480.53 million kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 76,081 kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 76,081 kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 20 | Indonesia | 480.35 million kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 21 | Niger | 463.02 million kg | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 22 | Algeria | 457.03 million kg | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 23 | Brazil | 453.97 million kg | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 449.98 million kg | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 25 | South Sudan | 415.71 million kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 335.48 million kg | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 27 | South Africa | 333.08 million kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 28 | Morocco | 331.59 million kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 29 | Uganda | 322.50 million kg | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 91.33 million kg | 2023 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 321.44 million kg | 2023 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Caribbean | 76.13 million kg | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 299.33 million kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 299.30 million kg | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 33 | Somalia | 295.52 million kg | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 2.38 million kg | 2023 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 34 | Yemen | 273.48 million kg | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 266.94 million kg | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 36 | Spain | 245.84 million kg | 2023 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 37 | Mauritania | 244.99 million kg | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 38 | Turkmenistan | 242.12 million kg | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 39 | Mexico | 238.28 million kg | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 228.41 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 41 | Nepal | 224.14 million kg | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 212.69 million kg | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 43 | Ghana | 210.50 million kg | 2023 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Senegal | 195.34 million kg | 2023 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Malawi | 192.66 million kg | 2023 | up 131.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Romania | 189.67 million kg | 2023 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 47 | Greece | 168.18 million kg | 2023 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 48 | Peru | 161.39 million kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 49 | Cameroon | 141.12 million kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 50 | Libya | 130.81 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 51 | France | 121.88 million kg | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 52 | Italy | 115.39 million kg | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 53 | Togo | 112.67 million kg | 2023 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Yugoslav SFR | 111.81 million kg | 1991 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 55 | Guinea | 111.81 million kg | 2023 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 103.10 million kg | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 57 | Iraq | 102.88 million kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 58 | Central African Republic | 99.06 million kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Tunisia | 91.84 million kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 60 | Benin | 86.69 million kg | 2023 | up 140.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 85.70 million kg | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 62 | Angola | 79.85 million kg | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 76.72 million kg | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 64 | Kyrgyzstan | 76.35 million kg | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 65 | Zambia | 72.84 million kg | 2023 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Uruguay | 71.15 million kg | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 67 | Burundi | 64.98 million kg | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Mozambique | 64.27 million kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 59.33 million kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Philippines | 58.90 million kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Eritrea | 58.39 million kg | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 72 | Ireland | 56.29 million kg | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 73 | Namibia | 55.53 million kg | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 74 | Jordan | 46.59 million kg | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 75 | Oman | 46.12 million kg | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Madagascar | 41.74 million kg | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 77 | Myanmar | 40.96 million kg | 2023 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Egypt | 39.57 million kg | 2023 | down 69.3% | rising |
| 79 | Portugal | 39.39 million kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 80 | Colombia | 38.66 million kg | 2023 | up 78.1% | flat |
| 81 | Norway | 34.26 million kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 82 | Haiti | 31.36 million kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 83 | Serbia and Montenegro | 30.13 million kg | 2005 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 84 | Albania | 29.67 million kg | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 85 | Serbia | 28.48 million kg | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 86 | Lesotho | 26.88 million kg | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 87 | Germany | 26.39 million kg | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 88 | Rwanda | 26.24 million kg | 2023 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Cuba | 25.98 million kg | 2023 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Sierra Leone | 25.49 million kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Chile | 20.39 million kg | 2023 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 92 | Botswana | 20.31 million kg | 2023 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 20.24 million kg | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 20.19 million kg | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 95 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.05 million kg | 2023 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.02 million kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 97 | Ukraine | 15.87 million kg | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Qatar | 15.28 million kg | 2023 | up 83.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Hungary | 15.02 million kg | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 100 | Czechoslovakia | 14.99 million kg | 1992 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 101 | Djibouti | 13.42 million kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 102 | Palestine | 13.05 million kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 103 | Lebanon | 13.05 million kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 104 | Kuwait | 12.07 million kg | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Georgia | 11.08 million kg | 2023 | up 22.5% | flat |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 10.37 million kg | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 107 | Croatia | 9.62 million kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 108 | Guatemala | 9.11 million kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 109 | Jamaica | 8.93 million kg | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 110 | Liberia | 8.68 million kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 111 | Armenia | 8.44 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 112 | Gambia | 8.28 million kg | 2023 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 113 | Eswatini | 8.01 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 114 | Cyprus | 7.86 million kg | 2022 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 115 | Thailand | 7.71 million kg | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Israel | 7.69 million kg | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 117 | Austria | 7.64 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 118 | Ecuador | 7.15 million kg | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 119 | Switzerland | 6.91 million kg | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 120 | Malaysia | 6.76 million kg | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 6.51 million kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 122 | Canada | 6.49 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 123 | Congo | 6.39 million kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 124 | Paraguay | 5.62 million kg | 2023 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 5.41 million kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 126 | Poland | 5.40 million kg | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Iceland | 5.37 million kg | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 128 | Sweden | 5.09 million kg | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 129 | Republic of Korea | 4.86 million kg | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 130 | Fiji | 4.73 million kg | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 131 | Slovakia | 4.62 million kg | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 132 | Gabon | 4.50 million kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 133 | Czechia | 3.37 million kg | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 134 | Montenegro | 3.05 million kg | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 135 | Belgium | 3.01 million kg | 2022 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 136 | Guyana | 2.82 million kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 137 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 2.61 million kg | 1999 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 138 | Denmark | 2.30 million kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 139 | Slovenia | 2.23 million kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 140 | Lithuania | 2.18 million kg | 2023 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Comoros | 2.13 million kg | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 142 | Belarus | 2.11 million kg | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 143 | Finland | 1.94 million kg | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 144 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.62 million kg | 2023 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 145 | Latvia | 1.36 million kg | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 146 | Costa Rica | 1.20 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Faroe Islands | 1.18 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 148 | Bahrain | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Bhutan | 1.02 million kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 150 | Estonia | 895,649 kg | 2023 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 647,775 kg | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 152 | Japan | 647,771 kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Honduras | 572,849 kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 154 | Réunion | 553,498 kg | 2006 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 155 | Antigua and Barbuda | 509,474 kg | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 156 | Grenada | 494,612 kg | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 157 | Guadeloupe | 491,951 kg | 2006 | down 23.0% | flat |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 409,909 kg | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 159 | Mauritius | 375,675 kg | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 160 | Malta | 328,505 kg | 2023 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 325,347 kg | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 162 | Bahamas | 305,807 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 163 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 301,211 kg | 2023 | up 122.1% | falling |
| 164 | Martinique | 293,699 kg | 2006 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 165 | El Salvador | 278,140 kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 166 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 257,443 kg | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 255,466 kg | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 168 | Puerto Rico | 247,913 kg | 2023 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 169 | Dominica | 246,358 kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 170 | Barbados | 244,255 kg | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Tonga | 230,250 kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 226,979 kg | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 173 | Nicaragua | 202,988 kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 174 | Belize | 195,589 kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Panama | 137,624 kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 176 | Suriname | 136,779 kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 135,844 kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 131,774 kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 179 | Brunei Darussalam | 106,840 kg | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 94,364 kg | 2023 | down 64.4% | rising |
| 181 | Seychelles | 87,774 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 48,964 kg | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 183 | Cook Islands | 41,407 kg | 2023 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 184 | French Guiana | 35,846 kg | 2006 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 185 | Singapore | 11,296 kg | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 186 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 10,764 kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 0 kg | 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.
- World 33.91 billion kg
- Asia 15.29 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 29.22 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 9.57 billion kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 13.67 billion kg
- Middle Africa 1.73 billion kg
- Africa 13.05 billion kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 11.05 billion kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 10.71 billion kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 7.87 billion kg
- Southern Asia 6.74 billion kg
- Eastern Asia 5.04 billion kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 110.86 million kg
- Annex I countries 4.68 billion kg
- Western Africa 4.59 billion kg
- Eastern Africa 4.28 billion kg
- Europe 2.04 billion kg
- Oceania 2.02 billion kg
- Northern Africa 2.00 billion kg
- Western Asia 1.93 billion kg
- Americas 1.51 billion kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.45 billion kg
- South America 1.12 billion kg
- European Union (27) 1.07 billion kg
- Central Asia 922.90 million kg
- Southern Europe 668.57 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 655.74 million kg
- Eastern Europe 600.81 million kg
- Northern Europe 591.41 million kg
- Southern Africa 443.81 million kg
- Central America 249.98 million kg
- Western Europe 183.02 million kg
- Northern America 60.61 million kg
- United States of America 54.12 million 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).