Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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
173
Highest
174.46 million kg
USSR
Lowest
8.69 kg
Belize
Median
248,235 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,693
What the numbers show
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 174.46 million kg in USSR; the lowest is 8.69 kg in Belize.
The median across all reporting countries is 248,235 kg, and the mean is 5.61 million kg.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 140.0%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 72.5%).
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 174.46 million kg | 1991 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 2 | China | 146.82 million kg | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 146.79 million kg | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 35.86 million kg | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 4 | India | 81.93 million kg | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 5 | OECD | 52.21 million kg | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.13 million kg | 2023 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 38.79 million kg | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 981,627 kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 25.38 million kg | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 694,943 kg | 2023 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Mongolia | 23.47 million kg | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 595,438 kg | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 9 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 18.47 million kg | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 436,106 kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 10 | Romania | 13.91 million kg | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 11 | Indonesia | 13.89 million kg | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 177,085 kg | 2023 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 13.33 million kg | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 12 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 102,619 kg | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 13 | Nigeria | 11.59 million kg | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 53,833 kg | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 10.73 million kg | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 50,724 kg | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 9.71 million kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 9.27 million kg | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 8.40 million kg | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 18 | Spain | 8.38 million kg | 2023 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 19 | Chad | 7.80 million kg | 2023 | up 94.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 7.58 million kg | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Sudan (former) | 6.39 million kg | 2011 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Sudan | 5.59 million kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 23 | Greece | 5.17 million kg | 2023 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 24 | Kenya | 4.75 million kg | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Mali | 4.51 million kg | 2023 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Yugoslav SFR | 4.31 million kg | 1991 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 27 | France | 4.09 million kg | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 28 | Italy | 3.98 million kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 541,182 kg | 2023 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Nepal | 3.58 million kg | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.54 million kg | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 30 | Caribbean | 153,616 kg | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 31 | Ethiopia PDR | 3.23 million kg | 1992 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 31 | Cabo Verde | 14,226 kg | 2023 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 32 | Tajikistan | 2.78 million kg | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 33 | Niger | 2.74 million kg | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 34 | Algeria | 2.66 million kg | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 35 | South Sudan | 2.46 million kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 36 | Ireland | 2.17 million kg | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 37 | South Africa | 1.94 million kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 38 | Morocco | 1.93 million kg | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 39 | Uganda | 1.92 million kg | 2023 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 1.77 million kg | 2023 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Somalia | 1.75 million kg | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 1.46 million kg | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Mauritania | 1.44 million kg | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 44 | Portugal | 1.36 million kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 45 | Norway | 1.29 million kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 46 | Ghana | 1.25 million kg | 2023 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Hungary | 1.18 million kg | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 48 | Malawi | 1.16 million kg | 2023 | up 131.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Czechoslovakia | 1.15 million kg | 1992 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 50 | Senegal | 1.15 million kg | 2023 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.10 million kg | 2005 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 52 | Serbia | 1.03 million kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 53 | Germany | 939,827 kg | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 54 | Philippines | 896,441 kg | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Ukraine | 851,779 kg | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Myanmar | 846,859 kg | 2023 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Albania | 837,874 kg | 2023 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 58 | Cameroon | 837,138 kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 59 | Libya | 764,631 kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 60 | Togo | 670,406 kg | 2023 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Guinea | 660,874 kg | 2023 | up 83.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 617,230 kg | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 593,177 kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 593,140 kg | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 65 | Brazil | 580,175 kg | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 66 | Tunisia | 534,282 kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 67 | Benin | 513,211 kg | 2023 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 507,913 kg | 2023 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 69 | Angola | 475,974 kg | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Zambia | 436,381 kg | 2023 | up 80.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Mexico | 397,861 kg | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 72 | Burundi | 388,006 kg | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Mozambique | 384,996 kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Poland | 375,362 kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Slovakia | 374,054 kg | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 76 | North Macedonia | 359,002 kg | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 77 | Eritrea | 343,683 kg | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 78 | Croatia | 335,954 kg | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 79 | Namibia | 327,090 kg | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 80 | Austria | 248,235 kg | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 81 | Madagascar | 247,856 kg | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 82 | Czechia | 243,620 kg | 2023 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 83 | Egypt | 232,047 kg | 2023 | down 69.4% | rising |
| 84 | Canada | 228,386 kg | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 85 | Switzerland | 227,740 kg | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 86 | Iceland | 206,312 kg | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 87 | Sweden | 196,382 kg | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 88 | Argentina | 185,745 kg | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 89 | Malaysia | 162,119 kg | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 90 | Lesotho | 157,311 kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 91 | Rwanda | 156,637 kg | 2023 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 150,215 kg | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Thailand | 132,223 kg | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Botswana | 121,207 kg | 2023 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 95 | Belarus | 119,406 kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | 107,028 kg | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Montenegro | 103,733 kg | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 98 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 94,456 kg | 1999 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 99 | Denmark | 88,502 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 86,736 kg | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 101 | Haiti | 83,307 kg | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 102 | Belgium | 80,143 kg | 2022 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 103 | Peru | 79,418 kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 104 | Djibouti | 79,257 kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 105 | Lithuania | 77,196 kg | 2023 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Republic of Korea | 73,480 kg | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 107 | Slovenia | 73,265 kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 108 | Finland | 72,078 kg | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 109 | Colombia | 51,676 kg | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 110 | Liberia | 51,328 kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 111 | Gambia | 49,244 kg | 2023 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 112 | Eswatini | 47,998 kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 113 | Latvia | 47,651 kg | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 114 | Faroe Islands | 45,615 kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 115 | Congo | 38,022 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 116 | Estonia | 32,760 kg | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 117 | Cuba | 27,188 kg | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Jamaica | 26,738 kg | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 119 | Gabon | 26,396 kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 120 | China, Taiwan Province of | 24,331 kg | 2023 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 121 | Japan | 20,867 kg | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Bhutan | 19,420 kg | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 123 | Chile | 18,005 kg | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 124 | Comoros | 12,687 kg | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 125 | Dominican Republic | 10,329 kg | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 126 | Malta | 9,531 kg | 2023 | up 30.0% | flat |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 6,319 kg | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 128 | Guatemala | 5,223 kg | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 129 | Paraguay | 5,132 kg | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 130 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,774 kg | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 131 | Guyana | 3,734 kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 132 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,527 kg | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Costa Rica | 3,492 kg | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Réunion | 3,318 kg | 2006 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 135 | Mauritius | 2,243 kg | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 136 | Guadeloupe | 1,395 kg | 2006 | down 22.5% | flat |
| 137 | Ecuador | 1,289 kg | 2023 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 138 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,223 kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Grenada | 1,125 kg | 2023 | up 115.8% | rising |
| 140 | Honduras | 1,111 kg | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 141 | Uruguay | 831.05 kg | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 142 | Sao Tome and Principe | 781.47 kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 143 | Bahamas | 680.56 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 144 | Saint Lucia | 659.36 kg | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 145 | El Salvador | 635.51 kg | 2023 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 607.38 kg | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 147 | Seychelles | 526.64 kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 148 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 486.32 kg | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 149 | Dominica | 436.81 kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 431.05 kg | 2023 | up 133.6% | falling |
| 151 | Panama | 412.87 kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 152 | Martinique | 364.54 kg | 2006 | down 62.8% | rising |
| 153 | Nicaragua | 360.26 kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 154 | Barbados | 254.05 kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Suriname | 185.06 kg | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 156 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 170.93 kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 157 | Singapore | 169.44 kg | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Puerto Rico | 150.09 kg | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 159 | French Guiana | 56.89 kg | 2006 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 160 | Belize | 8.69 kg | 2023 | up 7.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 582.40 million kg
- Asia 406.24 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 488.50 million kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 71.30 million kg
- Southern Asia 177.94 million kg
- Eastern Asia 171.37 million kg
- Middle Africa 10.21 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 142.40 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 110.11 million kg
- Europe 95.43 million kg
- Annex I countries 93.90 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 87.70 million kg
- Africa 77.12 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 345,930 kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 65.41 million kg
- European Union (27) 45.32 million kg
- Eastern Europe 44.49 million kg
- Central Asia 40.08 million kg
- Western Africa 27.20 million kg
- Eastern Africa 25.41 million kg
- Northern Europe 22.69 million kg
- Southern Europe 22.23 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 16.85 million kg
- Northern Africa 11.71 million kg
- Western Europe 6.01 million kg
- Americas 3.61 million kg
- Southern Africa 2.59 million kg
- Northern America 1.97 million kg
- United States of America 1.74 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.65 million kg
- South America 1.08 million kg
- Central America 409,104 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).