Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture (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
4.20 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
0 kg
Tuvalu
Median
19.29 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,693
What the numbers show
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture (N content) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 4.20 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 0 kg in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.29 million kg, and the mean is 220.99 million kg.
Over the past decade 123 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 140.6%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 4.20 billion kg | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 2 | China | 3.76 billion kg | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 3.76 billion kg | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 4 | India | 2.97 billion kg | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 778.74 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 5 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.01 billion kg | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 5 | Türkiye | 657.49 million kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | falling |
| 6 | Nigeria | 1.93 billion kg | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 520.66 million kg | 2023 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 7 | USSR | 1.66 billion kg | 1991 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 254.93 million kg | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 1.53 billion kg | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 123.26 million kg | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 1.52 billion kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 10 | Chad | 1.31 billion kg | 2023 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 72.37 million kg | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 1.27 billion kg | 2023 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 57.39 million kg | 2023 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Sudan (former) | 1.08 billion kg | 2011 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 44.01 million kg | 2023 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Sudan | 939.92 million kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 13 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 25.18 million kg | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 794.38 million kg | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 11.22 million kg | 2023 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Mali | 754.16 million kg | 2023 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 7.05 million kg | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 16 | Mongolia | 642.72 million kg | 2023 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Melanesia | 5.01 million kg | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 17 | Ethiopia PDR | 543.45 million kg | 1992 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 2.63 million kg | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 18 | New Zealand | 488.50 million kg | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 18 | Polynesia | 527,123 kg | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 19 | Niger | 458.39 million kg | 2023 | up 35.0% | 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 | Algeria | 452.46 million kg | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 452.04 million kg | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 22 | Indonesia | 434.06 million kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 421.99 million kg | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 24 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 418.24 million kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 25 | South Sudan | 411.55 million kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 329.75 million kg | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 27 | Morocco | 328.28 million kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 321.44 million kg | 2023 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Uganda | 319.27 million kg | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 90.42 million kg | 2023 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 296.33 million kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Caribbean | 75.61 million kg | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 31 | Somalia | 292.56 million kg | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 32 | Yemen | 273.48 million kg | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 254.87 million kg | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 2.36 million kg | 2023 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 34 | Russian Federation | 250.88 million kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 35 | Mauritania | 242.54 million kg | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 36 | Mexico | 236.96 million kg | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 236.03 million kg | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 38 | Spain | 217.60 million kg | 2023 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 39 | Nepal | 212.21 million kg | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 40 | Argentina | 212.07 million kg | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 41 | Turkmenistan | 209.75 million kg | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 42 | Ghana | 208.40 million kg | 2023 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Senegal | 193.39 million kg | 2023 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 192.65 million kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 45 | Malawi | 190.74 million kg | 2023 | up 131.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Peru | 161.12 million kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 47 | Greece | 150.76 million kg | 2023 | down 24.4% | flat |
| 48 | Romania | 143.31 million kg | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 49 | Cameroon | 139.71 million kg | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 50 | Libya | 129.51 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 51 | Togo | 111.54 million kg | 2023 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Guinea | 110.70 million kg | 2023 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 53 | France | 108.10 million kg | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 54 | Iraq | 102.88 million kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 102.07 million kg | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 56 | Italy | 101.97 million kg | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 57 | Central African Republic | 98.07 million kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Yugoslav SFR | 97.28 million kg | 1991 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 59 | Tunisia | 90.92 million kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 60 | Benin | 85.82 million kg | 2023 | up 140.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 85.70 million kg | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 62 | Angola | 79.05 million kg | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Zambia | 72.11 million kg | 2023 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Uruguay | 71.15 million kg | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 67.46 million kg | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 64.56 million kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 67 | Burundi | 64.33 million kg | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Mozambique | 63.63 million kg | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 59.33 million kg | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Eritrea | 57.81 million kg | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 71 | Philippines | 55.91 million kg | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Namibia | 54.98 million kg | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 73 | Ireland | 48.97 million kg | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 74 | Jordan | 46.59 million kg | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 75 | Oman | 46.12 million kg | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Madagascar | 41.32 million kg | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 77 | Egypt | 39.17 million kg | 2023 | down 69.3% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | 38.48 million kg | 2023 | up 78.4% | flat |
| 79 | Myanmar | 38.14 million kg | 2023 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Portugal | 34.81 million kg | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 81 | Haiti | 31.09 million kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 82 | Norway | 29.92 million kg | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 83 | Albania | 26.85 million kg | 2023 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 84 | Lesotho | 26.61 million kg | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 85 | Serbia and Montenegro | 26.44 million kg | 2005 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 86 | Rwanda | 25.98 million kg | 2023 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Cuba | 25.89 million kg | 2023 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 25.23 million kg | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Serbia | 25.01 million kg | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 90 | Germany | 23.23 million kg | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 91 | Chile | 20.33 million kg | 2023 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 92 | Botswana | 20.11 million kg | 2023 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 93 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 18.48 million kg | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 94 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.87 million kg | 2023 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 15.37 million kg | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Qatar | 15.28 million kg | 2023 | up 83.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.02 million kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 98 | Djibouti | 13.29 million kg | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 99 | Palestine | 13.05 million kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 100 | Lebanon | 13.05 million kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 101 | Ukraine | 13.03 million kg | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Kuwait | 12.07 million kg | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Czechoslovakia | 11.15 million kg | 1992 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 104 | Georgia | 11.08 million kg | 2023 | up 22.5% | flat |
| 105 | Hungary | 11.07 million kg | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 9.16 million kg | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 107 | Guatemala | 9.10 million kg | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 108 | Jamaica | 8.84 million kg | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 109 | Liberia | 8.60 million kg | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 110 | Croatia | 8.49 million kg | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 111 | Armenia | 8.44 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 112 | Gambia | 8.20 million kg | 2023 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 113 | Eswatini | 7.93 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 114 | Cyprus | 7.86 million kg | 2022 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 115 | Israel | 7.69 million kg | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 116 | Thailand | 7.27 million kg | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Ecuador | 7.14 million kg | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 118 | Austria | 6.80 million kg | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 119 | Dominican Republic | 6.48 million kg | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 120 | Congo | 6.33 million kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 121 | Malaysia | 6.22 million kg | 2023 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 122 | Switzerland | 6.15 million kg | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 123 | Canada | 5.72 million kg | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 124 | Paraguay | 5.60 million kg | 2023 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 5.12 million kg | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 126 | Fiji | 4.73 million kg | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 127 | Iceland | 4.68 million kg | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 128 | Republic of Korea | 4.62 million kg | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 129 | Gabon | 4.46 million kg | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 130 | Sweden | 4.43 million kg | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 131 | Poland | 4.15 million kg | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Slovakia | 3.37 million kg | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 133 | Guyana | 2.81 million kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 134 | Belgium | 2.74 million kg | 2022 | up 25.7% | flat |
| 135 | Montenegro | 2.70 million kg | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 136 | Czechia | 2.56 million kg | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 137 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 2.29 million kg | 1999 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 138 | Comoros | 2.10 million kg | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 139 | Denmark | 2.00 million kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 140 | Slovenia | 1.99 million kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 141 | Lithuania | 1.92 million kg | 2023 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Belarus | 1.71 million kg | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 143 | Finland | 1.70 million kg | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 144 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.54 million kg | 2023 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 145 | Latvia | 1.20 million kg | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 146 | Costa Rica | 1.19 million kg | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Bahrain | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Faroe Islands | 1.03 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 149 | Bhutan | 959,859 kg | 2023 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 150 | Estonia | 785,205 kg | 2023 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 641,297 kg | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 152 | Japan | 578,215 kg | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Honduras | 569,147 kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 154 | Réunion | 547,964 kg | 2006 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 155 | Antigua and Barbuda | 505,397 kg | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 156 | Grenada | 490,861 kg | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 157 | Guadeloupe | 487,300 kg | 2006 | down 23.0% | flat |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 407,885 kg | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 159 | Mauritius | 371,918 kg | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 323,149 kg | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 161 | Bahamas | 303,539 kg | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 299,774 kg | 2023 | up 122.0% | falling |
| 163 | Malta | 296,419 kg | 2023 | up 33.2% | falling |
| 164 | Martinique | 292,484 kg | 2006 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 165 | El Salvador | 276,022 kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 166 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 255,822 kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 255,466 kg | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 168 | Puerto Rico | 247,413 kg | 2023 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 169 | Dominica | 244,902 kg | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 170 | Barbados | 243,408 kg | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Tonga | 230,250 kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 205,712 kg | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 173 | Nicaragua | 201,787 kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 174 | Belize | 195,560 kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Panama | 136,248 kg | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 176 | Suriname | 136,162 kg | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 135,844 kg | 2023 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 130,456 kg | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 179 | Brunei Darussalam | 95,084 kg | 2023 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 94,364 kg | 2023 | down 64.4% | rising |
| 181 | Seychelles | 86,896 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 | 35,656 kg | 2006 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 185 | Singapore | 10,731 kg | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 186 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 10,194 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 32.09 billion kg
- Asia 13.93 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 27.72 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 9.41 billion kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 13.29 billion kg
- Middle Africa 1.71 billion kg
- Africa 12.92 billion kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 10.94 billion kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 10.51 billion kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 7.56 billion kg
- Southern Asia 6.15 billion kg
- Western Africa 4.55 billion kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 109.94 million kg
- Eastern Asia 4.47 billion kg
- Annex I countries 4.36 billion kg
- Eastern Africa 4.24 billion kg
- Oceania 2.02 billion kg
- Northern Africa 1.98 billion kg
- Western Asia 1.93 billion kg
- Europe 1.72 billion kg
- Americas 1.50 billion kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.44 billion kg
- South America 1.12 billion kg
- European Union (27) 913.37 million kg
- Central Asia 789.29 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 599.56 million kg
- Southern Europe 593.66 million kg
- Northern Europe 514.88 million kg
- Eastern Europe 452.51 million kg
- Southern Africa 439.37 million kg
- Central America 248.62 million kg
- Western Europe 162.76 million kg
- Northern America 53.98 million kg
- United States of America 48.27 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).