Sheep — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per square kilometre by country
Sheep — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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
106
Highest
57.77 kg per square kilometre
Romania
Lowest
0.0202 kg per square kilometre
Mozambique
Median
1.77 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,179
What the numbers show
Sheep — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 57.77 kg per square kilometre in Romania; the lowest is 0.0202 kg per square kilometre in Mozambique.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.77 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 5.87 kg per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,863.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 199.2%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 64.2%).
Sheep: Manure applied to soils … applied square kilometre leaches: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 57.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 2 | Greece | 35.52 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 3 | Faroe Islands | 33.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 4 | Ireland | 31.5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 28.42 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 25.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 7 | Albania | 25.54 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 8 | Malta | 25.36 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 9 | Turkmenistan | 18.33 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 17.96 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 12 | Tajikistan | 16.62 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 13 | India | 15.88 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 15.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 15 | Portugal | 14.04 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 16 | North Macedonia | 13.5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Hungary | 12.83 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 12.75 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Italy | 12.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 20 | China | 12.54 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 21 | Serbia | 11.84 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 22 | Mongolia | 11.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 11.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 25 | Slovakia | 7.78 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 26 | Montenegro | 7.24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 27 | France | 7.08 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 28 | Croatia | 5.72 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 29 | Switzerland | 5.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 30 | Indonesia | 5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Nigeria | 3.9 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 3.83 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 33 | Norway | 3.49 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 34 | Slovenia | 3.35 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 35 | Lesotho | 3.34 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 36 | Morocco | 3.2 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 37 | Czechia | 3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 38 | Senegal | 2.94 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 2.88 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Tunisia | 2.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 41 | Kenya | 2.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Austria | 2.75 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 43 | Chad | 2.67 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Togo | 2.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 45 | Germany | 2.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 2.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 47 | Denmark | 2.21 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 48 | Nepal | 2.13 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 49 | Belgium | 2.09 kg per square kilometre | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 50 | Iceland | 2.04 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 51 | Luxembourg | 2.03 kg per square kilometre | 2022 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 52 | Burundi | 1.85 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 53 | Ghana | 1.81 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Uganda | 1.72 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 55 | South Sudan | 1.59 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 56 | Benin | 1.58 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Sudan | 1.48 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 58 | Eritrea | 1.41 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 59 | Djibouti | 1.4 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 60 | Mali | 1.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 61 | South Africa | 1.22 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 62 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.19 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 63 | Lithuania | 1.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Gambia | 1.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 65 | Ukraine | 1.16 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Poland | 1.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Somalia | 1.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 68 | Guinea | 1.05 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Sierra Leone | 0.9617 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Comoros | 0.9557 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 71 | Algeria | 0.9224 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 72 | Rwanda | 0.8621 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Niger | 0.7707 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 74 | Mauritania | 0.7626 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 75 | Estonia | 0.748 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 76 | Latvia | 0.7299 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 77 | Cameroon | 0.5217 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 78 | Myanmar | 0.5046 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Sweden | 0.4822 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 80 | Belarus | 0.4813 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Libya | 0.2955 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 82 | Malawi | 0.2683 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Malaysia | 0.2618 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2453 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 85 | Finland | 0.233 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 86 | Liberia | 0.2063 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 87 | Namibia | 0.19 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 88 | Bhutan | 0.1505 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Egypt | 0.1382 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.2% | rising |
| 90 | Mauritius | 0.1366 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | falling |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 0.127 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Madagascar | 0.1137 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 93 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1026 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 94 | Zimbabwe | 0.0915 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.2% | falling |
| 95 | Eswatini | 0.0669 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 96 | Angola | 0.0647 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Philippines | 0.0614 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Gabon | 0.0614 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 0.049 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Thailand | 0.0459 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Japan | 0.0433 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Botswana | 0.0292 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 103 | Canada | 0.0255 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 104 | Congo | 0.0252 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 105 | Zambia | 0.0226 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Mozambique | 0.0202 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3.2 kg per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.9474 kg per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Sheep — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sheep — Manure applied to soils that leaches Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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.