Sheep — 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
131
Highest
171.57 million kg
USSR
Lowest
13.42 kg
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
306,041 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,062
What the numbers show
Sheep — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 171.57 million kg in USSR; the lowest is 13.42 kg in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 306,041 kg, and the mean is 5.83 million kg.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 199.2%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 70.5%).
Sheep — Manure applied to soils that leaches: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 171.57 million kg | 1991 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 117.69 million kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 31.72 million kg | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 117.69 million kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 4 | OECD | 49.38 million kg | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 5 | India | 47.22 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 647,271 kg | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 24.63 million kg | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 538,008 kg | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 7 | Pakistan | 19.73 million kg | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 101,643 kg | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 18.45 million kg | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 63,458 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 17.93 million kg | 2023 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 10 | Romania | 13.29 million kg | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 12,382 kg | 2023 | down 70.5% | flat |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 12.52 million kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 10.34 million kg | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 13 | Indonesia | 9.47 million kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 8.61 million kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 15 | Spain | 7.89 million kg | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 7.46 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 17 | Greece | 4.58 million kg | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 18 | Yugoslav SFR | 4.31 million kg | 1991 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 19 | France | 3.81 million kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 20 | Italy | 3.77 million kg | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 21 | Sudan (former) | 3.64 million kg | 2011 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Nigeria | 3.55 million kg | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.39 million kg | 2023 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 24 | Chad | 3.36 million kg | 2023 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Sudan | 2.76 million kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 2.76 million kg | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 174,810 kg | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 2.33 million kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Cabo Verde | 1,344 kg | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 2.31 million kg | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 29 | Algeria | 2.20 million kg | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 30 | Ireland | 2.17 million kg | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 31 | Mali | 1.61 million kg | 2023 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 1.60 million kg | 2023 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Ethiopia PDR | 1.60 million kg | 1992 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 34 | South Africa | 1.48 million kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 35 | Morocco | 1.43 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 1.38 million kg | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 1.29 million kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 38 | Norway | 1.27 million kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 39 | Hungary | 1.17 million kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 40 | Czechoslovakia | 1.13 million kg | 1992 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.07 million kg | 2005 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 42 | South Sudan | 1.00 million kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 43 | Serbia | 995,864 kg | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 44 | Niger | 976,297 kg | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 45 | Germany | 904,730 kg | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 789,327 kg | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Mauritania | 785,991 kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 48 | Somalia | 713,589 kg | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 49 | Albania | 699,680 kg | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 50 | Ukraine | 669,260 kg | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 582,131 kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 52 | Senegal | 565,987 kg | 2023 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Libya | 519,867 kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 54 | Tunisia | 430,647 kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 55 | Ghana | 412,588 kg | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 385,744 kg | 2023 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 57 | Slovakia | 374,054 kg | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 58 | Poland | 349,073 kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Uganda | 344,743 kg | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 340,541 kg | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Myanmar | 329,307 kg | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Croatia | 320,197 kg | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 63 | Nepal | 306,041 kg | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 64 | Guinea | 257,062 kg | 2023 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Cameroon | 246,615 kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 66 | Czechia | 231,206 kg | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 67 | Austria | 227,311 kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 68 | Canada | 223,823 kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 69 | Switzerland | 210,202 kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 70 | Iceland | 205,916 kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 71 | Sweden | 196,382 kg | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 72 | Benin | 177,674 kg | 2023 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Eritrea | 170,935 kg | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 74 | Namibia | 156,392 kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 75 | Togo | 143,771 kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 76 | Egypt | 137,524 kg | 2023 | down 64.2% | rising |
| 77 | Lesotho | 101,336 kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 78 | Belarus | 97,692 kg | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Montenegro | 97,427 kg | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 80 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 91,650 kg | 1999 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 81 | Denmark | 88,502 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 82 | Malaysia | 86,003 kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Angola | 80,604 kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Lithuania | 74,179 kg | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Finland | 70,826 kg | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 69,418 kg | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Slovenia | 67,475 kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 88 | Madagascar | 66,124 kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 89 | Belgium | 63,877 kg | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 90 | Burundi | 47,465 kg | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 91 | Faroe Islands | 45,615 kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 92 | Latvia | 45,419 kg | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 93 | Zimbabwe | 35,408 kg | 2023 | up 60.2% | falling |
| 94 | Guinea-Bissau | 33,415 kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 95 | Djibouti | 32,473 kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 96 | Estonia | 31,962 kg | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 97 | Central African Republic | 30,510 kg | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Malawi | 25,295 kg | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Thailand | 23,443 kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Rwanda | 21,268 kg | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Liberia | 19,868 kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 102 | Philippines | 18,295 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Zambia | 16,786 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Botswana | 16,552 kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 105 | Mozambique | 15,866 kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 106 | Gabon | 15,809 kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 107 | Japan | 15,796 kg | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Gambia | 11,783 kg | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 109 | Congo | 8,616 kg | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 110 | Malta | 8,115 kg | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 7,855 kg | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Bhutan | 5,739 kg | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Luxembourg | 5,221 kg | 2022 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 114 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,879 kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 115 | Brunei Darussalam | 2,726 kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Comoros | 1,779 kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 117 | Eswatini | 1,151 kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 118 | Republic of Korea | 815.95 kg | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritius | 272.76 kg | 2023 | up 57.4% | falling |
| 120 | Sao Tome and Principe | 235.47 kg | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 121 | China, Taiwan Province of | 104.89 kg | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Réunion | 70.71 kg | 2006 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 123 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 13.42 kg | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 414.88 million kg
- Asia 291.63 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 324.99 million kg
- Eastern Asia 135.74 million kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 28.15 million kg
- Southern Asia 108.78 million kg
- Middle Africa 3.81 million kg
- Europe 91.55 million kg
- Annex I countries 89.90 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 74.90 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 69.78 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 45.55 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 49,428 kg
- Eastern Europe 42.73 million kg
- European Union (27) 42.73 million kg
- Central Asia 37.17 million kg
- Africa 30.12 million kg
- Northern Europe 22.65 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 22.65 million kg
- Southern Europe 20.63 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 9.94 million kg
- Western Africa 9.58 million kg
- Eastern Africa 7.50 million kg
- Northern Africa 7.47 million kg
- Western Europe 5.54 million kg
- Southern Africa 1.75 million kg
- Americas 1.58 million kg
- Northern America 1.58 million kg
- United States of America 1.36 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).