Sheep — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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
114.38 million kg
USSR
Lowest
8.94 kg
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
204,028 kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,062
What the numbers show
Sheep — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 114.38 million kg in USSR; the lowest is 8.94 kg in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 204,028 kg, and the mean is 3.89 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 volatilises: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 114.38 million kg | 1991 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 78.46 million kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 21.15 million kg | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 78.46 million kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 4 | OECD | 32.92 million kg | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 5 | India | 31.48 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 431,514 kg | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 16.42 million kg | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 358,672 kg | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 7 | Pakistan | 13.15 million kg | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 67,762 kg | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 12.30 million kg | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 42,305 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 11.96 million kg | 2023 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 10 | Romania | 8.86 million kg | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 8,255 kg | 2023 | down 70.5% | flat |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 8.35 million kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 6.90 million kg | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 13 | Indonesia | 6.31 million kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 5.74 million kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 15 | Spain | 5.26 million kg | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 4.98 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 17 | Greece | 3.05 million kg | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 18 | Yugoslav SFR | 2.87 million kg | 1991 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 19 | France | 2.54 million kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 20 | Italy | 2.51 million kg | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 21 | Sudan (former) | 2.42 million kg | 2011 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Nigeria | 2.37 million kg | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.26 million kg | 2023 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 24 | Chad | 2.24 million kg | 2023 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Sudan | 1.84 million kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 1.84 million kg | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 116,540 kg | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 1.56 million kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Cabo Verde | 896.04 kg | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 1.54 million kg | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 29 | Algeria | 1.46 million kg | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 30 | Ireland | 1.45 million kg | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 31 | Mali | 1.07 million kg | 2023 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 1.07 million kg | 2023 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Ethiopia PDR | 1.07 million kg | 1992 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 34 | South Africa | 986,350 kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 35 | Morocco | 951,130 kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 922,949 kg | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 857,222 kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 38 | Norway | 847,323 kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 39 | Hungary | 780,416 kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 40 | Czechoslovakia | 751,880 kg | 1992 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia and Montenegro | 710,388 kg | 2005 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 42 | South Sudan | 667,762 kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 43 | Serbia | 663,909 kg | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 44 | Niger | 650,864 kg | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 45 | Germany | 603,153 kg | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 526,218 kg | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Mauritania | 523,994 kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 48 | Somalia | 475,726 kg | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 49 | Albania | 466,453 kg | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 50 | Ukraine | 446,173 kg | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 388,087 kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 52 | Senegal | 377,325 kg | 2023 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Libya | 346,578 kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 54 | Tunisia | 287,098 kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 55 | Ghana | 275,059 kg | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 257,163 kg | 2023 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 57 | Slovakia | 249,369 kg | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 58 | Poland | 232,716 kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Uganda | 229,829 kg | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 227,028 kg | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Myanmar | 219,538 kg | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Croatia | 213,465 kg | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 63 | Nepal | 204,028 kg | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 64 | Guinea | 171,375 kg | 2023 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Cameroon | 164,410 kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 66 | Czechia | 154,137 kg | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 67 | Austria | 151,540 kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 68 | Canada | 149,215 kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 69 | Switzerland | 140,134 kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 70 | Iceland | 137,277 kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 71 | Sweden | 130,921 kg | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 72 | Benin | 118,449 kg | 2023 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Eritrea | 113,957 kg | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 74 | Namibia | 104,261 kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 75 | Togo | 95,847 kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 76 | Egypt | 91,683 kg | 2023 | down 64.2% | rising |
| 77 | Lesotho | 67,557 kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 78 | Belarus | 65,128 kg | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Montenegro | 64,951 kg | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 80 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 61,100 kg | 1999 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 81 | Denmark | 59,001 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 82 | Malaysia | 57,336 kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Angola | 53,736 kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Lithuania | 49,453 kg | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Finland | 47,217 kg | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 46,278 kg | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Slovenia | 44,983 kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 88 | Madagascar | 44,083 kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 89 | Belgium | 42,585 kg | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 90 | Burundi | 31,644 kg | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 91 | Faroe Islands | 30,410 kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 92 | Latvia | 30,280 kg | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 93 | Zimbabwe | 23,605 kg | 2023 | up 60.2% | falling |
| 94 | Guinea-Bissau | 22,277 kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 95 | Djibouti | 21,649 kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 96 | Estonia | 21,308 kg | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 97 | Central African Republic | 20,340 kg | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Malawi | 16,864 kg | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Thailand | 15,629 kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Rwanda | 14,179 kg | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Liberia | 13,245 kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 102 | Philippines | 12,196 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Zambia | 11,190 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Botswana | 11,034 kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 105 | Mozambique | 10,577 kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 106 | Gabon | 10,539 kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 107 | Japan | 10,531 kg | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Gambia | 7,855 kg | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 109 | Congo | 5,744 kg | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 110 | Malta | 5,410 kg | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 5,236 kg | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Bhutan | 3,826 kg | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Luxembourg | 3,480 kg | 2022 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 114 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,919 kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 115 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,817 kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Comoros | 1,186 kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 117 | Eswatini | 767.19 kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 118 | Republic of Korea | 543.97 kg | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritius | 181.84 kg | 2023 | up 57.4% | falling |
| 120 | Sao Tome and Principe | 156.98 kg | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 121 | China, Taiwan Province of | 69.93 kg | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Réunion | 47.14 kg | 2006 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 123 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 8.94 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 276.59 million kg
- Asia 194.42 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 216.66 million kg
- Eastern Asia 90.49 million kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 18.76 million kg
- Southern Asia 72.52 million kg
- Middle Africa 2.54 million kg
- Europe 61.04 million kg
- Annex I countries 59.93 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 49.93 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 46.52 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 30.37 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 32,952 kg
- Eastern Europe 28.49 million kg
- European Union (27) 28.48 million kg
- Central Asia 24.78 million kg
- Africa 20.08 million kg
- Northern Europe 15.10 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 15.10 million kg
- Southern Europe 13.75 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 6.63 million kg
- Western Africa 6.39 million kg
- Eastern Africa 5.00 million kg
- Northern Africa 4.98 million kg
- Western Europe 3.69 million kg
- Southern Africa 1.17 million kg
- Americas 1.05 million kg
- Northern America 1.05 million kg
- United States of America 903,961 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).