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Sheep — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre by country

Sheep — Manure left on pasture (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
159
Highest
1,851 kg per square kilometre
New Zealand
Lowest
0.1918 kg per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
Median
130.47 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,179

What the numbers show

Sheep — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 1,851 kg per square kilometre in New Zealand; the lowest is 0.1918 kg per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 130.47 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 209.18 kg per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9,646.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 199.2%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 64.6%).

Sheep — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 New Zealand 1,851 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 20.9% falling
2 Palestine 1,590 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
3 Azerbaijan 960.75 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.2% rising
4 Bahrain 908.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 46.2% volatile
5 Qatar 843.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 104.9% volatile
6 Greece 801.54 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.1% rising
7 Faroe Islands 751.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.5% rising
8 Ireland 710.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 25.3% rising
9 Nigeria 668.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 27.5% volatile
10 Saint Kitts and Nevis 605.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 112.5% falling
11 Albania 576.29 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 35.0% rising
12 Malta 572.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 28.0% rising
13 Lesotho 572.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% falling
14 Morocco 548.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
15 Romania 520.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% falling
16 Lebanon 507.53 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.5% rising
17 Senegal 503.95 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 34.8% volatile
18 Burkina Faso 494.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.9% volatile
19 Kuwait 492.91 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 42.2% volatile
20 Tunisia 475.19 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.0% rising
21 Kenya 472.97 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 37.0% volatile
22 Uzbekistan 462.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 43.4% rising
23 Chad 457.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 114.4% volatile
24 Togo 453.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% rising
25 Cyprus 444.39 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 1.0% falling
26 Ethiopia 419.03 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 46.1% rising
27 Pakistan 416.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.5% rising
28 Uruguay 404.93 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 27.6% falling
29 Jordan 395.17 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.9% rising
30 Barbados 371.1 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% volatile
31 Spain 356.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 15.6% falling
32 Grenada 351.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.2% rising
33 United Arab Emirates 347.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% volatile
34 Burundi 316.86 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 133.3% rising
35 Portugal 316.78 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% falling
36 Ghana 310.85 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 43.8% volatile
37 North Macedonia 304.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 19.8% volatile
38 Turkmenistan 298.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
39 Uganda 294.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 136.0% volatile
40 Bangladesh 292.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.9% volatile
41 Armenia 288.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% flat
42 Italy 287.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.5% falling
43 Kyrgyzstan 287.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.6% flat
44 Israel 276.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% rising
45 South Sudan 271.72 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% falling
46 Tajikistan 270.55 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 23.2% rising
47 Benin 270.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 199.2% volatile
48 Serbia 267.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.5% rising
49 India 258.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.3% rising
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 256.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% rising
51 Sudan 253.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% flat
52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 244.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% rising
53 Eritrea 241.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
54 Djibouti 240.16 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% rising
55 Yemen 234.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.3% volatile
56 Antigua and Barbuda 231.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 39.2% rising
57 Mali 226.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 78.2% volatile
58 South Africa 209.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.6% falling
59 China 204.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.3% rising
60 Guinea-Bissau 203.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
61 Gambia 199.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 55.1% rising
62 Somalia 195 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 16.0% rising
63 Iraq 187.71 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% falling
64 Australia 187.51 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.7% falling
65 Mongolia 187.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 46.4% rising
66 Afghanistan 186.24 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% falling
67 Guinea 179.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 69.7% volatile
68 Saint Lucia 173.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% rising
69 Sierra Leone 164.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.1% volatile
70 Comoros 163.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.3% rising
71 Montenegro 163.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 18.9% falling
72 Cuba 162.98 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 30.2% volatile
73 France 159.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.2% falling
74 Algeria 158.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 19.7% rising
75 Georgia 148.64 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 25.5% rising
76 Rwanda 147.79 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 61.4% volatile
77 Dominica 134.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.7% rising
78 Niger 132.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 31.7% rising
79 Mauritania 130.73 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% rising
80 Haiti 130.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 94.6% rising
81 Croatia 129.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.9% rising
82 Switzerland 120.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% rising
83 Hungary 115.61 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.1% falling
84 Bulgaria 114.93 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 21.2% volatile
85 Peru 105.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% falling
86 Saudi Arabia 105.39 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 64.8% volatile
87 Cameroon 89.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.0% rising
88 Indonesia 81.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% volatile
89 Norway 78.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.4% rising
90 Slovenia 75.63 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
91 Slovakia 70.11 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 29.2% falling
92 Guatemala 68.8 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% falling
93 Dominican Republic 63.63 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% volatile
94 Kazakhstan 62.35 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 12.1% falling
95 Austria 62.17 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
96 Germany 58.43 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.7% falling
97 Argentina 55.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 13.5% falling
98 Mexico 54.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
99 Libya 50.65 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
100 Denmark 49.93 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
101 Belgium 47.27 kg per square kilometre 2022 down 8.2% falling
102 Iceland 46.09 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 23.9% falling
103 Malawi 45.99 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 43.1% volatile
104 Luxembourg 45.76 kg per square kilometre 2022 up 9.6% flat
105 Sao Tome and Principe 42.05 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
106 Trinidad and Tobago 40.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 17.8% volatile
107 Liberia 35.36 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
108 Nepal 34.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 38.0% rising
109 Namibia 32.56 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% falling
110 Brazil 31.18 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 26.0% rising
111 Ecuador 27.06 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 24.0% falling
112 Czechia 27 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 18.7% rising
113 Lithuania 26.74 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 54.7% volatile
114 Oman 25.82 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.9% volatile
115 Fiji 24.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 104.7% volatile
116 Egypt 23.68 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 64.2% rising
117 Mauritius 23.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 57.4% falling
118 Puerto Rico 22.31 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 44.8% rising
119 Madagascar 19.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 14.1% rising
120 Chile 19.37 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 64.6% falling
121 Colombia 19.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 155.3% falling
122 Equatorial Guinea 17.59 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
123 Estonia 16.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 27.0% rising
124 Latvia 16.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.3% rising
125 Zimbabwe 15.69 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 60.2% falling
126 Eswatini 11.47 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 4.3% falling
127 Angola 11.08 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% volatile
128 Sweden 10.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 41.3% rising
129 Gabon 10.52 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% rising
130 Ukraine 10.41 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 51.7% volatile
131 Poland 10.27 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% volatile
132 Paraguay 9.88 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 26.8% flat
133 Belize 8.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 22.1% volatile
134 Central African Republic 8.4 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.5% volatile
135 Myanmar 8.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 46.8% volatile
136 Bahamas 7.89 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% volatile
137 Guyana 7.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 6.7% rising
138 Finland 5.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 9.9% falling
139 Botswana 5.01 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 12.6% rising
140 Belarus 4.34 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 21.1% volatile
141 Congo 4.32 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
142 Malaysia 4.26 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% volatile
143 Zambia 3.87 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% volatile
144 Mozambique 3.46 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 7.0% rising
145 El Salvador 3.2 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
146 Bhutan 2.45 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% volatile
147 Sri Lanka 2.07 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 37.7% volatile
148 Honduras 1.81 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
149 French Polynesia 1.48 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% volatile
150 Jamaica 1.44 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% volatile
151 New Caledonia 1.28 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 14.0% falling
152 Philippines 0.9986 kg per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
153 Thailand 0.7468 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 8.6% volatile
154 Japan 0.7051 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 15.0% volatile
155 Nicaragua 0.6889 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 10.0% rising
156 Costa Rica 0.6756 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
157 Canada 0.6304 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% rising
158 Suriname 0.4678 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% rising
159 Papua New Guinea 0.1918 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Sheep — Manure left on pasture (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 left on pasture (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Sheep — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre
Unit
kg per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
161 places, 9,179 data points, 1961–2023
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Sheep — Manure left on pasture (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.