Sheep — 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
195
Highest
3.65 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
218.34 kg
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
8.14 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,062
What the numbers show
Sheep — Manure left on pasture (N content) is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 3.65 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 218.34 kg in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.14 million kg, and the mean is 131.78 million kg.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 199.2%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 70.5%).
Sheep — Manure left on pasture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 3.65 billion kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.93 billion kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 3 | China | 1.92 billion kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 1.92 billion kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 516.20 million kg | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 5 | USSR | 1.55 billion kg | 1991 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 502.93 million kg | 2023 | up 53.4% | falling |
| 6 | Australia | 1.44 billion kg | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 222.04 million kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 7 | India | 768.40 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 110.96 million kg | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 8 | Sudan (former) | 623.19 million kg | 2011 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 89.40 million kg | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 608.71 million kg | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Chad | 575.95 million kg | 2023 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10.88 million kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 11 | New Zealand | 487.28 million kg | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 11 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 7.41 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 12 | Sudan | 473.35 million kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 4.85 million kg | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 472.88 million kg | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.65 million kg | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 416.33 million kg | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 14 | Melanesia | 564,461 kg | 2023 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Algeria | 376.63 million kg | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 201,510 kg | 2023 | down 70.5% | flat |
| 16 | Pakistan | 321.03 million kg | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 16 | Polynesia | 5,128 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Mongolia | 291.88 million kg | 2023 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 18 | Mali | 276.03 million kg | 2023 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Kenya | 274.74 million kg | 2023 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Ethiopia PDR | 274.64 million kg | 1992 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 21 | Brazil | 260.58 million kg | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 253.63 million kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 23 | Morocco | 244.58 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 226.55 million kg | 2023 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 221.95 million kg | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 203.79 million kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 177.99 million kg | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 28 | South Sudan | 171.71 million kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 168.34 million kg | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 30 | Niger | 167.37 million kg | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 31 | Indonesia | 154.08 million kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Côte d'Ivoire | 29.97 million kg | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 32 | Argentina | 150.78 million kg | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 32 | Caribbean | 24.92 million kg | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Turkmenistan | 140.16 million kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 230,411 kg | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 135.31 million kg | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Peru | 134.91 million kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 36 | Mauritania | 134.74 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 37 | Yemen | 123.69 million kg | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Somalia | 122.33 million kg | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 121.47 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 40 | Romania | 119.79 million kg | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 41 | Mexico | 105.66 million kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 42 | Greece | 103.32 million kg | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 43 | Yugoslav SFR | 97.28 million kg | 1991 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 44 | Senegal | 97.03 million kg | 2023 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Libya | 89.12 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 46 | France | 86.09 million kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 47 | Italy | 85.05 million kg | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 48 | Iraq | 81.49 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 79.41 million kg | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 50 | Tunisia | 73.83 million kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 70.87 million kg | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 52 | Ghana | 70.73 million kg | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Uganda | 59.10 million kg | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 55.11 million kg | 2023 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 55 | Ireland | 48.97 million kg | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea | 44.07 million kg | 2023 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Cameroon | 42.28 million kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 37.98 million kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 37.55 million kg | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 60 | Jordan | 35.09 million kg | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 61 | Benin | 30.46 million kg | 2023 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Eritrea | 29.30 million kg | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 63 | Portugal | 29.02 million kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 64 | Norway | 28.68 million kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 65 | Namibia | 26.81 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 24.68 million kg | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Togo | 24.65 million kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 68 | Serbia and Montenegro | 24.05 million kg | 2005 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 69 | Egypt | 23.58 million kg | 2023 | down 64.2% | rising |
| 70 | Serbia | 22.47 million kg | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 71 | Colombia | 21.43 million kg | 2023 | up 155.3% | falling |
| 72 | Germany | 20.42 million kg | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 73 | Lesotho | 17.37 million kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 74 | Cuba | 16.92 million kg | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Albania | 15.79 million kg | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 76 | Chile | 14.39 million kg | 2023 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 77 | Angola | 13.82 million kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.14 million kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 12.48 million kg | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 11.90 million kg | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Madagascar | 11.34 million kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 82 | Hungary | 10.55 million kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 83 | Georgia | 10.33 million kg | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 84 | Czechoslovakia | 10.16 million kg | 1992 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 85 | Qatar | 9.69 million kg | 2023 | up 102.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Palestine | 9.58 million kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 87 | Kuwait | 8.78 million kg | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8.71 million kg | 2023 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 89 | Burundi | 8.14 million kg | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 90 | Armenia | 8.14 million kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 91 | Oman | 7.99 million kg | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 7.69 million kg | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Guatemala | 7.37 million kg | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 94 | Croatia | 7.23 million kg | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 95 | Ecuador | 6.72 million kg | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 6.07 million kg | 2023 | up 60.2% | falling |
| 97 | Ukraine | 6.03 million kg | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Israel | 5.98 million kg | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.73 million kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 100 | Djibouti | 5.57 million kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 101 | Canada | 5.54 million kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 102 | Myanmar | 5.36 million kg | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 5.23 million kg | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Lebanon | 5.19 million kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 105 | Austria | 5.13 million kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 106 | Nepal | 4.98 million kg | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 107 | Switzerland | 4.74 million kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 108 | Iceland | 4.65 million kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 109 | Sweden | 4.43 million kg | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 110 | Malawi | 4.34 million kg | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Cyprus | 4.11 million kg | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 112 | Paraguay | 3.91 million kg | 2023 | down 27.1% | flat |
| 113 | Rwanda | 3.65 million kg | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Haiti | 3.60 million kg | 2023 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 115 | Liberia | 3.41 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 116 | Slovakia | 3.37 million kg | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 117 | Poland | 3.15 million kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Dominican Republic | 3.07 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Zambia | 2.88 million kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Botswana | 2.84 million kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 121 | Mozambique | 2.72 million kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 122 | Gabon | 2.71 million kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 123 | Montenegro | 2.20 million kg | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 124 | Czechia | 2.08 million kg | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 125 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 2.07 million kg | 1999 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 126 | Gambia | 2.02 million kg | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 127 | Denmark | 2.00 million kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 128 | Lithuania | 1.67 million kg | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Finland | 1.60 million kg | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 130 | Guyana | 1.58 million kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 131 | Slovenia | 1.52 million kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 132 | Congo | 1.48 million kg | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 133 | Belgium | 1.44 million kg | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 134 | Malaysia | 1.40 million kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Faroe Islands | 1.03 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 136 | Latvia | 1.03 million kg | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 137 | Belarus | 880,432 kg | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Bahrain | 726,615 kg | 2023 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Estonia | 721,314 kg | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 493,495 kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 141 | Fiji | 439,690 kg | 2023 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Thailand | 381,523 kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Comoros | 304,907 kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 144 | Philippines | 297,739 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 145 | Japan | 257,073 kg | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 207,449 kg | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Honduras | 202,642 kg | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 148 | Puerto Rico | 197,883 kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 149 | Eswatini | 197,277 kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 150 | Belize | 192,694 kg | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Malta | 183,143 kg | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 152 | Martinique | 172,187 kg | 2006 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 153 | Barbados | 159,572 kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 157,527 kg | 2023 | up 112.5% | falling |
| 155 | Sri Lanka | 127,829 kg | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Grenada | 119,574 kg | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 117,819 kg | 2022 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 105,560 kg | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 159 | Antigua and Barbuda | 101,734 kg | 2023 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 160 | Dominica | 100,753 kg | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 161 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 95,336 kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 162 | Bhutan | 93,401 kg | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 86,880 kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Nicaragua | 82,901 kg | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 165 | Bahamas | 78,955 kg | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Suriname | 75,092 kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 167 | El Salvador | 66,304 kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 168 | Mauritius | 46,759 kg | 2023 | up 57.4% | falling |
| 169 | Brunei Darussalam | 44,363 kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Sao Tome and Principe | 40,367 kg | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 171 | Costa Rica | 34,497 kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 172 | Guadeloupe | 26,904 kg | 2006 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 173 | New Caledonia | 23,340 kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 174 | French Guiana | 16,884 kg | 2006 | down 49.6% | rising |
| 175 | Jamaica | 15,640 kg | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Republic of Korea | 13,279 kg | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Réunion | 12,122 kg | 2006 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 5,128 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 179 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,707 kg | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 180 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 218.34 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 15.63 billion kg
- Asia 6.11 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 11.73 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.33 billion kg
- Africa 5.16 billion kg
- Middle Africa 652.88 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.82 billion kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4.11 billion kg
- Annex I countries 3.89 billion kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.88 billion kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.13 billion kg
- Eastern Asia 2.21 billion kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 33.89 million kg
- Oceania 1.93 billion kg
- Southern Asia 1.77 billion kg
- Western Africa 1.64 billion kg
- Europe 1.49 billion kg
- Western Asia 1.36 billion kg
- Eastern Africa 1.29 billion kg
- Northern Africa 1.28 billion kg
- Americas 939.70 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 900.59 million kg
- South America 762.06 million kg
- European Union (27) 736.49 million kg
- Central Asia 604.95 million kg
- Northern Europe 511.11 million kg
- Southern Europe 465.60 million kg
- Eastern Europe 385.12 million kg
- Southern Africa 300.85 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 161.76 million kg
- Western Europe 125.08 million kg
- Central America 113.62 million kg
- Northern America 39.11 million kg
- United States of America 33.56 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).