Sheep — Manure left on pasture 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
195
Highest
1.09 billion kg
OECD
Lowest
65.5 kg
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
2.44 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,062
What the numbers show
Sheep — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 1.09 billion kg in OECD; the lowest is 65.5 kg in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.44 million kg, and the mean is 39.53 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 that leaches: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 1.09 billion kg | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 578.88 million kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 3 | China | 574.59 million kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 574.59 million kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 154.86 million kg | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 5 | USSR | 463.88 million kg | 1991 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 150.88 million kg | 2023 | up 53.4% | falling |
| 6 | Australia | 432.70 million kg | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 66.61 million kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 7 | India | 230.52 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 33.29 million kg | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 8 | Sudan (former) | 186.96 million kg | 2011 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 26.82 million kg | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 182.61 million kg | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Chad | 172.78 million kg | 2023 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.26 million kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 11 | New Zealand | 146.18 million kg | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 11 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.22 million kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 12 | Sudan | 142.00 million kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 1.45 million kg | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 141.86 million kg | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 496,257 kg | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 124.90 million kg | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 14 | Melanesia | 169,338 kg | 2023 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Algeria | 112.99 million kg | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 60,453 kg | 2023 | down 70.5% | flat |
| 16 | Pakistan | 96.31 million kg | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 16 | Polynesia | 1,538 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Mongolia | 87.56 million kg | 2023 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 18 | Mali | 82.81 million kg | 2023 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Kenya | 82.42 million kg | 2023 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Ethiopia PDR | 82.39 million kg | 1992 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 21 | Brazil | 78.17 million kg | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 76.09 million kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 23 | Morocco | 73.37 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 67.97 million kg | 2023 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 66.58 million kg | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 61.14 million kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 53.40 million kg | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 28 | South Sudan | 51.51 million kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 50.50 million kg | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 30 | Niger | 50.21 million kg | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 31 | Indonesia | 46.22 million kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.99 million kg | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 32 | Argentina | 45.23 million kg | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 32 | Caribbean | 7.48 million kg | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Turkmenistan | 42.05 million kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 69,123 kg | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 40.59 million kg | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Peru | 40.47 million kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 36 | Mauritania | 40.42 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 37 | Yemen | 37.11 million kg | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Somalia | 36.70 million kg | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 36.44 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 40 | Romania | 35.94 million kg | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 41 | Mexico | 31.70 million kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 42 | Greece | 31.00 million kg | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 43 | Yugoslav SFR | 29.18 million kg | 1991 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 44 | Senegal | 29.11 million kg | 2023 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Libya | 26.74 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 46 | France | 25.83 million kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 47 | Italy | 25.52 million kg | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 48 | Iraq | 24.45 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 23.82 million kg | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 50 | Tunisia | 22.15 million kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 21.26 million kg | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 52 | Ghana | 21.22 million kg | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Uganda | 17.73 million kg | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.53 million kg | 2023 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 55 | Ireland | 14.69 million kg | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea | 13.22 million kg | 2023 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Cameroon | 12.68 million kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 11.39 million kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 11.27 million kg | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 60 | Jordan | 10.53 million kg | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 61 | Benin | 9.14 million kg | 2023 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Eritrea | 8.79 million kg | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 63 | Portugal | 8.71 million kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 64 | Norway | 8.61 million kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 65 | Namibia | 8.04 million kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 7.40 million kg | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Togo | 7.39 million kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 68 | Serbia and Montenegro | 7.21 million kg | 2005 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 69 | Egypt | 7.07 million kg | 2023 | down 64.2% | rising |
| 70 | Serbia | 6.74 million kg | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 71 | Colombia | 6.43 million kg | 2023 | up 155.3% | falling |
| 72 | Germany | 6.13 million kg | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 73 | Lesotho | 5.21 million kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 74 | Cuba | 5.08 million kg | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Albania | 4.74 million kg | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 76 | Chile | 4.32 million kg | 2023 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 77 | Angola | 4.15 million kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.94 million kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 3.74 million kg | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 3.57 million kg | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Madagascar | 3.40 million kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 82 | Hungary | 3.17 million kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 83 | Georgia | 3.10 million kg | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 84 | Czechoslovakia | 3.05 million kg | 1992 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 85 | Qatar | 2.91 million kg | 2023 | up 102.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Palestine | 2.87 million kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 87 | Kuwait | 2.64 million kg | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.61 million kg | 2023 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 89 | Burundi | 2.44 million kg | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 90 | Armenia | 2.44 million kg | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 91 | Oman | 2.40 million kg | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 2.31 million kg | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Guatemala | 2.21 million kg | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 94 | Croatia | 2.17 million kg | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 95 | Ecuador | 2.02 million kg | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 1.82 million kg | 2023 | up 60.2% | falling |
| 97 | Ukraine | 1.81 million kg | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Israel | 1.79 million kg | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.72 million kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 100 | Djibouti | 1.67 million kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 101 | Canada | 1.66 million kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 102 | Myanmar | 1.61 million kg | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 1.57 million kg | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Lebanon | 1.56 million kg | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 105 | Austria | 1.54 million kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 106 | Nepal | 1.49 million kg | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 107 | Switzerland | 1.42 million kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 108 | Iceland | 1.39 million kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 109 | Sweden | 1.33 million kg | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 110 | Malawi | 1.30 million kg | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Cyprus | 1.23 million kg | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 112 | Paraguay | 1.17 million kg | 2023 | down 27.1% | flat |
| 113 | Rwanda | 1.09 million kg | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Haiti | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 115 | Liberia | 1.02 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 116 | Slovakia | 1.01 million kg | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 117 | Poland | 943,791 kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Dominican Republic | 920,043 kg | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Zambia | 863,269 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Botswana | 851,233 kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 121 | Mozambique | 815,972 kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 122 | Gabon | 813,028 kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 123 | Montenegro | 659,621 kg | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 124 | Czechia | 625,111 kg | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 125 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 620,513 kg | 1999 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 126 | Gambia | 605,970 kg | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 127 | Denmark | 599,196 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 128 | Lithuania | 502,223 kg | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Finland | 479,523 kg | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 130 | Guyana | 473,793 kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 131 | Slovenia | 456,835 kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 132 | Congo | 443,084 kg | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 133 | Belgium | 432,474 kg | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 134 | Malaysia | 419,899 kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Faroe Islands | 308,835 kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 136 | Latvia | 307,508 kg | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 137 | Belarus | 264,130 kg | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Bahrain | 217,985 kg | 2023 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Estonia | 216,394 kg | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 148,049 kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 141 | Fiji | 131,907 kg | 2023 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Thailand | 114,457 kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Comoros | 91,472 kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 144 | Philippines | 89,322 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 145 | Japan | 77,122 kg | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 62,235 kg | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Honduras | 60,793 kg | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 148 | Puerto Rico | 59,365 kg | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 149 | Eswatini | 59,183 kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 150 | Belize | 57,808 kg | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Malta | 54,943 kg | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 152 | Martinique | 51,656 kg | 2006 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 153 | Barbados | 47,871 kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47,258 kg | 2023 | up 112.5% | falling |
| 155 | Sri Lanka | 38,349 kg | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Grenada | 35,872 kg | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 35,346 kg | 2022 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 31,668 kg | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 159 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30,520 kg | 2023 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 160 | Dominica | 30,226 kg | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 161 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28,601 kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 162 | Bhutan | 28,020 kg | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 26,064 kg | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Nicaragua | 24,870 kg | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 165 | Bahamas | 23,686 kg | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Suriname | 22,528 kg | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 167 | El Salvador | 19,891 kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 168 | Mauritius | 14,028 kg | 2023 | up 57.4% | falling |
| 169 | Brunei Darussalam | 13,309 kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12,110 kg | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 171 | Costa Rica | 10,349 kg | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 172 | Guadeloupe | 8,071 kg | 2006 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 173 | New Caledonia | 7,002 kg | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 174 | French Guiana | 5,065 kg | 2006 | down 49.6% | rising |
| 175 | Jamaica | 4,692 kg | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Republic of Korea | 3,984 kg | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Réunion | 3,637 kg | 2006 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 1,538 kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 179 | China, Taiwan Province of | 512.11 kg | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 180 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 65.5 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 4.69 billion kg
- Asia 1.83 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 3.52 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 999.55 million kg
- Africa 1.55 billion kg
- Middle Africa 195.86 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.45 billion kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.23 billion kg
- Annex I countries 1.17 billion kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.16 billion kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 937.74 million kg
- Eastern Asia 662.73 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 10.17 million kg
- Oceania 579.05 million kg
- Southern Asia 531.09 million kg
- Western Africa 492.70 million kg
- Europe 446.07 million kg
- Western Asia 408.69 million kg
- Eastern Africa 385.82 million kg
- Northern Africa 384.32 million kg
- Americas 281.91 million kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 270.18 million kg
- South America 228.62 million kg
- European Union (27) 220.95 million kg
- Central Asia 181.49 million kg
- Northern Europe 153.33 million kg
- Southern Europe 139.68 million kg
- Eastern Europe 115.54 million kg
- Southern Africa 90.25 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 48.53 million kg
- Western Europe 37.53 million kg
- Central America 34.08 million kg
- Northern America 11.73 million kg
- United States of America 10.07 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).