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Sheep — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content), per capita by country

Sheep — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
159
Highest
18.74 kg per person
New Zealand
Lowest
0.0004 kg per person
Japan
Median
0.22 kg per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,179

What the numbers show

Sheep — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content), per capita is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 18.74 kg per person in New Zealand; the lowest is 0.0004 kg per person in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.22 kg per person, and the mean is 0.8804 kg per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 45,389.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 127.0%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 70.2%).

Sheep: Manure left on pasture that volatilises … capita volatilises: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 New Zealand 18.74 kg per person 2023 down 32.4% falling
2 Mongolia 16.77 kg per person 2023 up 22.1% falling
3 Australia 10.82 kg per person 2023 down 17.2% volatile
4 Chad 5.96 kg per person 2023 up 51.9% volatile
5 Mauritania 5.37 kg per person 2023 down 16.0% falling
6 Uruguay 4.18 kg per person 2023 down 28.5% falling
7 Turkmenistan 3.81 kg per person 2023 down 18.6% rising
8 Faroe Islands 3.78 kg per person 2023 down 0.4% falling
9 South Sudan 2.99 kg per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
10 Libya 2.44 kg per person 2023 down 9.8% falling
11 Iceland 2.41 kg per person 2023 down 35.7% falling
12 Mali 2.32 kg per person 2023 up 30.9% flat
13 Greece 1.99 kg per person 2023 down 5.3% falling
14 Sudan 1.89 kg per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
15 Ireland 1.84 kg per person 2023 down 35.0% rising
16 Namibia 1.81 kg per person 2023 down 21.3% volatile
17 Eritrea 1.69 kg per person 2023 down 4.7% falling
18 Kazakhstan 1.66 kg per person 2023 down 3.2% falling
19 Algeria 1.63 kg per person 2023 down 0.4% rising
20 Azerbaijan 1.56 kg per person 2023 down 22.3% rising
21 Kyrgyzstan 1.55 kg per person 2023 down 3.5% falling
22 Lesotho 1.5 kg per person 2023 down 7.4% falling
23 Saudi Arabia 1.34 kg per person 2023 up 35.0% falling
24 Somalia 1.33 kg per person 2023 down 41.1% falling
25 Albania 1.31 kg per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
26 Morocco 1.3 kg per person 2023 down 2.5% falling
27 Niger 1.28 kg per person 2023 down 6.7% falling
28 Romania 1.26 kg per person 2023 up 22.2% falling
29 Tunisia 1.21 kg per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
30 Burkina Faso 1.18 kg per person 2023 down 2.5% rising
31 Uzbekistan 1.14 kg per person 2023 up 20.9% rising
32 Senegal 1.07 kg per person 2023 up 2.2% rising
33 Norway 1.04 kg per person 2023 down 11.3% falling
34 Kenya 0.9929 kg per person 2023 up 13.7% rising
35 Djibouti 0.9657 kg per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
36 North Macedonia 0.8409 kg per person 2023 down 15.6% falling
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8249 kg per person 2023 up 11.6% rising
38 South Africa 0.8025 kg per person 2023 down 24.4% volatile
39 Peru 0.7972 kg per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
40 Spain 0.7362 kg per person 2023 down 18.7% falling
41 Ethiopia 0.7349 kg per person 2023 up 11.7% rising
42 Qatar 0.7299 kg per person 2023 up 46.3% falling
43 Tajikistan 0.7228 kg per person 2023 down 3.4% rising
44 Montenegro 0.7053 kg per person 2023 down 19.0% falling
45 Serbia 0.6787 kg per person 2023 up 14.9% rising
46 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.6738 kg per person 2023 up 113.9% falling
47 Argentina 0.6622 kg per person 2023 down 19.1% volatile
48 Yemen 0.628 kg per person 2023 down 19.4% falling
49 Cyprus 0.6168 kg per person 2022 down 13.3% falling
50 Jordan 0.6135 kg per person 2023 down 11.3% falling
51 Guinea 0.6118 kg per person 2023 up 31.8% rising
52 Togo 0.5994 kg per person 2023 down 21.8% falling
53 Afghanistan 0.586 kg per person 2023 down 29.0% volatile
54 Georgia 0.556 kg per person 2023 up 25.6% rising
55 Armenia 0.5489 kg per person 2023 up 7.4% rising
56 Portugal 0.5487 kg per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
57 Nigeria 0.5342 kg per person 2023 up 1.3% rising
58 Guinea-Bissau 0.532 kg per person 2023 down 18.9% rising
59 United Arab Emirates 0.4707 kg per person 2023 down 27.3% falling
60 Benin 0.4317 kg per person 2023 up 127.0% falling
61 Ghana 0.4187 kg per person 2023 up 16.5% rising
62 Bulgaria 0.3871 kg per person 2023 down 12.5% volatile
63 Guyana 0.3822 kg per person 2023 down 9.2% rising
64 Croatia 0.3744 kg per person 2023 down 2.3% rising
65 Palestine 0.3709 kg per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
66 Kuwait 0.362 kg per person 2023 up 2.7% rising
67 Iraq 0.3616 kg per person 2023 down 18.1% volatile
68 Oman 0.3165 kg per person 2023 down 7.4% rising
69 Cuba 0.307 kg per person 2023 down 28.7% volatile
70 Dominica 0.303 kg per person 2023 up 11.8% rising
71 Cameroon 0.298 kg per person 2023 down 8.8% falling
72 Italy 0.2884 kg per person 2023 down 7.5% falling
73 Sierra Leone 0.2813 kg per person 2023 down 6.3% rising
74 China 0.2715 kg per person 2023 up 22.1% rising
75 Pakistan 0.2594 kg per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
76 France 0.2518 kg per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
77 Brazil 0.2468 kg per person 2023 up 18.5% falling
78 Uganda 0.2429 kg per person 2023 up 71.4% falling
79 Botswana 0.2288 kg per person 2023 down 24.6% volatile
80 Hungary 0.22 kg per person 2023 down 21.2% falling
81 Gabon 0.2181 kg per person 2023 down 16.1% rising
82 Antigua and Barbuda 0.218 kg per person 2023 down 42.6% rising
83 Grenada 0.2043 kg per person 2023 down 26.6% rising
84 Central African Republic 0.203 kg per person 2023 down 0.5% rising
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1882 kg per person 2023 up 16.3% rising
86 Lebanon 0.1799 kg per person 2023 down 4.0% falling
87 Mexico 0.1629 kg per person 2023 down 5.1% falling
88 Gambia 0.1497 kg per person 2023 up 21.0% falling
89 Chile 0.1464 kg per person 2023 down 68.2% volatile
90 Slovenia 0.1436 kg per person 2023 down 1.0% rising
91 Slovakia 0.1242 kg per person 2023 down 29.4% falling
92 Liberia 0.124 kg per person 2023 down 14.9% falling
93 Israel 0.1214 kg per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
94 Burundi 0.1189 kg per person 2023 up 77.9% falling
95 Saint Lucia 0.1178 kg per person 2023 down 4.4% falling
96 Lithuania 0.1166 kg per person 2023 up 59.4% volatile
97 Paraguay 0.1143 kg per person 2023 down 36.2% falling
98 Barbados 0.113 kg per person 2023 down 0.6% volatile
99 Austria 0.1124 kg per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
100 Indonesia 0.1096 kg per person 2023 down 5.4% rising
101 Latvia 0.1088 kg per person 2023 up 0.1% rising
102 India 0.1069 kg per person 2023 up 1.2% falling
103 Switzerland 0.1067 kg per person 2023 down 19.5% flat
104 Estonia 0.1053 kg per person 2023 down 31.0% rising
105 Fiji 0.0952 kg per person 2023 up 102.9% volatile
106 Belize 0.0937 kg per person 2023 up 1.5% rising
107 Bahrain 0.0921 kg per person 2023 up 20.7% rising
108 Sweden 0.0841 kg per person 2023 down 46.5% rising
109 Colombia 0.0819 kg per person 2023 up 125.2% falling
110 Guatemala 0.0814 kg per person 2023 down 10.0% volatile
111 Angola 0.0752 kg per person 2023 down 22.0% rising
112 Ecuador 0.0747 kg per person 2023 down 33.2% volatile
113 Zimbabwe 0.0743 kg per person 2023 up 37.4% volatile
114 Madagascar 0.0727 kg per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
115 Comoros 0.0717 kg per person 2023 down 12.1% rising
116 Denmark 0.0672 kg per person 2023 down 4.8% rising
117 Malta 0.0663 kg per person 2023 down 1.6% rising
118 Haiti 0.0618 kg per person 2023 up 71.0% rising
119 Finland 0.0573 kg per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
120 Dominican Republic 0.0541 kg per person 2023 down 7.0% rising
121 Equatorial Guinea 0.0534 kg per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
122 Rwanda 0.0523 kg per person 2023 down 69.3% falling
123 Germany 0.049 kg per person 2023 down 20.2% falling
124 Congo 0.0478 kg per person 2023 down 19.7% falling
125 Bangladesh 0.0443 kg per person 2023 up 11.2% rising
126 Egypt 0.0412 kg per person 2023 down 70.2% falling
127 Malawi 0.0411 kg per person 2023 up 9.6% falling
128 Bahamas 0.0395 kg per person 2023 down 5.1% volatile
129 Czechia 0.0384 kg per person 2023 down 21.4% rising
130 Luxembourg 0.0361 kg per person 2022 down 10.9% falling
131 Sao Tome and Principe 0.035 kg per person 2023 down 10.8% falling
132 Nepal 0.0335 kg per person 2023 down 42.4% falling
133 Eswatini 0.0321 kg per person 2023 down 12.1% volatile
134 Ukraine 0.032 kg per person 2023 down 40.9% volatile
135 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0303 kg per person 2023 down 19.5% rising
136 Zambia 0.0278 kg per person 2023 down 24.7% rising
137 Canada 0.0277 kg per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
138 Belgium 0.0247 kg per person 2022 down 12.2% falling
139 Suriname 0.0239 kg per person 2023 down 4.9% flat
140 Bhutan 0.0238 kg per person 2023 down 12.5% volatile
141 Myanmar 0.0198 kg per person 2023 down 50.7% volatile
142 Belarus 0.0192 kg per person 2023 up 24.6% volatile
143 Poland 0.0172 kg per person 2023 up 12.4% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.0162 kg per person 2023 down 30.7% falling
145 New Caledonia 0.0161 kg per person 2023 down 17.9% volatile
146 Puerto Rico 0.0124 kg per person 2023 up 64.1% rising
147 Malaysia 0.008 kg per person 2023 down 14.6% flat
148 Mauritius 0.0075 kg per person 2023 up 58.7% volatile
149 Honduras 0.0038 kg per person 2023 down 11.6% rising
150 French Polynesia 0.0036 kg per person 2023 down 1.4% volatile
151 Nicaragua 0.0024 kg per person 2023 down 3.5% rising
152 El Salvador 0.0021 kg per person 2023 up 1.8% falling
153 Papua New Guinea 0.0017 kg per person 2023 down 17.6% volatile
154 Costa Rica 0.0014 kg per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
155 Sri Lanka 0.0012 kg per person 2023 up 26.9% volatile
156 Jamaica 0.0011 kg per person 2023 down 4.2% volatile
157 Thailand 0.0011 kg per person 2023 down 10.9% volatile
158 Philippines 0.0005 kg per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
159 Japan 0.0004 kg per person 2023 up 17.7% 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 that volatilises (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Sheep — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Sheep — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content), per capita
Unit
kg per person
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 that volatilises (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.