Sheep — Manure management (manure treated, 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
571.91 million kg
USSR
Lowest
44.72 kg
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
1.02 million kg
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,062
What the numbers show
Sheep — Manure management (manure treated, N content) is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 571.91 million kg in USSR; the lowest is 44.72 kg in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.02 million kg, and the mean is 19.51 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 management: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 571.91 million kg | 1991 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 392.29 million kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 105.73 million kg | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 392.29 million kg | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 4 | OECD | 166.44 million kg | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 5 | India | 157.38 million kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.24 million kg | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 82.09 million kg | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 1.79 million kg | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 7 | Pakistan | 65.75 million kg | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 338,810 kg | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 62.21 million kg | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 219,768 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 59.78 million kg | 2023 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 10 | Romania | 44.31 million kg | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 41,273 kg | 2023 | down 70.5% | flat |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 41.74 million kg | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 34.48 million kg | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 13 | Indonesia | 31.56 million kg | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 28.71 million kg | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 15 | Spain | 26.60 million kg | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 24.88 million kg | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 17 | Greece | 15.44 million kg | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 18 | Yugoslav SFR | 14.54 million kg | 1991 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 19 | France | 12.86 million kg | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 20 | Italy | 12.71 million kg | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 21 | Sudan (former) | 12.59 million kg | 2011 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Nigeria | 12.30 million kg | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Chad | 11.64 million kg | 2023 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.29 million kg | 2023 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 25 | Sudan | 9.56 million kg | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 9.55 million kg | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 605,401 kg | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 7.78 million kg | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Cabo Verde | 4,655 kg | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 7.69 million kg | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 29 | Algeria | 7.61 million kg | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 30 | Ireland | 7.32 million kg | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 31 | Mali | 5.58 million kg | 2023 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 5.55 million kg | 2023 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Ethiopia PDR | 5.55 million kg | 1992 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 34 | South Africa | 5.12 million kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 35 | Morocco | 4.94 million kg | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 4.61 million kg | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 4.34 million kg | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 38 | Norway | 4.29 million kg | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 39 | Hungary | 3.90 million kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 40 | Czechoslovakia | 3.76 million kg | 1992 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3.59 million kg | 2005 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 42 | South Sudan | 3.47 million kg | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 43 | Niger | 3.38 million kg | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 44 | Serbia | 3.36 million kg | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 45 | Germany | 3.05 million kg | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 2.73 million kg | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Mauritania | 2.72 million kg | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 48 | Somalia | 2.47 million kg | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 49 | Albania | 2.36 million kg | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 50 | Ukraine | 2.23 million kg | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.96 million kg | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 52 | Senegal | 1.96 million kg | 2023 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Libya | 1.80 million kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 54 | Tunisia | 1.49 million kg | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 55 | Ghana | 1.43 million kg | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.30 million kg | 2023 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 57 | Slovakia | 1.25 million kg | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 58 | Uganda | 1.19 million kg | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Poland | 1.16 million kg | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 1.15 million kg | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Myanmar | 1.10 million kg | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Croatia | 1.08 million kg | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 63 | Nepal | 1.02 million kg | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 64 | Guinea | 890,258 kg | 2023 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Cameroon | 854,077 kg | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 66 | Czechia | 770,685 kg | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 67 | Austria | 766,547 kg | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 68 | Canada | 755,520 kg | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 69 | Switzerland | 708,851 kg | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 70 | Iceland | 694,397 kg | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 71 | Sweden | 662,247 kg | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 72 | Benin | 615,321 kg | 2023 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Eritrea | 591,984 kg | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 74 | Namibia | 541,618 kg | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 75 | Togo | 497,909 kg | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 76 | Egypt | 476,274 kg | 2023 | down 64.2% | rising |
| 77 | Lesotho | 350,948 kg | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 78 | Montenegro | 328,547 kg | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 79 | Belarus | 325,639 kg | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 309,068 kg | 1999 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 81 | Denmark | 298,450 kg | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 82 | Malaysia | 286,678 kg | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Angola | 279,147 kg | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Lithuania | 250,149 kg | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Sierra Leone | 240,408 kg | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Finland | 238,843 kg | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 87 | Madagascar | 229,002 kg | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 88 | Slovenia | 227,542 kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 89 | Belgium | 215,409 kg | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 90 | Burundi | 164,382 kg | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 91 | Faroe Islands | 153,826 kg | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 92 | Latvia | 153,165 kg | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 93 | Zimbabwe | 122,625 kg | 2023 | up 60.2% | falling |
| 94 | Guinea-Bissau | 115,723 kg | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 95 | Djibouti | 112,461 kg | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 96 | Estonia | 107,783 kg | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 97 | Central African Republic | 105,663 kg | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Malawi | 87,603 kg | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Thailand | 78,143 kg | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Rwanda | 73,657 kg | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Liberia | 68,807 kg | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 102 | Philippines | 60,983 kg | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Zambia | 58,133 kg | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Botswana | 57,322 kg | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 105 | Mozambique | 54,948 kg | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 106 | Gabon | 54,749 kg | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 107 | Japan | 52,653 kg | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Gambia | 40,806 kg | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 109 | Congo | 29,837 kg | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 110 | Malta | 27,366 kg | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 26,182 kg | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Bhutan | 19,130 kg | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Luxembourg | 17,605 kg | 2022 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 114 | Equatorial Guinea | 9,970 kg | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 115 | Brunei Darussalam | 9,086 kg | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Comoros | 6,160 kg | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 117 | Eswatini | 3,985 kg | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 118 | Republic of Korea | 2,720 kg | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritius | 944.63 kg | 2023 | up 57.4% | falling |
| 120 | Sao Tome and Principe | 815.5 kg | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 121 | China, Taiwan Province of | 349.63 kg | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Réunion | 244.89 kg | 2006 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 123 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 44.72 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 1.39 billion kg
- Asia 972.09 million kg
- Non-Annex I countries 1.09 billion kg
- Eastern Asia 452.47 million kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 96.12 million kg
- Southern Asia 362.59 million kg
- Middle Africa 13.19 million kg
- Europe 307.08 million kg
- Annex I countries 301.51 million kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 251.12 million kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 235.43 million kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 154.37 million kg
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 169,570 kg
- European Union (27) 143.43 million kg
- Eastern Europe 142.44 million kg
- Central Asia 123.91 million kg
- Africa 104.31 million kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 78.43 million kg
- Northern Europe 76.37 million kg
- Southern Europe 69.57 million kg
- Western Africa 33.18 million kg
- South-Eastern Asia 33.13 million kg
- Eastern Africa 25.98 million kg
- Northern Africa 25.88 million kg
- Western Europe 18.69 million kg
- Southern Africa 6.08 million kg
- Americas 5.33 million kg
- Northern America 5.33 million kg
- United States of America 4.58 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).