Which has higher manure management — emissions, United States or USSR?

United States, at 1,373 kt against 1,331 kt in USSR as of 2050.

What is the difference in manure management — emissions between United States and USSR?

42 kt, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for United States and USSR?

31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Manure Management — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

United States vs USSR: Manure Management — Emissions

United States

1,373 kt

in 2050

USSR

1,331 kt

in 1991

United States rank

5th

USSR rank

6th

Manure Management — Emissions over time

United States
USSR

How they compare

United States currently reports 1,373 kt against 1,331 kt in USSR, a difference of 42 kt.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States ahead.

United States ranks 5th and USSR ranks 6th of 228 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, United States averaged higher in 2 and USSR in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	United States	USSR	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1,511 kt	1,053 kt	458.8 kt	United States
1970s	1,360 kt	1,253 kt	107.14 kt	United States
1980s	1,314 kt	1,357 kt	42.4 kt	USSR
1990s	1,252 kt	1,342 kt	90 kt	USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher manure management — emissions, United States or USSR?: United States, at 1,373 kt against 1,331 kt in USSR as of 2050.
What is the difference in manure management — emissions between United States and USSR?: 42 kt, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States and USSR?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do United States and USSR rank globally for manure management — emissions?: United States ranks 5th and USSR ranks 6th of 228 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Manure Management — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Manure Management — Emissions (CH4)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 261 places, 15,473 data points, 1961–2050
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf