Manure applied to Soils — Direct emissions (N2O), per square kilometre by country
Manure applied to Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
Manure applied to Soils — Direct emissions (N2O), per square kilometre is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 0.0001 kt per square kilometre in Belgium; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Botswana.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0 kt per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,968.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 268.7%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 40.4%).
Manure applied to Soils — Direct emissions, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 2 | Barbados | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 6 | Malta | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.5% | rising |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 10 | Switzerland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Pakistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Malawi | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 212.6% | volatile |
| 15 | France | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 16 | Poland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 17 | Singapore | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Belarus | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 19 | Italy | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 20 | Austria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 21 | El Salvador | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 22 | Spain | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 23 | Tonga | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 24 | Burundi | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 220.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Nauru | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Slovenia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 27 | Czechia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 28 | Haiti | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 30 | India | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 32 | Albania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 33 | Mauritius | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 36 | Lebanon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 38 | Guatemala | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Serbia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 41 | Grenada | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 42 | Jamaica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 43 | Indonesia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 44 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 45 | Rwanda | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Nepal | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 47 | Philippines | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 48 | Uganda | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Dominica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 50 | Lithuania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 51 | Israel | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 52 | Saint Lucia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 53 | Slovak Republic | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 54 | Cyprus | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 55 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 56 | Croatia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 58 | Japan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.9% | flat |
| 61 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 62 | Kiribati | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 63 | Cuba | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 64 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 65 | Togo | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 67 | Kuwait | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Myanmar | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 69 | Ukraine | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Ecuador | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 72 | Thailand | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 73 | Greece | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 74 | Honduras | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 75 | Samoa | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 76 | Montenegro | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 77 | Cambodia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 78 | Qatar | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 268.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Colombia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 80 | Latvia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 81 | Seychelles | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 84 | Bahrain | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Estonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 86 | Mexico | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 87 | Malaysia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 89 | New Zealand | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 90 | Panama | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 91 | Nigeria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Uruguay | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 94 | Fiji | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 95 | Benin | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 96 | Brazil | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 98 | Faroe Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Armenia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 102 | Finland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 103 | Sweden | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 104 | Palestine | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 105 | Chile | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 106 | Norway | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 107 | Senegal | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Kenya | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 109 | Ghana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 110 | French Polynesia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 111 | Mongolia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 114 | Tunisia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Eswatini | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Peru | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 118 | Paraguay | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 119 | South Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 120 | Cameroon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 121 | Comoros | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Madagascar | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 123 | Gambia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 124 | Morocco | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 125 | Vanuatu | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 126 | Georgia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 127 | Bahamas | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 128 | Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Argentina | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 130 | Lesotho | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 132 | Iraq | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 133 | Chad | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Jordan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 135 | Liberia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 136 | Eritrea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 137 | Bhutan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 138 | Angola | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Belize | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 140 | Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 143 | South Africa | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 144 | Iceland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 145 | New Caledonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 146 | Guyana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 147 | Central African Republic | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Zambia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Egypt | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 151 | Mali | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Somalia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 153 | Niger | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 154 | Djibouti | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 155 | Canada | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 156 | Mozambique | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Yemen | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Australia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 160 | Gabon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 161 | Algeria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Suriname | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 163 | Saudi Arabia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Mauritania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 165 | Namibia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 166 | Congo | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 168 | Oman | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Libya | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 170 | Botswana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Manure applied to Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Manure applied to Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Manure applied to Soils — Direct emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Manure applied to Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.