Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre by country
Manure Management — Emissions (CH4) 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 Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 0.007 kt per square kilometre in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Equatorial Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0002 kt per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,669.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 160.5%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 51.2%).
Manure Management — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 0.007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 2 | Malta | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 4 | Nauru | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 5 | Belgium | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 6 | Tonga | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 7 | Ireland | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 9 | Germany | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 11 | Switzerland | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 12 | Spain | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 13 | Pakistan | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Samoa | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.2% | rising |
| 15 | Italy | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 16 | France | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 17 | New Zealand | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 18 | Portugal | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 19 | Austria | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 20 | India | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 21 | Barbados | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 22 | Poland | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 23 | Serbia | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 24 | Albania | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 25 | Slovenia | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 26 | Kiribati | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 27 | Philippines | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 28 | Belarus | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 29 | Nepal | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 30 | Hungary | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 31 | Czechia | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 34 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 35 | Mauritius | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Croatia | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 37 | Lithuania | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 39 | Haiti | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 40 | Fiji | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 43 | Malawi | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 160.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Burundi | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Thailand | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 46 | Myanmar | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 47 | French Polynesia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 48 | China | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 49 | Vanuatu | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 50 | Cambodia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 51 | Uganda | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Greece | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 53 | Lebanon | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 54 | Slovakia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 55 | Japan | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 56 | Cyprus | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 57 | Montenegro | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 58 | Ukraine | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 59 | Estonia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 60 | Qatar | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 139.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Latvia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 62 | Israel | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 63 | Rwanda | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 65 | Bahrain | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 67 | Ethiopia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 68 | Grenada | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 69 | Indonesia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 71 | Uruguay | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 72 | Singapore | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Kuwait | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Jamaica | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 75 | Guatemala | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 76 | Cuba | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 77 | Chad | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.7% | volatile |
| 78 | El Salvador | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 79 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Togo | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Nigeria | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Kenya | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 83 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 85 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 89 | Senegal | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 90 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 91 | Gambia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 92 | Palestine | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 93 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 95 | Sweden | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 96 | Finland | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 97 | Benin | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 98 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 99 | Comoros | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 100 | Malaysia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 102 | Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Somalia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 104 | Mexico | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 105 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 106 | United Arab Emirates | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Colombia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 108 | Honduras | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 109 | Eswatini | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 110 | Paraguay | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 111 | Norway | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 112 | New Caledonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 113 | Brazil | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 114 | Afghanistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 115 | Sierra Leone | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Panama | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 117 | Ghana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 119 | Armenia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 120 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 121 | Dominica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 122 | Ecuador | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 123 | South Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 124 | Eritrea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 125 | Seychelles | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 126 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 127 | Faroe Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 128 | Tunisia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 129 | Djibouti | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 130 | Morocco | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 131 | Mali | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Niger | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 133 | Georgia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 134 | Argentina | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 135 | Bhutan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 136 | Canada | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 137 | Cameroon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 138 | Zimbabwe | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 139 | Australia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 140 | Iraq | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.2% | flat |
| 141 | Madagascar | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 142 | Peru | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 143 | Jordan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 144 | South Africa | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 145 | Mongolia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 146 | Yemen | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 147 | Lesotho | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 148 | Iceland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 149 | Egypt | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 150 | Central African Republic | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Mauritania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 152 | Zambia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 153 | Chile | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 154 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 155 | Angola | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 156 | Belize | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 157 | Bahamas | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 158 | Oman | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Liberia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 160 | Saudi Arabia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Mozambique | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 162 | Namibia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 163 | Algeria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 164 | Guyana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 165 | Botswana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.2% | flat |
| 166 | Congo | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Libya | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 168 | Gabon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 169 | Suriname | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 170 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0001 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Manure Management — Emissions (CH4) 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 Management — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Manure Management — 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 Management — Emissions (CH4) 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.