Name: Pesticide use in Brazil
Creator: FAOSTAT
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Kg of active ingredients per hectare of cropland. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Pesticide use per hectare of cropland (kg of active ingredients per hectare of cropland), 2000 to 2024
Period	Brazil	World
2024	11.85 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2023	11.89 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.38 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2022	12.63 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.44 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2021	11.34 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.43 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2020	10.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.26 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2019	9.78 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.25 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2018	8.65 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.19 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2017	8.11 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.16 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2016	8.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.23 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2015	7.90 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.15 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2014	7.72 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2013	7.57 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2012	7.35 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.10 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2011	6.60 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.02 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2010	5.85 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2009	5.50 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2008	5.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.89 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2007	5.02 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.85 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2006	3.96 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.68 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2005	3.91 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.69 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2004	3.68 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.64 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2003	3.18 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.56 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2002	2.58 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2001	2.73 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2000	2.57 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)

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Pesticide use in Brazil

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