Pesticide use in France
Farmers in France used 3.90 kg of pesticides per hectare of cropland in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2018.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
France, 2024
3.90e (Estimate)
Change from 2023
+8.3%
World, 2024
2.49 kg/hae (Estimate)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
2.06 kg/ha
Position in 2024
64th of 187
Pesticide use in France over time
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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.
Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +8.3% from 3.60 kg/ha in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 3.87 kg/ha, the figure has changed by +0.8%.
- Among the 187 countries with data for 2024, France has the 64th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2.49 kg/ha.
More for France
All statistics for France
Nitrogen fertiliser use
94.9e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Area under organic farming
9.5%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.12e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
3.5%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
1.4%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
6,281 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank