Name: Pesticide use in India
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	India	World
2024	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2023	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.38 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2022	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.44 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2021	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.43 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2020	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.26 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2019	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.25 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2018	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.19 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2017	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.16 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2016	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.23 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2015	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.15 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2014	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2013	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2012	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.10 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2011	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.02 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2010	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2009	0.17 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2008	0.09 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.89 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2007	0.16 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.85 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2006	0.22 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.68 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2005	0.21 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.69 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2004	0.21 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.64 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2003	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.56 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2002	0.25 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2001	0.26 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2000	0.26 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)

Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.

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