Pesticide use in Japan
Farmers in Japan used 10.06 kg of pesticides per hectare of cropland in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Japan, 2024
10.06e (Estimate)
Change from 2023
−5.2%
World, 2024
2.49 kg/hae (Estimate)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
2.78 kg/ha
Position in 2024
30th of 187
Pesticide use in Japan 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 −5.2% from 10.61 kg/ha in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 11.85 kg/ha, the figure has changed by −15.1%.
- Among the 187 countries with data for 2024, Japan has the 30th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2.49 kg/ha.
More for Japan
All statistics for Japan
Nitrogen fertiliser use
39.4e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$8.27e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
13.2%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
1.0%
2024 · World Bank
Cereal yield
6,248 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
12.6%
2024 · World Bank