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.

Measure: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland Unit: Kg of active ingredients per hectare of cropland Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: FAOSTAT
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Japan, 2024 10.06e (Estimate) Kg of active ingredients per hectare of cropland
Change from 2023 −5.2% 2023: 10.61 kg/ha
World, 2024 2.49 kg/hae (Estimate) Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 2.78 kg/ha Middle value of 37 countries
Position in 2024 30th of 187 See the full ranking

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.

Pesticide use per hectare of cropland (kg of active ingredients per hectare of cropland), 2000 to 2024
Period JapanWorld
2024 10.06 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2023 10.61 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.38 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2022 11.63 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.44 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2021 11.22 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.43 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2020 11.18 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.26 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2019 11.82 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.25 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2018 11.84 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.19 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2017 11.76 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.16 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2016 11.41 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.23 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2015 12.05 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.15 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2014 11.85 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2013 11.63 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2012 12.03 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.10 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2011 11.36 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.02 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2010 12.10 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2009 13.23 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2008 12.69 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.89 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2007 13.15 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.85 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2006 13.97 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.68 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2005 13.60 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.69 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2004 13.72 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.64 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2003 14.33 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.56 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2002 14.75 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2001 16.43 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2000 16.53 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)

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.

Source and dates

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FAOSTAT
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT
Dataset or series code
RP · dataset details · view at source
Selection
Item Code=1357 Element Code=5159
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Japan
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms)
Attribution
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0