Pesticide use in Portugal
Farmers in Portugal used 4.82 kg of pesticides per hectare of cropland in 2024.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Portugal, 2024
4.82e (Estimate)
Change from 2023
+2.3%
World, 2024
2.49 kg/hae (Estimate)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
2.06 kg/ha
Position in 2024
58th of 187
Pesticide use in Portugal 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 +2.3% from 4.71 kg/ha in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 6.89 kg/ha, the figure has changed by −30.0%.
- Among the 187 countries with data for 2024, Portugal has the 58th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2.49 kg/ha.
More for Portugal
All statistics for Portugal
Nitrogen fertiliser use
52.3e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Area under organic farming
21.2%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.30e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
14.4%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
2.0%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
5,309 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank