Name: Pesticide use in United States
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	United States	World
2024	2.78 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2023	2.78 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.38 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2022	2.76 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.44 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2021	2.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.43 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2020	2.80 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.26 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2019	2.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.25 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2018	2.87 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.19 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2017	2.80 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.16 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2016	2.82 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.23 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2015	2.66 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.15 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2014	2.60 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2013	2.65 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2012	2.59 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.10 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2011	2.46 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.02 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2010	2.34 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2009	2.22 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2008	2.32 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.89 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2007	2.43 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.85 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2006	2.36 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.68 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2005	2.42 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.69 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2004	2.44 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.64 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2003	2.35 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.56 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2002	2.35 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2001	2.31 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2000	2.41 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)

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