Pesticide use per hectare of cropland

Name: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland
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Total agricultural use of pesticides (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and others), in kilograms of active ingredients, divided by the area of cropland.

Kg of active ingredients per hectare of cropland Annual 189 countries and 1 group 1990 to 2024 Source: FAOSTAT

Highest in 2024 37.72 kg/hae Antigua and Barbuda Lowest in 2024 0.00 kg/hae Tanzania

World, 2024 2.49 kg/hae Official aggregate published by the source

Countries ranked for 2024 187

187 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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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	World	United States	China	India
2024	2.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.78 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.88 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2023	2.38 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.78 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.70 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2022	2.44 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.76 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.76 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2021	2.43 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.83 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2020	2.26 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.80 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.94 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2019	2.25 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.05 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2018	2.19 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.87 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.21 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2017	2.16 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.80 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.42 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2016	2.23 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.82 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.52 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2015	2.15 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.66 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.57 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2014	2.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.60 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.59 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2013	2.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.65 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.58 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2012	2.10 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.59 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.56 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2011	2.02 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.46 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.52 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2010	2.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.34 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2009	1.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.22 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.38 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.17 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2008	1.89 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.32 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.34 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.09 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2007	1.85 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.43 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.28 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.16 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2006	1.68 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.36 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.17 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.22 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2005	1.69 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.42 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.07 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.21 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2004	1.64 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.44 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.98 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.21 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2003	1.56 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.35 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.90 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2002	1.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.35 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.89 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.25 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2001	1.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.31 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.84 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.26 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2000	1.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2.41 kg/hae (Estimated value)	1.86 kg/hae (Estimated value)	0.26 kg/hae (Estimated value)

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In short

Among the 187 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Antigua and Barbuda (37.72 kg/ha) and the lowest Tanzania (0.00 kg/ha).
Half of the countries are above 1.76 kg/ha and half below.
From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 70 countries and fell in 55.
The figure for the world was 2.49 kg/ha in 2024, against 2.25 kg/ha in 2019 (+10.7%).

About this measure

Definition: Total agricultural use of pesticides (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and others), in kilograms of active ingredients, divided by the area of cropland.
Unit: Kg of active ingredients per hectare of cropland
Frequency: Annual
Changes are shown as: Percent change

Source and dates

Original producer: 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
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

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

1 Antigua and Barbuda 37.72 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2 Qatar 35.11 kg/hae (Estimated value)
3 Turks and Caicos Islands 28.04 kg/hae (Estimated value)
4 Saint Lucia 27.62 kg/hae (Estimated value)
5 Djibouti 25.69 kg/hae (Estimated value)
6 Maldives 23.67 kg/hae (Estimated value)
7 Seychelles 23.16 kg/hae (Estimated value)
8 Trinidad and Tobago 22.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
9 Andorra 21.06 kg/hae (Estimated value)
10 Grenada 21.02 kg/hae (Estimated value)
11 Paraguay 20.59 kg/hae (Estimated value)
12 Panama 19.97 kg/hae (Estimated value)
13 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.89 kg/hae (Estimated value)
14 Costa Rica 19.70 kg/hae (Estimated value)
15 Naoero 18.82 kg/hae (Estimated value)
16 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)
17 Israel 18.08 kg/hae (Estimated value)
18 Hong Kong SAR, China 18.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
19 Mauritius 16.79 kg/hae (Estimated value)
20 Bahamas 16.19 kg/hae (Estimated value)
21 Suriname 14.01 kg/hae (Estimated value)
22 Viet Nam 13.90 kg/hae (Estimated value)
23 Malta 13.75 kg/hae (Estimated value)
24 South Korea 13.03 kg/hae (Estimated value)
25 Brunei 12.59 kg/hae (Estimated value)
26 West Bank and Gaza 11.91 kg/hae (Estimated value)
27 Brazil 11.85 kg/hae (Estimated value)
28 Belize 11.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
29 Palau 10.80 kg/hae (Estimated value)
30 Japan 10.06 kg/hae (Estimated value)
31 Ecuador 9.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)
32 Samoa 9.50 kg/hae (Estimated value)
33 French Polynesia 9.01 kg/hae (Estimated value)
34 New Zealand 8.87 kg/hae (Estimated value)
35 Barbados 8.55 kg/hae (Estimated value)
36 Jamaica 8.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)
37 Cyprus 7.73 kg/hae (Estimated value)
38 Georgia 7.72 kg/hae (Estimated value)
39 Netherlands 7.51 kg/hae (Estimated value)
40 Uruguay 7.45 kg/hae (Estimated value)
41 Chile 7.44 kg/hae (Estimated value)
42 Ghana 7.25 kg/hae (Estimated value)
43 Lebanon 7.23 kg/hae (Estimated value)
44 Indonesia 6.74 kg/hae (Estimated value)
45 Belgium 6.22 kg/hae (Estimated value)
46 Eswatini 6.15 kg/hae (Estimated value)
47 Colombia 5.75 kg/hae (Estimated value)
48 Honduras 5.66 kg/hae (Estimated value)
49 British Virgin Islands 5.64 kg/hae (Estimated value)
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.60 kg/hae (Estimated value)
51 Guyana 5.54 kg/hae (Estimated value)
52 Argentina 5.36 kg/hae (Estimated value)
53 Montenegro 5.29 kg/hae (Estimated value)
54 Micronesia 5.10 kg/hae (Estimated value)
55 Cambodia 5.02 kg/hae (Estimated value)
56 Ireland 4.94 kg/hae (Estimated value)
57 Switzerland 4.94 kg/hae (Estimated value)
58 Portugal 4.82 kg/hae (Estimated value)
59 Botswana 4.78 kg/hae (Estimated value)
60 Guatemala 4.73 kg/hae (Estimated value)
61 Mongolia 4.53 kg/hae (Estimated value)
62 Fiji 4.42 kg/hae (Estimated value)
63 Italy 4.29 kg/hae (Estimated value)
64 France 3.90 kg/hae (Estimated value)
65 Germany 3.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)
66 El Salvador 3.79 kg/hae (Estimated value)
67 Austria 3.78 kg/hae (Estimated value)
68 Spain 3.63 kg/hae (Estimated value)
69 Lesotho 3.44 kg/hae (Estimated value)
70 Moldova 3.36 kg/hae (Estimated value)
71 Philippines 3.35 kg/hae (Estimated value)
72 South Africa 3.28 kg/hae (Estimated value)
73 Egypt 3.22 kg/hae (Estimated value)
74 Oman 3.21 kg/hae (Estimated value)
75 Slovenia 3.09 kg/hae (Estimated value)
76 United States 2.78 kg/hae (Estimated value)
77 United Kingdom 2.75 kg/hae (Estimated value)
78 Malaysia 2.73 kg/hae (Estimated value)
79 Mexico 2.69 kg/hae (Estimated value)
80 Republic of the Congo 2.69 kg/hae (Estimated value)
81 Canada 2.67 kg/hae (Estimated value)
82 New Caledonia 2.36 kg/hae (Estimated value)
83 Peru 2.33 kg/hae (Estimated value)
84 Türkiye 2.21 kg/hae (Estimated value)
85 Bhutan 2.19 kg/hae (Estimated value)
86 Jordan 2.19 kg/hae (Estimated value)
87 Dominican Republic 2.16 kg/hae (Estimated value)
88 Poland 2.09 kg/hae (Estimated value)
89 Benin 2.06 kg/hae (Estimated value)
90 Luxembourg 2.06 kg/hae (Estimated value)
91 Armenia 2.01 kg/hae (Estimated value)
92 Bolivia 2.01 kg/hae (Estimated value)
93 China 1.88 kg/hae (Estimated value)
94 Bangladesh 1.76 kg/hae (Estimated value)
95 Hungary 1.73 kg/hae (Estimated value)
96 Croatia 1.72 kg/hae (Estimated value)
97 Guam 1.61 kg/hae (Estimated value)
98 Sri Lanka 1.59 kg/hae (Estimated value)
99 Lithuania 1.57 kg/hae (Estimated value)
100 Czechia 1.54 kg/hae (Estimated value)
101 Finland 1.52 kg/hae (Estimated value)
102 Morocco 1.52 kg/hae (Estimated value)
103 Gabon 1.51 kg/hae (Estimated value)
104 Mauritania 1.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)
105 Greece 1.46 kg/hae (Estimated value)
106 Denmark 1.42 kg/hae (Estimated value)
107 Liberia 1.41 kg/hae (Estimated value)
108 Slovakia 1.37 kg/hae (Estimated value)
109 Latvia 1.33 kg/hae (Estimated value)
110 Namibia 1.22 kg/hae (Estimated value)
111 Cameroon 1.21 kg/hae (Estimated value)
112 Rwanda 1.21 kg/hae (Estimated value)
113 Venezuela 1.19 kg/hae (Estimated value)
114 Haiti 1.18 kg/hae (Estimated value)
115 Estonia 1.09 kg/hae (Estimated value)
116 Zambia 1.09 kg/hae (Estimated value)
117 Serbia 1.07 kg/hae (Estimated value)
118 Romania 1.01 kg/hae (Estimated value)
119 Bulgaria 1.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
120 Equatorial Guinea 0.98 kg/hae (Estimated value)
121 Gambia 0.98 kg/hae (Estimated value)
122 Kiribati 0.98 kg/hae (Estimated value)
123 Nigeria 0.98 kg/hae (Estimated value)
124 Papua New Guinea 0.98 kg/hae (Estimated value)
125 Uganda 0.98 kg/hae (Estimated value)
126 Myanmar 0.94 kg/hae (Estimated value)
127 Belarus 0.91 kg/hae (Estimated value)
128 Kenya 0.90 kg/hae (Estimated value)
129 Bahrain 0.86 kg/hae (Estimated value)
130 Norway 0.86 kg/hae (Estimated value)
131 Pakistan 0.85 kg/hae (Estimated value)
132 Tuvalu 0.84 kg/hae (Estimated value)
133 Libya 0.83 kg/hae (Estimated value)
134 Timor-Leste 0.83 kg/hae (Estimated value)
135 Tunisia 0.83 kg/hae (Estimated value)
136 Sweden 0.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)
137 Russia 0.78 kg/hae (Estimated value)
138 Algeria 0.71 kg/hae (Estimated value)
139 Saudi Arabia 0.70 kg/hae (Estimated value)
140 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.66 kg/hae (Estimated value)
141 Tonga 0.65 kg/hae (Estimated value)
142 Nepal 0.60 kg/hae (Estimated value)
143 Tajikistan 0.59 kg/hae (Estimated value)
144 Ukraine 0.58 kg/hae (Estimated value)
145 Zimbabwe 0.54 kg/hae (Estimated value)
146 Burkina Faso 0.50 kg/hae (Estimated value)
147 Comoros 0.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)
148 Albania 0.44 kg/hae (Estimated value)
149 Kyrgyzstan 0.42 kg/hae (Estimated value)
150 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.41 kg/hae (Estimated value)
151 Mozambique 0.38 kg/hae (Estimated value)
152 Solomon Islands 0.38 kg/hae (Estimated value)
153 Syria 0.35 kg/hae (Estimated value)
154 Togo 0.34 kg/hae (Estimated value)
155 Iran 0.33 kg/hae (Estimated value)
156 Malawi 0.31 kg/hae (Estimated value)
157 Northern Mariana Islands 0.31 kg/hae (Estimated value)
158 Turkmenistan 0.30 kg/hae (Estimated value)
159 Kazakhstan 0.29 kg/hae (Estimated value)
160 India 0.24 kg/hae (Estimated value)
161 Azerbaijan 0.23 kg/hae (Estimated value)
162 Cuba 0.22 kg/hae (Estimated value)
163 Ethiopia 0.22 kg/hae (Estimated value)
164 North Macedonia 0.22 kg/hae (Estimated value)
165 Sierra Leone 0.20 kg/hae (Estimated value)
166 Madagascar 0.19 kg/hae (Estimated value)
167 Sudan 0.19 kg/hae (Estimated value)
168 Senegal 0.15 kg/hae (Estimated value)
169 Thailand 0.15 kg/hae (Estimated value)
170 Vanuatu 0.13 kg/hae (Estimated value)
171 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.12 kg/hae (Estimated value)
172 Guinea-Bissau 0.12 kg/hae (Estimated value)
173 Laos 0.12 kg/hae (Estimated value)
174 Yemen 0.10 kg/hae (Estimated value)
175 Iraq 0.09 kg/hae (Estimated value)
176 Cabo Verde 0.07 kg/hae (Estimated value)
177 Burundi 0.04 kg/hae (Estimated value)
178 Eritrea 0.04 kg/hae (Estimated value)
179 Central African Republic 0.02 kg/hae (Estimated value)
180 Guinea 0.02 kg/hae (Estimated value)
181 Iceland 0.02 kg/hae (Estimated value)
182 Angola 0.01 kg/hae (Estimated value)
183 Chad 0.01 kg/hae (Estimated value)
184 Côte d'Ivoire 0.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
185 Mali 0.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
186 Niger 0.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
187 Tanzania 0.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
World 2.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)

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@misc{fao_pesticide_use_per_cropland_29,
  author = {{FAOSTAT}},
  title = {Pesticide use per hectare of cropland},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {PiSpace Open Data},
  url = {https://data.pispace.eu/indicators/fao-pesticide-use-per-cropland?pub=29},
  note = {Publication 29, retrieved 2026-11-14}
}

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