Data for 1990

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1990

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1990
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1990, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1990 covers 154 countries on 4 measures. Saint Lucia is highest, at 35.51; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.93.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 1990

HighestSaint Lucia

35.51

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

154countries
4measures per country
1990the year it describes
113distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1990, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1990: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	35.51	457	118	97
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	126	142	21
3	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	32.35	188	283	14
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	26.89	134	7	92
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.87	53	116	29
6	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	25.22	5	15	2
7	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.11	47	19	259
8	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	23.02	24	0	229
9	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	20.51	7	5	6
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	16.43	74	23	13
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.22	27,292	11,332	40,612
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	15.04	83	15	22
13	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	14.12	2	5	6
14	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13.95	334	77	1,697
15	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	11.98	33	72	18
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.89	9,332	5,509	7,778
17	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	11.85	16	12	17
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.18	3,358	4,315	2,025
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.17	731	3,468	4,140
20	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.01	455	204	94
21	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	9.24	24	25	42
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.76	472	2,027	899
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.42	81	641	116
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8.40	12,074	9,602	66,856
25	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.50	2,246	6,026	3,670
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.78	618	712	814
27	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.56	222	206	779
28	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.43	30	1	1
29	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.35	223	823	988
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.14	11,039	37,429	41,514
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.07	110	1,082	706
32	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.06	341	1,102	1,388
33	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	4.99	4,233	832	5,913
34	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.73	70	148	110
35	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.41	2,083	18,360	6,689
36	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.00	87	319	723
37	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.86	270	163	212
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.68	3,764	18,390	1,501
39	Colombia`COL`South America	3.61	4,006	6,573	7,023
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3.54	31,997	51,724	15,462
41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.51	2,420	2,172	248
42	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.28	15,226	2,547	3,139
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.19	28	157	32
44	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.12	1,517	915	92
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.99	680	1,804	6,510
46	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.95	324	27	351
47	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.92	687	365	382
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.82	285	1,945	1,683
=49	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.52	1,838	15,941	10,945
=49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.52	5,797	7,567	11,891
51	Honduras`HND`Central America	2.51	1,104	766	497
52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.41	1,127	5,489	5,869
53	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.34	8	3	3
54	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.20	259	3,128	1,396
55	United States`USA`Northern America	2.13	86,182	206,384	22,680
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.96	9,194	13,395	12,312
57	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.88	2,071	1,386	393
=58	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.87	98	1,580	2,417
=58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.87	2,150	2,080	2,530
60	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.66	30	144	19
61	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.55	2,046	4,473	6,240
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.53	1,598	670	1,082
63	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.50	87	20	10
=64	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.37	19	965	153
=64	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.37	415	518	813
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.27	4,285	7,618	3,504
67	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.21	2,165	115	187
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.12	5,852	6,718	14,054
=69	Chile`CHL`South America	1.10	674	712	1,024
=69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.10	38,936	59,942	37,780
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.09	967	2,094	519
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.08	17,652	6,258	3,602
73	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.04	3,999	12,337	1,280
74	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.01	72	635	35
75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.99	3,633	919	4,812
76	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.95	3,503	17,533	4,799
77	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.94	486	2,492	905
=78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.92	322	384	1,528
=78	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.92	2	16	30
=78	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.92	12	38	6
=78	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.92	0	1	0
=82	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.91	18,412	22,903	8,428
=82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.91	5,518	9,058	3,990
=84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.87	450	960	1,123
=84	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.87	392	17	384
=84	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.87	80	156	220
=87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.83	271	53	20
=87	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.83	152	92	119
=87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.83	306	736	529
=90	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.81	502	303	395
=90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.81	63	1,609	590
92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.75	1,188	99	3,275
93	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.71	2,913	24,485	1,970
94	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.65	1,744	1,583	886
95	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.59	9	86	13
96	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.55	16,479	—	—
97	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.53	11	0	16
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.52	97	19	5
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.50	468	200	1,154
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.44	57,945	5,821	10,902
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.42	95	57	75
102	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.41	71	43	56
103	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.40	1	8	3
104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.38	172	346	57
=105	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.37	334	2,948	1,566
=105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.37	427	340	62
107	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.31	299	128	487
108	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.29	432	348	181
109	Peru`PER`South America	0.28	395	241	611
110	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.26	3	2	2
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.19	145	167	569
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.18	58	13	0
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.17	70	5	44
=114	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.15	136	207	255
=114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.15	319	2	3
=116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.14	1	—	13
=116	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	403	243	317
=118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.13	955	35	276
=118	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.13	484	3	27
=118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.13	178	153	116
=118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.13	241	451	0
=118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.13	19	0	138
=123	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.12	247	—	—
=123	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.12	269	100	12
125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.11	1,254	756	986
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.09	32	0	0
=127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.08	32	119	1
=127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.08	134	95	214
=127	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.08	5	91	10
=127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.08	36	4	1
=127	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.08	151	91	293
=132	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.07	74	7	11
=132	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.07	1	2	0
=132	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.07	82	51	0
135	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.06	85	0	13
136	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.04	81	14	33
=137	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.03	2	1	1
=137	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.03	1	1	1
=137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.03	35	11	10
=137	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.03	12	7	10
=141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.02	56	0	5
=141	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.02	1	—	0
=141	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.02	52	—	8
=141	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.02	32	8	25
=141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.02	77	0	3
=141	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	1	2	0
=141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.02	17	0	0
=141	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.02	0	3	0
=141	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.02	27	3	22
=141	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.02	200	0	4
=141	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	1	1
152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.01	62	—	0
=153	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	0	0	16
=153	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	19

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Lowest

153Tanzaniashared0.00
153Côte d’Ivoireshared0.00
152Niger0.01
141Timor-Lesteshared0.02
141Chadshared0.02

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.93. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States86,182
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 223
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States206,384
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 165
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestItaly66,856
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 200

03Caveats

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One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.
113 distinct values among 154
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 11 countries share 0.02. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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8 empty cells
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1990). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/1990

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