Data for 1991

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1991

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1991
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1991, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1991 covers 156 countries on 4 measures. Saint Lucia is highest, at 35.15; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.94. Against 1990, 103 values changed (38 up, 65 down), 2 countries joined.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 1991

HighestSaint Lucia

35.15

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00

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

156countries
4measures per country
1991the year it describes
118distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	35.15	426	110	90
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	126	142	21
3	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	32.35	188	283	14
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	28.57	142	7	97
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	26.32	52	112	28
6	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	25.22	4	12	2
7	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.11	47	19	259
8	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	24.57	25	0	245
9	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.58	91	17	24
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.34	27,292	11,332	40,612
11	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	14.51	8	5	6
12	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	14.12	2	5	6
13	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	13.57	61	20	10
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.14	10,503	5,631	8,470
15	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	12.70	377	70	1,452
16	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	12.60	32	69	17
17	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	12.27	16	13	16
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.26	3,358	4,315	2,025
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.09	594	3,162	4,281
20	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	9.24	24	25	42
21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.72	462	2,089	829
22	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.59	360	172	76
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.78	88	560	115
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.50	12,279	9,346	56,434
25	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.82	4	13	2
26	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.46	2,246	6,026	3,670
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.75	618	712	814
=28	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.43	10,673	33,713	55,565
=28	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.43	30	1	1
30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.39	222	206	779
31	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5.16	140	196	43
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.10	110	1,082	706
33	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.06	341	1,102	1,388
34	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.95	2,603	1,443	50
35	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.77	123	782	912
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.38	1,854	18,262	6,518
37	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.22	397	78	398
38	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.99	87	319	723
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3.88	36,836	49,888	16,022
40	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.80	272	164	211
41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.67	3,775	18,443	1,506
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.53	2,420	2,172	248
43	Colombia`COL`South America	3.50	3,507	6,368	6,520
44	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.25	15,226	2,547	3,139
45	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.12	3,891	822	2,145
46	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	1	5	1
=47	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.04	680	1,804	6,510
=47	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.04	59	101	47
49	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.94	157	2,167	1,843
50	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.92	687	365	382
51	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.71	1,477	17,790	9,765
52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.69	126	17	529
53	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.34	8	3	3
54	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.18	1,805	1,340	1,097
55	United States`USA`Northern America	2.10	88,904	199,580	21,319
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.99	3,921	4,120	11,857
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.95	9,178	13,747	11,582
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.88	2,150	2,080	2,530
59	Honduras`HND`Central America	1.83	730	511	940
60	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.81	146	2,867	1,426
61	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.63	68	1,413	2,165
62	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.62	31	138	20
63	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.57	2,130	4,575	6,274
64	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.53	789	4,538	2,599
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.51	1,598	670	1,082
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.36	415	518	813
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.26	4,279	7,608	3,521
68	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.20	73	16	9
69	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.15	2,061	109	178
70	Chile`CHL`South America	1.14	672	709	1,020
71	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.09	38,936	59,942	37,780
=72	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.08	969	2,091	520
=72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.08	5,852	6,718	14,054
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.06	19,585	27,928	9,739
=75	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.03	3,999	12,337	1,280
=75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.03	4,053	935	4,716
77	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.99	72	616	38
=78	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.94	3,503	17,533	4,799
=78	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.94	486	2,492	905
=80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.92	2	16	30
=80	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.92	0	1	0
=82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.91	1,994	130	3,713
=82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.91	1,858	1,487	991
=82	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.91	12	38	6
=82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.91	5,518	9,058	3,990
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.88	10,414	7,033	3,990
=87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.87	388	18	389
=87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.87	82	160	215
89	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.85	18	564	133
90	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.83	153	93	119
91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.82	254	51	19
92	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.80	506	306	392
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.79	374	814	1,178
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.74	303	630	476
95	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.71	3,041	23,841	2,423
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.67	606	343	1,460
97	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.66	48	1,043	708
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.61	360	399	697
99	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.56	14	77	16
100	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.54	16,479	—	—
101	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.44	76	46	59
=102	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.42	54,420	6,003	11,078
=102	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.42	96	58	74
=104	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.40	9	1	7
=104	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.40	1	8	3
106	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.39	427	340	62
107	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.38	172	346	57
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.37	334	2,948	1,566
109	Peru`PER`South America	0.28	395	241	611
110	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.27	432	348	181
111	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.25	3	2	2
112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.21	81	29	79
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.20	175	267	329
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.19	145	167	569
115	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.18	302	214	481
=116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.17	70	5	44
=116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.17	57	14	0
=118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.14	1	—	13
=118	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	406	245	315
=120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.13	992	35	260
=120	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.13	479	3	31
=120	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.13	179	152	117
=120	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.13	269	100	12
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.12	241	451	0
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.11	162	0	24
=126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.10	38	0	0
=126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.10	208	2	3
=128	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.09	41	6	1
=128	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.09	11	0	96
=130	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.08	5	91	10
=130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.08	921	556	714
=130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.08	154	92	288
=133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.07	74	7	11
=133	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.07	1	2	0
=133	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.07	82	51	0
=133	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.07	141	—	—
137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.06	31	79	1
138	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.04	99	7	25
=139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.03	74	0	5
=139	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.03	2	1	2
=139	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.03	1	1	1
=139	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.03	35	11	10
=143	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.02	1	—	0
=143	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.02	53	—	7
=143	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.02	32	8	25
=143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.02	77	0	3
=143	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	1	2	0
=143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.02	17	0	0
=143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.02	0	3	0
=143	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.02	27	3	22
=143	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.02	9	5	7
=143	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	1	1
=153	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.01	113	0	1
=153	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.01	62	—	0
=155	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	0	0	16
=155	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	19

02In 1991

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

155Tanzaniashared0.00
155Côte d’Ivoireshared0.00
153Nigershared0.01
153Myanmarshared0.01
143Timor-Lesteshared0.02

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.94. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States88,904
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 167
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States199,580
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 170
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestItaly56,434
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 180

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
103values changed, of 154 in both
38 · 65rose · fell
51unchanged

Rose most

Fiji0.52 → 2.69+2.17
El Salvador3.12 → 4.95+1.83
Bahamas26.89 → 28.57+1.68
Qatar23.02 → 24.57+1.55
Brunei15.04 → 16.58+1.54

Fell most

Djibouti20.51 → 14.51−6.00
Hong Kong16.43 → 13.57−2.86
Egypt4.99 → 3.12−1.87
Belize10.01 → 8.59−1.42
Cyprus13.95 → 12.70−1.25

+ Micronesia

+ Palau

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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 1991.
118 distinct values among 156
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 10 countries share 0.02. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
8 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1991). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/1991

0635 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1990
154 countries
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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1992
174 countries
All of them
Pesticide Use per Hectare: every year
35 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions