Data for 1992

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1992

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1992
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1992, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1992 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. Antigua and Barbuda is highest, at 32.94; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.95. Against 1991, 106 values changed (44 up, 62 down), 18 countries joined.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 1992

HighestAntigua and Barbuda

32.94

Lowest3 countries share it

0.00

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

174countries
4measures per country
1992the year it describes
126distinct 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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	126	142	21
2	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	32.35	188	283	14
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	31.50	379	98	80
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	28.05	140	7	96
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	26.88	77	166	41
6	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	25.22	4	12	2
7	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.11	47	19	259
8	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	23.23	29	0	296
9	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	17.48	96	18	25
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.45	27,292	11,332	40,612
11	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	14.30	8	5	6
12	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	14.12	2	5	6
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	12.91	9,878	5,369	8,445
14	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	12.79	17	13	14
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12.00	43	24	13
16	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	11.66	30	64	16
17	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.46	594	266	119
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.36	3,358	4,315	2,025
19	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.90	261	111	1,307
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.67	557	2,987	4,192
21	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	9.24	24	25	42
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.66	481	1,882	1,001
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.59	10,336	8,087	59,605
24	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.09	95	479	113
25	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.82	4	13	2
26	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.42	2,246	6,026	3,670
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.77	618	712	814
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.55	152	345	809
29	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.43	30	1	1
30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.16	222	206	779
31	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5.13	129	183	58
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.09	110	1,082	706
33	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.01	341	1,102	1,388
=34	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.70	127	749	953
=34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.70	1,553	19,900	6,918
36	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.63	2,468	1,416	51
37	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.47	6,110	27,821	44,786
38	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.21	48,779	47,155	17,690
39	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.14	372	77	859
40	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.99	87	319	723
41	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.88	277	167	210
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.78	3,904	19,072	1,557
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.56	2,420	2,172	248
44	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.22	523	456	3,065
=45	Colombia`COL`South America	3.12	2,682	6,067	6,235
=45	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.12	15,226	2,547	3,139
47	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	1	5	1
48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.98	687	365	382
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	2.90	56	88	54
50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.73	459	864	1,625
51	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.59	143	1,859	1,483
52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.52	1,098	15,394	9,373
53	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.34	8	3	3
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.28	493	930	462
55	United States`USA`Northern America	2.16	92,079	204,116	20,412
56	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.05	3,667	263	868
57	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.01	630	1,196	3,923
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.00	2,290	2,130	2,670
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.94	14,245	35,926	16,601
60	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.79	128	2,824	1,333
61	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.77	86	1,038	2,876
=62	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.74	461	1,304	460
=62	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.74	409	434	1,324
64	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.64	32	140	20
65	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.60	6,742	12,003	10,248
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.59	2,130	4,607	6,273
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.58	446	591	1,020
68	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.53	35	8	67
69	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.52	2,514	4,173	8,447
70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.47	227	223	473
71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.44	1,598	670	1,082
72	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.36	4,977	15,353	1,593
73	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.32	994	1,238	594
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.25	20,757	32,954	11,050
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.23	4,255	7,567	3,588
=76	Chile`CHL`South America	1.17	636	672	966
=76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.17	767	1,499	1,662
=78	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.16	534	3,046	2,093
=78	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.16	961	731	227
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.15	40,660	62,597	39,453
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.13	554	991	598
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.08	5,852	6,718	14,054
83	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.05	4,473	950	4,620
=84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.03	972	2,087	520
=84	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.03	1,852	98	160
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.98	13,125	7,406	4,025
87	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.95	71	589	42
88	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.94	3,503	17,533	4,799
=89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.92	5,518	9,058	3,990
=89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.92	0	1	0
91	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.90	486	2,492	905
=92	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.88	378	20	398
=92	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.88	12	39	6
=92	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.88	58	11	8
=95	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.87	84	167	205
=95	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.87	28	561	134
97	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.83	156	94	118
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.80	238	51	18
99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.77	498	301	378
100	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.72	1	19	16
101	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.71	3,170	23,198	2,875
=102	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.67	340	638	1,006
=102	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.67	27	60	21
104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.64	3,637	2,752	1,079
105	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.59	14	690	180
=106	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.54	16,479	—	—
=106	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.54	53	945	468
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.50	363	4,189	2,548
=109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.49	88	53	66
=109	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.49	937	9,018	3,308
111	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.48	708	70	1,898
=112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.47	102	7	2
=112	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.47	52	906	272
114	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.44	43	19	244
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.43	98	59	74
=116	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.42	18	320	82
=116	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.42	51,659	7,437	10,968
118	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.40	1	8	3
119	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.39	427	340	62
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.38	172	346	57
=121	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.33	34	1,320	586
=121	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.33	174	397	136
=123	Peru`PER`South America	0.27	395	241	611
=123	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.27	432	348	181
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.26	184	94	252
=126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.25	3	2	2
=126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.25	316	0	47
128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.23	410	289	655
129	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.21	186	283	350
=130	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.19	1,686	12,152	12,110
=130	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.19	145	167	569
132	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.17	70	5	44
133	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.16	1,102	33	312
=134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.14	1	—	13
=134	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	413	250	313
=134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.14	47	14	0
=134	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.14	5	5	123
=138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.13	182	150	118
=138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.13	52	11	2
=140	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.12	464	3	47
=140	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.12	241	451	0
=140	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.12	269	100	12
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.09	187	2	3
=144	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.08	5	91	10
=144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.08	25	13	59
=144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.08	164	94	277
=147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=147	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.07	74	7	11
=147	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.07	1	2	0
=147	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.07	82	51	0
151	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.05	641	388	486
=152	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.04	31	40	1
=152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.04	91	—	—
=154	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.03	1	1	2
=154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.03	1	1	1
=154	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.03	66	24	11
=154	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.03	35	11	10
=158	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.02	4	3	1
=158	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.02	1	—	0
=158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.02	55	—	5
=158	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.02	32	8	25
=158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.02	77	0	3
=158	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	1	2	0
=158	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.02	17	0	0
=158	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.02	0	3	0
=158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.02	27	3	22
=158	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.02	141	5	5
=158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.02	7	4	5
=158	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	1	1
=170	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	13	2	8
=170	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.01	3	0	1
=172	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	0	0	16
=172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	62	—	0
=172	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	19

02In 1992

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

172Tanzaniashared0.00
172Nigershared0.00
172Côte d’Ivoireshared0.00
170Guinea-Bissaushared0.01
170Angolashared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.95. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States92,079
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 178
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States204,116
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 257
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestItaly59,605
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 219

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+18 / −0countries joined / left
106values changed, of 156 in both
44 · 62rose · fell
50unchanged

Rose most

Belize8.59 → 11.46+2.87
Honduras1.83 → 3.22+1.39
Oman0.40 → 1.53+1.13
Brunei16.58 → 17.48+0.90
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines26.32 → 26.88+0.56

Fell most

Saint Lucia35.15 → 31.50−3.65
Fiji2.69 → 0.47−2.22
Cyprus12.70 → 10.90−1.80
Hong Kong13.57 → 12.00−1.57
Qatar24.57 → 23.23−1.34

+ Armenia

+ Azerbaijan

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Belarus

+ Estonia

+ Georgia

+ Croatia

+ Kazakhstan

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Lithuania

+ Latvia

+ Moldova

+ North Macedonia

+ Russia

+ Slovenia

+ Tajikistan

+ Turkmenistan

+ Ukraine

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 1992.
126 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 12 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) (1992). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/1992

0635 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1991
156 countries
The year after ›
Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1993
178 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