Data for 1993

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1993

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1993
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1993, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1993 covers 178 countries on 4 measures. Bahamas is highest, at 34.88; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.92. Against 1992, 123 values changed (53 up, 70 down), 4 countries joined.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 1993

HighestBahamas

34.88

Lowest3 countries share it

0.00

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

178countries
4measures per country
1993the year it describes
128distinct 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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	34.88	174	9	119
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	126	142	21
3	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	32.35	188	283	14
4	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	27.80	335	86	71
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	27.48	86	185	46
6	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	25.22	2	6	1
7	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.11	47	19	259
8	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	21.48	27	0	295
9	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	21.39	118	22	31
10	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	17.10	23	16	13
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.58	27,292	11,332	40,612
12	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	14.12	2	5	6
13	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	13.93	8	5	6
14	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13.21	322	111	1,465
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	12.65	7,642	5,270	10,143
16	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.38	3,358	4,315	2,025
17	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.25	602	287	144
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.21	553	3,441	4,615
19	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	10.93	28	60	15
20	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.57	38	20	13
21	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	9.42	24	26	43
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.60	478	2,105	800
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.85	12,344	8,808	59,749
24	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.82	4	13	2
25	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6.45	102	398	112
26	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.39	2,246	6,026	3,670
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.77	618	712	814
28	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.43	30	1	1
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.26	1,611	20,885	7,203
30	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.01	341	1,102	1,388
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.95	110	1,082	706
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.78	5,408	25,982	54,254
33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.73	140	315	654
34	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.47	123	675	982
35	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.45	2,333	1,389	51
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.44	222	206	779
=37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.19	59,908	40,183	18,234
=37	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.19	66	197	41
39	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.04	4,220	20,616	1,683
40	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.98	87	319	723
41	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.90	282	170	212
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.58	2,420	2,172	248
43	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.36	373	586	5,783
=44	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3.11	687	365	382
=44	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	1	5	1
46	Colombia`COL`South America	3.10	2,281	5,719	6,749
47	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.09	15,226	2,547	3,139
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.00	383	1,307	6,707
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	2.76	53	75	61
50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.73	459	864	1,625
51	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.66	141	1,873	1,580
52	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.63	292	52	368
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.44	5,078	9,817	9,357
54	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.41	281	2,962	639
55	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2.37	3,092	1,779	895
56	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.34	8	3	3
57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.27	375	1,548	687
=58	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.25	468	926	458
=58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.25	2,362	2,305	3,474
=60	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.11	1,790	12,696	7,660
=60	United States`USA`Northern America	2.11	91,172	192,777	21,319
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.05	1,472	5,613	2,556
=63	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.80	118	841	3,113
=63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.80	13,134	33,467	15,243
65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.63	2,233	4,463	6,495
66	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.61	107	2,632	1,033
=67	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.55	31	130	19
=67	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.55	367	451	1,164
69	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.50	5,857	10,579	9,344
=70	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.44	21,930	37,979	12,361
=70	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.44	34	7	46
=72	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.38	5,350	16,502	1,712
=72	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.38	2,415	94	1,116
=74	Chile`CHL`South America	1.23	636	671	965
=74	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.23	42,980	66,169	41,705
=74	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.23	249	569	807
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.21	4,183	7,469	3,762
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.17	767	1,499	1,662
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.14	571	1,178	697
80	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.08	4,892	966	4,524
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.07	5,852	6,718	14,054
82	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.04	120	2,251	949
83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.02	12,266	9,000	4,171
=84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.01	976	2,086	518
=84	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.01	1,808	96	156
86	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.99	115	223	294
87	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.94	3,503	17,533	4,799
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.93	471	542	739
=89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.92	5,518	9,058	3,990
=89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.92	0	1	0
91	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.89	63	570	44
=92	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.88	466	2,406	883
=92	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.88	367	21	405
=92	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.88	12	39	6
95	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.84	17	510	164
96	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.83	158	96	119
97	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.82	88	172	195
98	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.71	3,298	22,554	3,328
=99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.68	194	43	15
=99	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.68	47	38	24
=99	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.68	49	8	7
102	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.67	449	271	338
103	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.63	186	643	148
104	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.62	187	640	993
105	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.60	560	5,205	2,750
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.59	107	65	81
107	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.58	681	785	0
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.57	119	12	2
109	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.54	16,479	—	—
110	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.53	30	1,097	301
111	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.51	2,452	2,186	4,525
112	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.49	937	9,018	3,308
113	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.47	0	11	13
114	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.46	608	101	1,910
115	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.44	398	494	174
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.43	99	60	75
117	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.42	42	20	244
118	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.40	1	8	3
=119	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.39	46,827	7,124	10,573
=119	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.39	427	340	62
121	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.34	34	1,320	586
122	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.33	11	672	200
=123	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.28	7	345	89
=123	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.28	244	371	458
125	Peru`PER`South America	0.27	395	241	611
=126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.26	435	298	698
=126	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.26	432	348	181
=126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.26	383	0	57
129	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.25	3	2	2
=130	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.20	77	25	3
=130	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.20	1,686	12,152	12,110
132	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.19	7	4	5
133	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.18	145	167	569
=134	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.17	70	5	44
=134	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.17	1,124	33	329
=134	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.17	123	65	182
137	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.16	4	120	30
=138	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	420	254	315
=138	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.14	5	6	123
=140	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.13	185	148	119
=140	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.13	1	—	13
=142	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.12	429	4	81
=142	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.12	241	451	0
=144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.11	38	11	79
=144	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.11	239	103	12
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.10	33	13	0
=147	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.09	5	91	10
=147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.09	201	2	3
=149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.08	83	8	6
=149	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.08	1	2	0
=149	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.08	181	93	261
=152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=152	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.07	82	51	0
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.06	24	1	0
=155	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.05	153	1	13
=155	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.05	34	0	8
=157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.03	34	20	1
=157	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.03	67	22	21
=157	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.03	86	—	—
=157	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.03	35	11	10
=157	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.03	360	218	271
=162	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.02	4	3	1
=162	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.02	1	1	1
=162	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.02	1	—	0
=162	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.02	57	—	3
=162	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.02	138	100	4
=162	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	1	2	0
=162	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.02	0	3	0
=162	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.02	27	3	22
=162	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.02	145	3	12
=162	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.02	9	5	6
=162	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	1	1
=173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.01	4	—	0
=173	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.01	32	8	25
=173	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.01	18	1	2
=176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	0	0	16
=176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	62	—	0
=176	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	19

02In 1993

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

176Tanzaniashared0.00
176Nigershared0.00
176Côte d’Ivoireshared0.00
173Guineashared0.01
173Ghanashared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.92. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States91,172
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 178
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States192,777
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 223
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestItaly59,749
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 189

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
123values changed, of 174 in both
53 · 70rose · fell
51unchanged

Rose most

Bahamas28.05 → 34.88+6.83
Seychelles12.79 → 17.10+4.31
Brunei17.48 → 21.39+3.91
Cyprus10.90 → 13.21+2.31
Netherlands9.67 → 11.21+1.54

Fell most

Saint Lucia31.50 → 27.80−3.70
Qatar23.23 → 21.48−1.75
Jordan4.14 → 2.63−1.51
Hong Kong12.00 → 10.57−1.43
Trinidad and Tobago5.13 → 4.19−0.94

+ Czechia

+ Eritrea

+ Ethiopia

+ Slovakia

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 1993.
128 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 11 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.
9 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1993). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/1993

0635 held

Other years

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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1992
174 countries
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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1994
178 countries
All of them
Pesticide Use per Hectare: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions