Data for 1994

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1994

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1994
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1994, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1994 covers 178 countries on 4 measures. Malta is highest, at 34.40; Niger is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 0.93. Against 1993, 135 values changed (75 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 1994

HighestMalta

34.40

LowestNiger

0.00

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

178countries
4measures per country
1994the 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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	34.40	104	5	337
2	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	34.36	208	11	142
3	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	126	142	21
4	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	30.24	102	335	9
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	28.13	94	202	50
6	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	24.94	296	77	63
7	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	24.73	136	25	36
8	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	22.41	29	0	307
9	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	19.78	2	5	1
10	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.81	389	131	1,740
11	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	16.52	22	14	9
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.70	27,292	11,332	40,612
13	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	14.12	2	5	6
14	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	13.57	8	5	6
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	12.75	8,267	5,544	9,027
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	12.46	26	27	45
17	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	11.97	31	66	16
18	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.90	609	307	168
19	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.42	3,358	4,315	2,025
20	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.14	34	19	16
21	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.21	439	2,690	3,883
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.04	316	2,039	910
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.29	11,739	8,970	52,511
24	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.82	4	13	2
25	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.33	2,246	6,026	3,670
26	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.81	109	317	111
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.74	618	712	814
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.68	1,771	22,733	6,649
29	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.43	30	1	1
30	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.14	26	3	2
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.99	110	1,082	706
32	Panama`PAN`Central America	4.98	341	1,102	1,388
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.64	4,558	29,923	49,399
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.49	222	206	779
35	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.34	111	669	974
36	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.25	2,198	1,363	52
37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.22	67,960	33,954	18,271
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.10	118	267	556
39	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.99	4,231	20,674	1,688
40	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.98	87	319	723
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.97	64	186	40
42	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.90	285	171	215
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.61	2,420	2,172	248
44	Colombia`COL`South America	3.57	2,569	7,454	6,737
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.25	347	1,571	7,133
46	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.24	4,585	2,889	708
47	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3.17	470	649	347
48	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	1	5	1
49	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.07	15,226	2,547	3,139
50	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.75	262	53	354
51	Honduras`HND`Central America	2.74	680	520	1,351
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.73	459	864	1,625
53	Suriname`SUR`South America	2.63	49	61	68
54	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.58	261	3,318	563
55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.50	290	1,793	915
56	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.41	137	1,549	1,560
57	United States`USA`Northern America	2.31	98,883	219,992	21,772
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.26	462	903	459
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.20	3,935	8,909	8,967
60	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.19	1,439	14,834	7,698
61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.92	1,280	4,631	2,844
62	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.72	71	915	2,921
=63	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.70	31	147	20
=63	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.70	111	710	1,162
65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.68	2,232	4,579	6,383
66	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.66	12,023	31,008	13,884
=67	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.65	23,102	43,004	13,671
=67	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.65	95	2,685	892
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.62	2,239	2,252	1,423
70	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.60	10,646	7,298	10,355
=71	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.42	49,788	76,649	48,310
=71	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.42	2,504	160	1,116
73	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.40	325	467	1,003
74	Chile`CHL`South America	1.29	659	696	1,001
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.20	4,058	7,318	4,044
=76	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.17	4,713	14,540	1,509
=76	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.17	525	1,029	953
=76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.17	767	1,499	1,662
79	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.11	34	5	25
80	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.10	5,312	981	4,428
81	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.08	4,883	19,376	5,641
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.07	5,852	6,718	14,054
83	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.06	123	2,478	803
=84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.00	977	2,091	514
=84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.00	5,686	9,555	4,885
=86	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.99	1	10	37
=86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.99	453	913	494
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.98	1,765	94	152
89	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.94	19	626	145
90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.92	0	1	0
=91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.88	591	845	1,217
=91	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.88	12	39	6
=93	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.87	615	370	464
=93	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.87	446	2,320	862
=93	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.87	98	27	30
=93	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.87	358	22	406
=93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.87	49	566	40
=93	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.87	10,871	6,342	4,733
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.83	161	97	121
100	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.82	93	165	260
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.76	90	174	188
102	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.73	57	8	8
=103	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.71	3,426	21,910	3,780
=103	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.71	53	1,507	358
105	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.68	126	76	95
106	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.67	136	17	2
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.64	500	5,415	2,965
108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.61	1,117	720	1,791
109	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.58	156	36	12
=110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.55	464	732	224
=110	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.55	2,047	2,463	2,521
112	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.54	16,479	—	—
=113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.52	20	12	15
=113	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.52	649	795	0
=115	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.51	695	134	2,084
=115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.51	176	439	184
117	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.49	937	9,018	3,308
118	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.43	101	60	76
=119	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.40	1	8	3
=119	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.40	41	21	244
121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.38	427	340	62
122	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.36	41,994	6,810	10,177
=123	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.33	34	1,320	586
=123	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.33	498	0	74
125	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.30	109	44	3
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.29	117	7	74
127	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.27	7	555	132
=128	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.26	2	7	1
=128	Peru`PER`South America	0.26	395	241	611
=128	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.26	432	348	181
=131	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.24	3	2	2
=131	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.24	213	324	403
133	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.20	1,686	12,152	12,110
134	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.19	145	167	569
=135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.18	1,139	50	402
=135	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.18	2	131	29
=137	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.17	3	223	56
=137	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.17	427	105	12
139	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.16	51	9	98
140	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.15	1	24	0
=141	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	425	256	321
=141	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.14	5	8	121
=143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.13	187	146	120
=143	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.13	1	—	13
=143	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.13	241	451	0
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.12	385	5	125
=147	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.09	62	36	111
=147	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.09	5	91	10
=147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.09	198	2	3
=150	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.08	82	51	0
=150	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.08	216	92	263
=152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=152	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.07	55	9	20
=152	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.07	179	79	457
=155	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.05	11	6	2
=155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.05	74	17	1
=155	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.05	20	1	0
=155	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.05	16	9	0
=159	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.04	2	—	0
=159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.04	26	0	6
=159	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.04	16	10	13
=162	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.03	22	65	1
=162	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.03	80	—	—
=162	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.03	35	11	10
=162	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.03	438	263	330
=166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.02	59	—	2
=166	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.02	88	26	29
=166	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.02	138	100	4
=166	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	1	2	0
=166	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.02	0	3	0
=166	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.02	47	9	20
=166	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.02	27	3	22
=166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.02	167	7	16
=166	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	1	1
=175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.01	4	—	0
=175	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.01	32	8	25
=175	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.01	20	15	4
178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	62	—	0

02In 1994

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

178Niger0.00
175Guineashared0.01
175Ghanashared0.01
175Eritreashared0.01
166Timor-Lesteshared0.02

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 States98,883
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 164
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States219,992
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 223
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestItaly52,511
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 202

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
135values changed, of 178 in both
75 · 60rose · fell
43unchanged

Rose most

Malta25.11 → 34.40+9.29
Cyprus13.21 → 17.81+4.60
Brunei21.39 → 24.73+3.34
Saint Kitts and Nevis9.42 → 12.46+3.04
Bahrain2.34 → 5.14+2.80

Fell most

Nauru25.22 → 19.78−5.44
Saint Lucia27.80 → 24.94−2.86
Barbados32.35 → 30.24−2.11
Netherlands11.21 → 9.21−2.00
Mauritius6.45 → 5.81−0.64

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 1994.
128 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 9 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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1994). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/1994

0635 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1993
178 countries
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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1995
178 countries
All of them
Pesticide Use per Hectare: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions