Data for 1995

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1995

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1995
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1995, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1995 covers 178 countries on 4 measures. Bahamas is highest, at 33.83; Niger is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 0.92. Against 1994, 142 values changed (79 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 1995

HighestBahamas

33.83

LowestNiger

0.00

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

178countries
4measures per country
1995the year it describes
130distinct 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	33.83	185	10	127
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	126	142	21
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	29.70	164	30	43
4	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	29.09	121	445	16
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	28.85	83	180	44
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	26.90	35	20	11
7	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	24.90	269	73	56
8	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	22.41	37	0	304
9	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	19.12	47	6	157
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.84	27,292	11,332	40,612
11	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	14.39	306	122	1,521
12	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	13.85	32	69	17
13	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	13.36	28	29	49
14	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	13.06	1	4	0
15	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	13.05	8	5	6
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.02	8,892	5,817	7,910
17	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.82	2	5	5
18	Belize`BLZ`Central America	12.29	617	328	193
19	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.40	3,358	4,315	2,025
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.71	553	3,982	4,490
21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.87	370	2,338	929
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.70	12,233	9,779	53,014
23	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.82	4	13	2
24	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6.50	184	301	109
25	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.43	28	7	8
26	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.28	2,246	6,026	3,670
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.82	618	712	814
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.63	1,667	22,753	6,563
29	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.51	31	1	1
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.39	106	1,362	570
31	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.05	341	1,102	1,388
32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.70	172	218	846
33	Colombia`COL`South America	4.55	4,240	8,322	7,280
34	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.42	78,189	32,581	19,546
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.34	8,848	27,419	42,579
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.31	122	250	612
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.13	4,360	21,303	1,739
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.10	95	657	949
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.09	87	319	723
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.07	396	1,659	9,077
=41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.06	2,063	1,336	52
=41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.06	63	175	38
43	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.05	6,079	3,998	520
44	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.00	319	841	857
45	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.90	288	172	218
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3.83	616	3,353	2,076
47	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.69	16,452	4,979	3,465
48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3.30	254	934	313
49	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	1	5	1
50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.86	459	864	1,625
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.77	204	2,037	1,142
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.52	686	1,839	716
=53	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.49	1,518	16,065	9,652
=53	Suriname`SUR`South America	2.49	46	48	75
55	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.36	232	53	339
56	United States`USA`Northern America	2.30	104,326	209,106	22,226
=57	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.28	123	1,607	1,409
=57	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.28	467	930	435
59	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.17	230	3,222	1,257
60	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.08	7	3	2
61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.03	3,624	8,147	8,342
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.86	24,275	48,030	14,982
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.79	96	958	952
64	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.74	2,348	4,722	6,315
65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.71	1,696	1,883	2,554
66	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.60	30	139	20
67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.58	55,303	85,139	53,661
=68	Chile`CHL`South America	1.53	736	777	1,118
=68	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.53	1,004	3,727	2,078
70	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.51	10,912	28,549	12,526
71	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.50	5,730	17,675	1,834
72	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.49	9,538	6,326	9,021
73	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.35	6,188	24,863	6,297
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.34	2,592	225	1,115
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.30	4,239	7,769	4,765
76	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.24	282	484	843
77	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.19	479	880	1,208
=78	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.17	5,732	997	4,332
=78	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.17	37	3	26
=78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.17	6,827	11,935	4,827
81	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.16	767	1,499	1,662
82	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.11	101	2,461	991
83	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.10	51	815	1,423
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.07	5,852	6,718	14,054
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.01	14,639	4,842	4,937
=86	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.00	970	2,100	513
=86	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.00	146	11	28
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.94	1,722	91	149
=89	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.92	21	687	167
=89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.92	425	815	496
=89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.92	0	1	0
92	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.90	0	6	38
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.89	501	896	1,241
=94	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.87	664	398	503
=94	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.87	357	22	396
=94	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.87	122	169	262
=94	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.87	12	40	5
98	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.84	426	2,234	840
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.83	162	97	123
100	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.82	31	564	35
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.81	619	879	736
=102	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.78	1,399	544	2,999
=102	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.78	3,193	24,933	3,666
=104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.77	153	22	2
=104	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.77	62	9	9
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.74	143	86	108
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.70	92	175	185
108	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.65	531	969	274
109	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.63	1,175	692	1,861
110	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.59	23	14	17
111	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.53	16,479	—	—
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.50	128	29	10
113	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.49	445	3,940	2,271
=114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.47	1,502	1,395	5,803
=114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.47	292	334	242
116	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.44	32	975	187
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.43	101	61	77
118	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.40	140	60	4
=119	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.39	670	6,516	2,205
=119	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.39	1	8	3
121	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.38	41	21	244
=122	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.36	145	8	94
=122	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.36	40,045	6,120	9,635
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.35	3	261	77
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.34	508	0	78
126	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.33	34	1,320	586
127	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.28	2	7	1
=128	Peru`PER`South America	0.26	395	241	611
=128	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.26	3	2	2
=128	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.26	432	348	181
=131	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.25	5	573	141
=131	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.25	244	251	130
133	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.23	202	302	389
134	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.20	1,686	12,152	12,110
=135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.19	1,154	66	475
=135	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.19	145	167	569
=137	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.18	1	28	0
=137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.18	64	6	118
=139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.17	1	—	16
=139	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.17	2	109	34
141	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.16	384	432	0
=142	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	429	257	325
=142	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.14	312	108	11
=142	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.14	7	10	119
145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.13	189	145	120
=146	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.11	205	129	1
=146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.11	339	7	152
=146	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.11	101	12	31
=146	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.11	328	109	344
=150	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.09	5	91	10
=150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.09	195	2	3
=152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=152	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.07	82	51	0
=154	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.06	110	9	2
=154	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.06	838	502	635
=154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.06	275	108	174
=157	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.05	13	2	3
=157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.05	130	21	2
=159	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.04	16	1	0
=159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.04	10	7	0
=161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.03	18	1	4
=161	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.03	243	9	13
=161	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.03	35	11	10
=161	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.03	12	7	9
=165	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.02	57	—	1
=165	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.02	88	24	22
=165	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.02	138	100	4
=165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	1	2	0
=165	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.02	0	3	0
=165	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.02	49	16	8
=165	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.02	74	—	—
=165	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	1	1
=173	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.01	1	—	0
=173	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.01	0	7	41
=173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.01	4	—	0
=173	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.01	32	8	25
=173	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.01	16	4	7
178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	62	—	0

02In 1995

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
173Mozambiqueshared0.01
173Ghanashared0.01
173Eritreashared0.01
173Cabo Verdeshared0.01

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 States104,326
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 187
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States209,106
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 250
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina53,661
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 190

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
142values changed, of 178 in both
79 · 63rose · fell
36unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles16.52 → 26.90+10.38
Brunei24.73 → 29.70+4.97
Grenada11.97 → 13.85+1.88
Netherlands9.21 → 10.71+1.50
Honduras2.74 → 4.00+1.26

Fell most

Malta34.40 → 19.12−15.28
Nauru19.78 → 13.06−6.72
Hong Kong10.14 → 6.43−3.71
Cyprus17.81 → 14.39−3.42
Bahrain5.14 → 2.08−3.06

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 1995.
130 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 8 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) (1995). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/1995

0635 held

Other years

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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1994
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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1996
178 countries
All of them
Pesticide Use per Hectare: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions