Data for 1996

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1996

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1996
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1996, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1996 covers 178 countries on 4 measures. Bahamas is highest, at 33.31; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.90. Against 1995, 138 values changed (76 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 1996

HighestBahamas

33.31

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00

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

178countries
4measures per country
1996the year it describes
133distinct 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	33.31	242	13	166
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	126	142	21
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	32.63	180	33	47
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	29.62	94	209	52
5	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	27.94	120	265	25
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	27.22	32	18	10
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	25.79	68	0	329
8	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.60	237	71	47
9	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.02	358	132	1,832
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.98	27,292	11,332	40,612
11	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	14.91	27	29	48
12	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.00	13	8	133
13	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	13.16	30	66	16
14	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.89	8	5	6
15	Belize`BLZ`Central America	12.79	624	349	217
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	12.66	8,407	5,962	7,156
17	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.33	1	5	5
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.42	3,358	4,315	2,025
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.28	495	3,013	3,925
20	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	8.36	1	2	0
21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.90	291	1,886	1,002
22	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.82	4	13	2
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.78	11,932	10,393	43,465
24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.49	26	10	8
25	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.28	2,246	6,026	3,670
26	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6.23	105	340	108
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	6.17	832	1,716	196
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.95	618	712	814
29	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.88	34	1	2
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.78	1,654	24,131	6,846
=31	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.05	7,603	36,052	48,624
=31	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.05	341	1,102	1,388
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.97	328	239	730
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.79	7,572	5,108	333
35	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.68	17,352	7,205	8,188
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.56	366	1,584	9,747
37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.44	81,821	31,718	19,879
38	Colombia`COL`South America	4.41	3,485	7,347	7,067
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.25	114	254	582
40	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.21	87	319	723
41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.16	4,435	21,667	1,769
42	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.07	1,927	1,309	53
43	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.94	111	625	890
44	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.90	289	174	218
45	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.88	45	879	570
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.84	61	164	36
47	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.50	255	123	406
48	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.31	320	910	1,207
49	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	1	5	1
50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.89	459	864	1,625
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.83	148	1,528	1,412
52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.63	1,296	16,541	10,404
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.57	712	1,977	715
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.53	174	1,810	997
55	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.44	224	2,764	917
56	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.40	98	1,536	1,697
57	United States`USA`Northern America	2.39	111,584	218,178	23,133
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.16	470	883	447
59	Suriname`SUR`South America	2.09	47	84	11
60	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.03	8	2	2
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.00	25,447	53,055	16,293
62	Chile`CHL`South America	1.96	902	953	1,373
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.93	9,456	38,185	6,107
64	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.87	2,120	1,960	2,591
65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.76	3,194	6,930	7,301
66	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.74	9,758	8,652	10,165
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.73	2,312	4,684	6,317
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.66	58,040	89,353	56,317
69	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.61	6,214	22,449	2,055
70	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.60	31	141	19
71	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.58	36	2,915	631
72	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.42	2,681	291	1,115
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.39	4,465	8,222	5,477
=74	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.38	1,041	3,252	1,991
=74	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.38	9,801	26,090	11,168
=76	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.22	432	731	1,464
=76	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.22	41	1	27
78	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.18	6,152	1,012	4,236
79	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.17	48	674	1,690
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.16	767	1,499	1,662
81	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.15	196	4	25
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.14	6,521	12,541	4,078
83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.12	15,138	5,955	6,765
=84	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.09	95	2,251	1,044
=84	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.09	240	501	683
=84	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.09	775	651	594
87	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.06	5,852	6,718	14,054
88	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.04	948	2,108	519
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.92	0	1	0
=90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.88	170	27	2
=90	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.88	372	773	510
92	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.87	363	20	380
=93	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.86	2,959	27,956	3,551
=93	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.86	1,678	89	145
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.84	112	172	251
=96	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.83	163	98	123
=96	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.83	11	38	5
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.81	155	93	117
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.80	550	770	1,070
=100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.77	405	2,148	819
=100	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.77	1,272	694	1,997
102	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.76	638	383	481
=103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.75	597	1,206	324
=103	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.75	599	860	739
105	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.73	16	513	29
=106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.70	92	174	184
=106	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.70	16	503	140
=108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.68	434	5,534	2,986
=108	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.68	55	8	8
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.58	476	250	328
111	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.54	26	1,237	240
112	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.53	16,479	—	—
113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.51	131	30	10
114	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.50	20	12	15
115	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.48	1	6	16
116	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.46	165	68	6
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.43	102	61	77
=118	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.39	903	8,214	2,051
=118	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.39	1	8	3
=120	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.37	152	8	96
=120	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.37	40	21	242
122	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.36	547	0	90
=123	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.34	4	230	102
=123	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.34	3	729	223
=125	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.33	34	1,320	586
=125	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.33	35,486	7,258	9,227
=127	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.32	1,168	287	121
=127	Peru`PER`South America	0.32	445	320	754
=129	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.29	1,898	2,067	1,297
=129	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.29	2	7	1
131	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.27	497	72	554
=132	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.26	3	2	2
=132	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.26	432	348	181
134	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.22	1,300	63	550
=135	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.20	1,686	12,152	12,110
=135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.20	77	4	137
=137	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.19	2	31	0
=137	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.19	177	252	355
=139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.18	1	—	18
=139	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.18	145	167	569
141	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.16	178	9	20
=142	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.15	1	85	40
=142	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.15	9	11	116
=144	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.14	445	16	200
=144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	431	259	325
=146	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.13	190	145	119
=146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.13	288	107	12
148	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.12	207	409	0
=149	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.11	1,637	984	1,234
=149	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.11	354	91	338
=151	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.09	5	91	10
=151	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.09	192	2	3
=153	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=153	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.07	82	51	0
=155	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.06	20	4	5
=155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.06	115	3	2
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.05	147	8	2
=158	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.04	79	162	141
=158	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.04	87	34	22
=160	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.03	22	20	138
=160	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.03	12	1	0
=160	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.03	9	7	0
=160	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.03	36	10	20
=164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.02	55	—	1
=164	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.02	75	23	8
=164	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	1	2	0
=164	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.02	11	1	2
=164	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.02	0	3	0
=164	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.02	68	—	—
=164	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.02	9	6	7
=164	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	1	1
=172	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=172	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.01	0	—	0
=172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.01	4	—	0
=172	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.01	18	2	11
=172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.01	116	16	5
=177	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	22	—	0
=177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	0	7	0

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

177Tanzaniashared0.00
177Nigershared0.00
172Mozambiqueshared0.01
172Myanmarshared0.01
172Eritreashared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.90. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States111,584
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 178
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States218,178
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 252
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina56,317
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 221

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 178 in both
76 · 62rose · fell
40unchanged

Rose most

Qatar22.41 → 25.79+3.38
Brunei29.70 → 32.63+2.93
Costa Rica3.30 → 6.17+2.87
Cyprus14.39 → 17.02+2.63
Saint Kitts and Nevis13.36 → 14.91+1.55

Fell most

Malta19.12 → 14.00−5.12
Nauru13.06 → 8.36−4.70
Saint Lucia24.90 → 22.60−2.30
Ireland5.39 → 3.88−1.51
Netherlands10.71 → 9.28−1.43

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 1996.
133 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) (1996). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/1996

0635 held

Other years

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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1997
178 countries
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions