Data for 1998

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1998

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1998
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1998, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1998 covers 178 countries on 4 measures. Antigua and Barbuda is highest, at 32.94; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.00. Against 1997, 149 values changed (77 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 1998

HighestAntigua and Barbuda

32.94

Lowest4 countries share it

0.00

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

178countries
4measures per country
1998the year it describes
134distinct 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, 1998, 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, 1998: 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	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	32.27	297	15	203
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	31.42	81	197	51
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	30.71	169	32	44
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	29.77	209	0	261
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	28.98	43	19	195
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	21.76	20	13	8
8	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	19.82	192	68	29
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	17.75	1,470	1,732	4,695
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.27	27,292	11,332	40,612
11	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	15.40	2	6	7
=12	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	14.05	83	2	4
=12	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	14.05	26	27	45
14	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.90	639	390	266
15	Colombia`COL`South America	13.86	8,420	23,714	28,501
16	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.54	8	5	6
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	12.10	274	100	1,198
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.57	8,765	5,116	6,543
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.98	463	4,045	5,807
20	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	10.40	3,402	3,804	1,540
21	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.66	48	112	3
22	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	9.18	19	46	12
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7.70	23	15	7
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.55	12,246	10,599	53,605
25	Ecuador`ECU`South America	7.16	1,483	3,285	3,672
26	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.82	4	13	2
27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.81	237	1,864	702
28	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.64	255	534	988
29	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	6.42	1	2	0
30	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6.19	133	323	105
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.95	618	712	814
32	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.74	449	1,913	10,473
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.62	1,554	24,064	6,651
34	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.55	2,038	6,160	3,400
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.54	4,672	36,439	58,807
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.37	71	277	741
37	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.03	86	1,413	593
38	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.26	79,181	30,172	19,092
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.22	360	391	312
40	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.20	101	6	173
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.18	7,156	4,456	297
42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.98	58	142	33
43	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.96	4,290	20,958	1,711
44	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.59	95	599	764
45	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.56	265	164	197
46	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.55	1,657	1,256	54
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.27	892	2,286	1,011
48	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	2	5	1
49	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.07	191	66	376
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	3.05	176	2,293	1,205
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	2.97	370	508	769
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.90	459	864	1,625
53	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.81	9,714	5,269	5,474
=54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.76	1,631	17,269	10,530
=54	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.76	2,505	2,303	4,731
56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.41	153	1,489	1,218
57	United States`USA`Northern America	2.37	81,647	210,920	24,494
=58	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.26	87	1,603	1,473
=58	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.26	27,792	63,106	18,915
=58	Suriname`SUR`South America	2.26	49	64	38
61	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.25	259	2,324	877
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.19	7,964	47,355	6,041
63	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.15	1,742	1,285	1,299
64	Chile`CHL`South America	2.14	970	1,029	1,532
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.04	461	894	437
66	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.89	10,173	9,413	11,984
67	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.87	40	844	3,099
=68	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.86	9	1	1
=68	Honduras`HND`Central America	1.86	1,223	249	1,979
70	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.79	62,665	96,473	60,804
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.77	2,382	4,351	6,406
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.73	5,685	9,764	7,151
73	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.72	8,638	25,592	2,527
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.59	32	134	23
75	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.53	55	2,619	770
76	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.45	2,858	422	1,114
77	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.42	2,063	5,444	6,472
78	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.30	186	2,672	1,051
=79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.27	340	433	1,975
=79	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.27	6,991	1,044	4,044
81	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.16	767	1,499	1,662
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.12	14,325	5,075	7,549
=83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.10	204	37	2
=83	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.10	7,578	21,172	8,451
=85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.05	208	1	15
=85	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.05	413	2,857	1,862
=85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.05	5,852	6,718	14,054
88	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.03	23	546	241
=89	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.00	2,492	34,002	3,322
=89	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.00	866	2,118	543
=91	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.92	729	1,680	424
=91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.92	7,375	8,727	2,514
93	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.88	940	909	889
94	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.87	0	1	0
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.83	103	149	262
96	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.82	365	1,977	776
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.81	374	834	324
=98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.79	152	94	113
=98	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.79	390	17	346
100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.78	156	534	362
=101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.75	170	39	13
=101	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.75	163	100	121
103	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.71	1,219	929	487
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.70	92	174	184
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.67	468	403	469
106	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.61	9	28	4
=107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.60	648	4,401	2,909
=107	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.60	49	7	7
109	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.56	27	1,302	226
110	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.55	17,619	—	—
=111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.52	918	49	79
=111	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.52	200	67	13
113	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.50	687	0	150
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.43	102	63	76
115	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.42	1	8	3
=116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.41	165	8	101
=116	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.41	397	245	295
=116	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.41	3	294	21
119	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.40	2,334	2,275	1,457
120	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.39	610	390	1,051
121	Peru`PER`South America	0.38	511	329	998
122	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.37	45	24	268
123	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.34	3	265	68
124	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.32	326	358	711
125	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.30	30	1,185	526
126	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.29	30,359	7,481	10,302
127	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.28	4	594	179
128	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.26	10	6	8
129	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.25	0	7	5
=130	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.24	951	47	172
=130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.24	3,733	2,307	2,778
=130	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.24	3	2	2
=130	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.24	187	215	734
134	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.23	1,368	81	599
135	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.22	2	167	17
136	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.21	1,975	12,897	12,306
137	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.20	781	4,188	1,037
138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.18	88	69	215
=139	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.16	260	304	188
=139	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.16	321	109	14
=139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.16	541	106	491
142	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.15	15	15	106
=143	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.14	1	—	14
=143	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	430	266	320
=145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.13	190	146	119
=145	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.13	103	0	54
=147	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.11	2	—	0
=147	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.11	1	3	0
=147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.11	212	28	7
150	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.10	20	7	22
151	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.09	5	91	10
152	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.08	74	4	29
153	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=154	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.06	113	54	131
=154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.06	135	64	3
=156	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.05	69	44	0
=156	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.05	13	9	0
=158	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.04	63	26	167
=158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.04	80	1	1
=158	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	20	—	0
=158	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.04	165	197	21
=158	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.04	38	9	39
=163	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.03	46	28	14
=163	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.03	210	14	54
=165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	1	2	0
=165	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.02	31	7	22
=165	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	1	1
=168	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=168	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.01	0	2	0
=168	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	52	—	1
=168	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	69	22	7
=168	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.01	5	0	0
=168	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.01	0	2	0
=168	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.01	57	—	—
=175	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0	0	0
=175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	36	—	0
=175	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0	0	0
=175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

175Tanzaniashared0.00
175Somaliashared0.00
175Nigershared0.00
175Laosshared0.00
168Chadshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States81,647
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 191
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States210,920
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 249
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina60,804
Lowest15 share it
Middle country: 251

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 178 in both
77 · 72rose · fell
29unchanged

Rose most

Colombia3.76 → 13.86+10.10
Costa Rica9.22 → 17.75+8.53
Ecuador2.53 → 7.16+4.63
Malta25.84 → 28.98+3.14
Netherlands8.77 → 10.98+2.21

Fell most

Seychelles30.79 → 21.76−9.03
Cyprus15.76 → 12.10−3.66
Saint Lucia22.02 → 19.82−2.20
Panama4.98 → 2.97−2.01
Honduras3.72 → 1.86−1.86

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 1998.
134 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 7 countries share 0.01. 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) (1998). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/1998

0635 held

Other years

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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1997
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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1999
178 countries
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions