Data for 1999

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1999

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1999
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1999, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1999 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 0.99. Against 1998, 147 values changed (64 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 1999

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
1999the 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, 1999, 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, 1999: 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	116	131	19
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	32.46	63	162	41
3	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	31.75	306	16	210
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	27.87	271	0	175
5	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	27.09	149	28	39
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.37	1,949	4,694	4,434
7	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21.04	199	72	25
8	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	18.16	16	10	6
9	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.87	106	2	5
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.40	27,292	11,332	40,612
11	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.42	38	10	89
12	Colombia`COL`South America	15.14	12,217	24,478	29,159
13	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	15.12	2	6	7
14	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.62	629	390	161
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.61	9,544	5,596	8,082
16	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	13.38	4,270	3,704	2,347
17	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.37	8	5	6
18	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	12.25	26	27	44
19	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10.01	47	110	3
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.25	413	3,866	5,199
21	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	9.13	1	2	0
22	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	8.71	19	49	12
23	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	8.65	254	85	713
24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7.77	21	18	7
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.14	10,872	9,616	52,863
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.12	683	749	1,191
27	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.85	255	534	988
28	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.82	4	13	2
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.35	462	1,955	11,274
30	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6.17	164	296	72
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.95	1,616	24,007	6,764
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.88	3,250	40,430	61,345
=33	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.62	179	1,708	539
=33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.62	90	259	782
35	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.23	1,934	6,228	3,265
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.19	438	476	380
37	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.77	1,721	2,584	3,024
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.23	4,624	22,592	1,844
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.18	80,067	30,510	19,306
40	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.11	72	1,314	415
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.75	56	132	31
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.56	844	2,492	1,036
43	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.53	95	613	708
44	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.24	1,522	1,229	54
45	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	2	5	1
46	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.97	219	137	164
47	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.91	459	864	1,625
48	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.80	161	2,261	941
49	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.57	7,891	58,585	5,510
=50	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.49	1,501	15,825	9,701
=50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.49	2,835	2,318	3,707
=52	Suriname`SUR`South America	2.44	54	72	38
=52	United States`USA`Northern America	2.44	94,347	194,137	20,412
54	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.42	65	3	87
55	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.38	28,964	68,131	20,225
56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.36	155	1,470	1,121
57	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.32	90	1,659	1,393
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	2.26	282	454	574
59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.13	8,567	3,404	4,504
=60	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.08	10	1	2
=60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.08	455	919	465
62	Chile`CHL`South America	2.05	885	944	1,478
63	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.97	1,838	1,292	873
=64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.92	67,238	103,515	65,242
=64	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.92	61	789	3,262
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.90	116	23	297
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.85	6,228	10,137	7,824
68	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.83	9,985	9,066	10,978
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.82	2,604	4,452	6,325
70	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.78	192	1,942	666
71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.67	548	4,264	251
72	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.50	30	126	22
73	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.47	8,700	22,000	3,000
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.38	2,946	488	1,114
75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.34	7,411	1,059	3,948
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	1.31	1,205	327	820
77	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.29	294	283	2,231
78	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.27	180	2,553	1,057
79	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.25	46	1,882	715
80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.23	13,505	8,851	7,159
81	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.22	221	42	2
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.16	767	1,499	1,662
83	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.15	1,446	4,494	5,340
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.09	8,560	10,398	3,062
85	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.08	2,259	37,025	3,208
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.05	5,852	6,718	14,054
87	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.04	219	1	11
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.02	215	50	17
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.01	796	1,918	474
90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.96	6,467	18,713	7,092
91	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.93	414	933	420
92	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.92	762	1,979	503
93	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.91	398	2,462	1,572
94	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.90	22	456	220
95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.83	947	907	917
96	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.79	398	15	338
97	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.78	345	1,891	754
98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.75	1,364	908	523
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.74	143	89	107
100	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.73	0	1	0
=101	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.71	161	101	121
=101	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.71	464	479	539
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.70	92	174	184
104	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.65	80	100	226
105	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.63	114	551	202
106	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.61	19,470	—	—
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.59	406	4,546	2,583
=108	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.58	57	1,285	260
=108	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.58	47	7	7
=110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.56	218	65	18
=110	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.56	737	0	193
112	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.48	7	22	3
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.47	2,551	2,379	1,538
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.43	101	63	76
=115	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.42	172	8	103
=115	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.42	1	8	3
117	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.40	399	250	299
118	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.38	563	471	1,088
=119	Peru`PER`South America	0.35	386	354	1,003
=119	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.35	46	24	274
121	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.33	11	221	63
=122	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.31	561	30	48
=122	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.31	2	217	19
=122	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.31	347	323	762
125	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.29	29	1,148	510
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.28	1,651	77	791
=127	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.27	325	126	633
=127	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.27	10	7	8
=127	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.27	28,968	7,480	8,281
130	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.24	194	223	761
=131	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.23	3	551	110
=131	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.23	2,264	13,641	12,501
=131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.23	769	147	696
=134	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.21	3	167	11
=134	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.21	1	9	0
=134	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.21	3	2	2
=137	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.20	903	42	79
=137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.20	3,122	1,955	2,341
139	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.17	6	—	0
=140	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.15	744	3,192	548
=140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.15	19	18	100
=142	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	428	268	321
=142	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.14	334	116	16
144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.13	189	147	119
=145	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.12	20	8	30
=145	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.12	70	2	81
=145	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.12	222	41	9
=148	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.11	88	10	52
=148	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.11	1	—	12
=148	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.11	193	227	86
=148	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.11	1	3	0
152	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.10	5	91	10
153	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.09	97	169	379
=154	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.07	129	92	3
=156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.05	102	365	26
=156	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.05	15	9	0
=158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.04	68	1	1
=158	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	22	—	0
=158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.04	63	44	0
=158	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.04	280	25	106
=158	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.04	39	9	49
=163	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.02	57	37	17
=163	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	1	2	0
=163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.02	43	13	29
=163	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	1	1
=167	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=167	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.01	0	2	0
=167	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	52	—	1
=167	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	66	22	7
=167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.01	0	1	0
=167	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.01	27	8	14
=167	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.01	51	—	—
=167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.01	6	4	4
=175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	1	0	0
=175	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0	0	0
=175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	26	—	0
=175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 1999

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
175Nigershared0.00
175Laosshared0.00
175Guinea-Bissaushared0.00
167Chadshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.99. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States94,347
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 193
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States194,137
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 227
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina65,242
Lowest15 share it
Middle country: 223

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 178 in both
64 · 83rose · fell
31unchanged

Rose most

Costa Rica17.75 → 24.37+6.62
Maldives14.05 → 17.87+3.82
Taiwan10.40 → 13.38+2.98
Nauru6.42 → 9.13+2.71
South Korea11.57 → 13.61+2.04

Fell most

Malta28.98 → 15.42−13.56
Brunei30.71 → 27.09−3.62
Seychelles21.76 → 18.16−3.60
Cyprus12.10 → 8.65−3.45
Paraguay4.18 → 1.67−2.51

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 1999.
133 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 8 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.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1999). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/1999

0635 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions