Data for 2000

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2000

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2000
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2000, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2000 covers 180 countries on 4 measures. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is highest, at 33.62; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.93. Against 1999, 153 values changed (76 up, 77 down), 2 countries joined.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2000

HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines

33.62

Lowest3 countries share it

0.00

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

180countries
4measures per country
2000the year it describes
131distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	33.62	52	144	35
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	113	128	19
3	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	32.10	2,427	7,656	4,172
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	31.23	255	13	174
5	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	27.32	54	57	88
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	24.71	136	25	36
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	21.35	253	0	89
8	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	20.21	47	5	128
9	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	19.42	179	63	19
10	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	18.55	2	7	8
11	Colombia`COL`South America	16.69	12,743	27,139	35,886
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.53	27,292	11,332	40,612
13	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	15.44	13	9	5
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.39	8,867	5,822	8,726
15	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.09	502	441	110
16	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.22	7	5	6
17	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	11.35	1	3	0
18	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10.83	926	5,188	3,056
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.76	1,714	3,500	4,925
20	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	10.58	2,623	3,738	2,364
21	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.75	45	108	3
22	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	9.30	63	1	3
23	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	8.93	19	51	12
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.16	749	786	1,568
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.01	289	2,366	784
26	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7.83	19	21	7
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.20	99	405	842
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.09	9,173	9,432	52,377
29	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.82	4	13	2
30	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.73	255	534	988
31	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6.33	136	322	98
32	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.09	476	1,827	10,854
33	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.02	1,842	4,143	3,548
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.57	1,732	22,922	5,182
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.43	453	493	393
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.31	235	71	228
37	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.02	3,103	30,845	52,834
38	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.94	1,830	6,295	3,130
39	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.33	4,773	23,322	1,904
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.27	83,016	31,634	20,017
41	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.96	60	1,289	460
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.86	796	2,697	1,061
43	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.65	97	653	720
44	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.53	55	121	30
45	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	2	5	1
46	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.08	1,387	1,202	55
47	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.07	1,262	195	2,130
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.99	158	1,450	1,024
49	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.94	7,817	69,814	4,979
50	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.93	1,415	16,611	9,641
51	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.90	459	864	1,625
52	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.89	212	133	161
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.76	2,864	2,331	4,676
54	Suriname`SUR`South America	2.63	58	81	37
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.58	183	2,325	718
56	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.57	28,445	81,862	19,135
57	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.45	35	66	39
58	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.42	105	1,609	1,598
59	United States`USA`Northern America	2.41	100,244	195,952	19,958
60	Chile`CHL`South America	2.22	896	966	1,636
=61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.99	456	927	471
=61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.99	63	116	300
=61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.99	8,428	3,314	4,614
=64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.89	6,425	10,045	8,311
=64	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.89	10,470	9,942	10,528
66	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.86	65,096	100,217	63,164
67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.83	1,516	1,646	677
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.82	2,488	4,590	6,341
69	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.65	44	863	2,639
70	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.61	212	401	425
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.58	194	400	378
=72	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.50	3,035	554	1,114
=72	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.50	32	125	22
74	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.47	6	2	0
75	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.44	281	65	22
76	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.41	7,493	23,114	2,399
=77	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.39	68	1,933	893
=77	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.39	7,831	1,075	3,852
79	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.37	240	2,612	1,166
80	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.34	237	46	1
81	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.33	248	134	2,487
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.27	13,910	6,960	7,777
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.16	767	1,499	1,662
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.13	768	2,448	263
85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.09	862	2,155	524
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.05	5,852	6,718	14,054
=87	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.97	2,059	32,218	3,755
=87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.97	5,281	10,950	3,245
89	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.95	1,239	3,870	4,318
=90	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.93	208	0	6
=90	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.93	41	1,026	335
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.89	378	882	436
=93	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.86	689	1,903	463
=93	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.86	388	2,161	1,492
95	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.84	26,702	—	—
96	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.82	5,356	16,254	5,734
97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.80	1,510	886	558
=98	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.79	401	14	337
=98	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.79	954	905	945
=100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.76	325	1,805	733
=100	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.76	460	555	609
102	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.71	134	85	102
103	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.68	161	101	122
104	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.66	29	1,372	285
=105	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.62	28	1	1
=105	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.62	571	4,795	2,504
107	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.60	235	63	25
108	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.58	2,769	2,482	1,618
109	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.56	46	6	6
110	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.54	689	0	208
111	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.49	57	50	189
=112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.48	72	568	42
=112	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.48	0	1	0
=114	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.44	179	8	106
=114	Peru`PER`South America	0.44	546	448	1,177
116	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.43	1	8	3
117	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.39	10	282	54
118	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.38	390	246	296
=119	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.37	3	285	20
=119	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.37	87	55	66
=121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.36	1,910	80	1,158
=121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.36	458	519	999
=123	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.35	5	16	2
=123	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.35	48	25	284
125	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.32	567	30	49
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.31	536	122	736
=127	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.29	29	1,144	508
=127	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.29	19	177	57
129	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.28	225	259	884
=130	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.26	27,400	7,485	8,968
=130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.26	2	177	18
=132	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.24	7	482	163
=132	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.24	2,553	14,386	12,697
134	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.22	780	149	705
=135	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.21	8	5	6
=135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.21	241	198	525
=137	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.15	1	6	0
=137	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.15	2	1	2
=137	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.15	347	124	18
=137	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.15	22	21	92
=141	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.14	21	9	38
=141	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.14	685	31	34
=141	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	425	268	323
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.13	232	54	11
=145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.12	174	138	110
=145	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.12	204	264	79
=145	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.12	1	3	0
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.11	36	4	107
=149	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.10	3	—	1
=149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.10	1	—	11
=149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.10	708	2,197	60
=149	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.10	5	91	10
=149	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.10	1,492	939	1,133
=154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.08	30	7	72
=154	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.08	85	103	357
=154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.08	41	0	0
=157	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.07	123	120	4
=157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.07	80	111	3
=160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.06	38	533	30
=160	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.06	17	10	0
=162	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.05	349	35	158
=162	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.05	41	8	58
=164	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	25	—	0
=164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.04	59	31	25
166	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.03	1	3	0
=167	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.02	0	2	1
=167	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.02	41	0	1
=167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.02	1	2	0
=167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.02	56	18	36
=167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.02	8	5	6
=167	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	0	0
=173	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=173	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	52	—	1
=173	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	62	21	7
=173	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.01	47	22	13
=173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.01	45	—	—
=178	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	1	0	0
=178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	62	—	0
=178	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

178Tanzaniashared0.00
178Nigershared0.00
178Laosshared0.00
173Chadshared0.01
173Malishared0.01

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 States100,244
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 206
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States195,952
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 246
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina63,164
Lowest14 share it
Middle country: 199

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
153values changed, of 178 in both
76 · 77rose · fell
25unchanged

Rose most

Saint Kitts and Nevis12.25 → 27.32+15.07
Costa Rica24.37 → 32.10+7.73
Malta15.42 → 20.21+4.79
Andorra15.12 → 18.55+3.43
New Zealand5.62 → 8.01+2.39

Fell most

Maldives17.87 → 9.30−8.57
Qatar27.87 → 21.35−6.52
Cyprus8.65 → 5.31−3.34
Taiwan13.38 → 10.58−2.80
Seychelles18.16 → 15.44−2.72

+ Belgium

+ Luxembourg

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

Read before you use

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 2000.
131 distinct values among 180
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 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) (2000). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2000

0635 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1999
178 countries
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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2001
180 countries
All of them
Pesticide Use per Hectare: every year
35 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions