Data for 2002

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2002

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2002
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2002, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2002 covers 180 countries on 4 measures. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is highest, at 36.40; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.90. Against 2001, 146 values changed (91 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2002

HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines

36.40

Lowest3 countries share it

0.00

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

180countries
4measures per country
2002the year it describes
137distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: 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	36.40	32	99	22
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	142	160	23
3	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	31.83	26	18	11
4	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	30.18	353	56	103
5	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	26.76	139	138	189
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25.39	1,577	3,138	6,187
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	22.95	312	0	48
8	Colombia`COL`South America	22.49	9,875	50,876	23,272
9	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	21.68	2	7	8
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	20.28	119	23	31
11	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	20.15	175	58	17
12	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	17.23	1	5	1
13	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.99	333	329	159
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	14.75	23,363	11,493	34,769
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14.00	30	25	6
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.87	9,556	5,494	8,294
17	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	12.45	3,507	4,242	2,542
18	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.00	7	5	6
19	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.32	20	16	76
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10.79	806	5,022	2,610
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	10.22	880	860	2,323
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.84	41	103	4
23	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.51	385	2,670	994
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.25	1,466	3,315	3,777
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8.79	11,151	11,740	63,175
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.63	211	140	446
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.62	234	342	119
28	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	7.28	15	47	10
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.25	443	2,125	13,320
30	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.12	238	90	28
31	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.83	4	13	2
32	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.70	255	534	988
33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.88	101	202	825
34	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5.54	360	149	859
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.52	451	490	391
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.31	1,571	21,204	5,005
37	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.02	47	1,820	501
38	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.98	46	1	2
=39	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.42	1,622	6,430	2,860
=39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.42	89,836	34,232	21,661
41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.38	4,997	24,415	1,993
42	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.23	2,308	28,779	43,351
43	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.95	292	183	223
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.67	7,670	92,273	3,918
45	Uruguay`URY`South America	3.62	272	3,232	1,083
46	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.55	2,204	8,059	911
47	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.54	90	651	732
48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.42	52	99	26
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.32	3,056	3,398	4,458
50	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	2	5	1
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.05	527	1,745	1,631
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	3.03	375	1,226	535
53	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.90	459	864	1,625
54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.87	1,437	14,328	10,129
55	Chile`CHL`South America	2.77	950	1,058	2,200
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.76	1,117	1,149	56
57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.70	162	1,411	829
58	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.67	11,859	4,888	6,617
59	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.58	29,272	83,859	17,326
60	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.50	1,640	2,114	647
61	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.45	35	66	39
62	United States`USA`Northern America	2.35	90,265	189,148	18,144
63	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.28	11,630	10,169	14,467
64	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.14	53	1,278	3,336
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.11	97	1,459	1,300
=66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.00	453	948	463
=66	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.00	327	76	25
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.94	8,287	24,905	5,899
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.93	6,321	9,697	8,962
70	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.89	66,714	102,708	64,734
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.88	2,690	4,552	6,687
72	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.77	292	2,608	1,398
73	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.72	1,307	3,599	2,264
74	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.60	271	56	1
=75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.54	8,670	1,106	3,660
=75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.54	202	382	405
77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.50	3,212	685	1,113
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.47	31	128	18
79	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.26	43	2,105	574
80	Honduras`HND`Central America	1.24	46	416	250
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.23	994	2,629	625
82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.22	239	224	2,143
83	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.19	56	2	12
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.16	767	1,499	1,662
85	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.14	84	1,030	446
86	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.11	5,966	18,402	1,910
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.05	13,086	6,295	8,534
88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.01	244	1	4
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.93	451	708	750
90	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.91	10	631	150
=91	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.89	1,801	843	629
=91	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.89	380	673	662
93	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.88	0	1	0
=94	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.84	1,711	27,381	2,738
=94	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.84	26,702	—	—
96	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.83	46	1,869	235
97	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.82	968	901	1,000
98	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.81	398	14	341
99	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.80	1,058	4,539	2,279
100	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.78	463	4,926	3,710
101	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.74	553	1,692	372
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.73	285	1,633	690
=103	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.68	161	101	123
=103	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.68	270	55	39
105	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.58	703	1	216
106	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.57	46	6	6
107	Peru`PER`South America	0.56	890	634	1,232
=108	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.55	2,627	2,445	1,825
=108	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.55	975	54	84
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.53	102	64	78
=111	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.52	6	277	28
=111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.52	121	168	444
=111	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.52	3,134	11,335	3,017
114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.50	356	316	629
115	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.48	834	128	3,229
=116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.47	192	8	110
=116	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.47	6	577	133
118	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.45	3,054	3,685	4,797
119	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.44	54	73	113
120	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.43	1	8	3
121	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.41	1	17	0
122	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.38	958	112	942
123	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.34	15	236	66
=124	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.31	376	373	1,438
=124	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.31	326	553	784
=124	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.31	40	21	238
=127	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.28	26	1,009	448
=127	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.28	300	187	229
=127	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.28	2	198	19
130	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.26	3,131	15,875	13,088
131	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.25	24,263	7,495	10,341
132	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.24	184	212	723
=133	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.20	3	10	1
=133	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.20	245	189	560
135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.19	247	445	185
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.18	21	12	55
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.17	2,789	1,744	2,132
=138	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.16	0	0	0
=138	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.16	82	0	0
=138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.16	253	80	15
=138	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.16	611	116	553
142	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.15	27	27	75
=143	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.14	644	62	57
=143	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	426	266	326
=143	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.14	1	3	0
146	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.12	318	2,696	304
=147	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.11	158	133	101
=147	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.11	4	3	3
=147	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.11	2	1	1
=147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.11	212	103	12
151	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.10	5	91	10
=152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.09	112	176	4
=152	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.09	4	6	0
=152	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.09	520	41	310
=155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.08	126	640	51
=155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.08	33	21	25
=157	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=157	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.07	32	11	55
=157	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.07	1	—	8
=157	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.07	201	23	17
=157	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.07	71	2	33
=163	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.05	28	—	0
=163	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.05	17	8	0
=163	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.05	43	7	78
166	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.04	43	67	7
=167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.03	1	3	0
=167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.03	81	28	49
=169	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.02	50	26	15
=169	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.02	10	6	8
=169	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	0	0
=172	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=172	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.01	0	1	1
=172	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.01	21	0	0
=172	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	52	—	1
=172	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	56	20	6
=172	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.01	34	—	—
=178	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	2	0	0
=178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	29	—	0
=178	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2002

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
172Chadshared0.01
172Malishared0.01

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 States90,265
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 239
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States189,148
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 224
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina64,734
Lowest14 share it
Middle country: 237

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 180 in both
91 · 55rose · fell
34unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles13.86 → 31.83+17.97
Hong Kong8.83 → 14.00+5.17
Qatar19.56 → 22.95+3.39
Suriname4.20 → 7.12+2.92
Taiwan9.98 → 12.45+2.47

Fell most

Maldives8.55 → 4.98−3.57
Nauru19.64 → 17.23−2.41
Dominican Republic5.45 → 3.05−2.40
Belize17.36 → 14.99−2.37
Andorra24.00 → 21.68−2.32

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 2002.
137 distinct values among 180
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.07. 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) (2002). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2002

0635 held

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