Data for 2003

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2003

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2003
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2003, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2003 covers 180 countries on 4 measures. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is highest, at 35.68; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.01. Against 2002, 147 values changed (88 up, 59 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2003

HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines

35.68

Lowest3 countries share it

0.00

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

180countries
4measures per country
2003the year it describes
138distinct 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, 2003, 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, 2003: 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	35.68	39	123	27
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	165	186	27
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	32.93	188	45	49
4	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	30.87	25	18	11
5	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	29.66	351	46	66
6	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	26.38	113	109	140
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	25.62	365	0	50
8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25.58	1,686	3,296	6,117
9	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	25.02	208	68	20
10	Colombia`COL`South America	23.68	11,430	42,519	34,822
11	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	15.00	41	24	7
12	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	14.66	1	4	1
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	14.33	24,795	10,942	31,521
14	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	13.66	1	4	5
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.33	9,332	5,430	7,500
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.13	262	293	162
17	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.32	2,461	26,795	1,377
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	12.02	3,506	4,030	2,347
19	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.69	945	897	2,700
20	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	11.64	7	5	6
21	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.03	16	14	85
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10.30	839	4,865	2,351
23	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.56	39	101	4
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.70	357	2,541	846
25	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.55	251	412	121
26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.50	1,511	3,362	3,470
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8.17	11,548	11,462	54,362
28	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	7.44	14	45	10
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.35	505	2,382	12,954
30	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.07	222	164	28
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.74	119	332	843
32	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.56	255	534	988
33	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.53	4	13	2
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.86	473	514	411
35	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.43	50	1	2
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.39	1,381	21,180	4,986
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.24	472	5,378	1,152
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.21	220	190	250
39	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.10	42	1,854	670
=40	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5.02	372	234	283
=40	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5.02	472	57	656
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.69	5,381	26,288	2,146
43	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.64	95,942	36,559	23,133
44	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.19	1,518	6,497	2,725
45	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.83	2,224	24,508	39,317
=46	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.79	7,597	103,503	3,387
=46	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.79	2,688	8,729	983
48	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.44	89	631	692
49	Panama`PAN`Central America	3.43	394	1,462	584
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.21	2,663	2,871	4,364
51	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.18	34,129	110,215	19,443
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.15	50	88	25
53	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.13	14,057	5,794	7,844
54	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	2	5	1
55	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.95	1,083	15,350	10,033
56	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.89	459	864	1,625
57	Chile`CHL`South America	2.81	886	1,005	2,293
58	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.66	1,832	2,797	651
59	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.60	982	1,122	57
60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.57	165	1,392	732
61	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.45	35	66	39
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.42	9,790	31,883	7,226
63	United States`USA`Northern America	2.35	79,379	193,230	19,504
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.33	108	1,434	1,706
65	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.31	11,645	10,528	14,562
66	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.14	38	1,339	3,291
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.95	6,291	9,669	9,107
68	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.94	286	66	22
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.92	451	890	460
=70	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.90	67,421	103,797	65,420
=70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.90	2,806	4,441	6,980
72	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.82	1,439	4,076	2,407
73	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.74	288	61	1
74	Honduras`HND`Central America	1.68	93	832	500
75	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.64	237	2,571	1,218
76	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.54	3,300	751	1,113
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.53	36	133	17
78	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.49	70	2	18
79	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.48	9,090	1,121	3,564
80	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.45	349	3	11
81	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.38	7,257	22,384	2,323
=82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.30	1,061	2,866	675
=82	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.30	46	2,205	547
=84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.27	256	451	2,009
=84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.27	11,913	9,866	11,296
=86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.19	0	1	0
=86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.10	1,935	121	173
89	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.08	5	1	1
90	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.05	58	1,033	329
91	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.96	41	2,225	260
92	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.94	1,947	821	664
93	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.92	109	191	1,003
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.89	381	568	775
=95	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.88	2,848	27,408	3,204
=95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.88	447	785	820
97	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.84	26,702	—	—
98	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.82	974	899	1,028
99	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.81	398	14	342
100	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.76	14	460	167
101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.72	108	586	143
=102	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.71	520	1,638	357
=102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.71	288	50	48
=104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.70	264	1,547	668
=104	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.70	1,032	3,659	2,238
106	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.68	162	101	123
107	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.64	790	2	222
=108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.63	957	229	4,265
=108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.63	4,106	5,784	6,395
110	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.58	5	270	25
=111	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.57	2,668	2,892	1,865
=111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.57	47	7	7
=113	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.56	560	3,772	1,939
=113	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.56	1	23	0
115	Peru`PER`South America	0.55	854	602	1,243
116	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.54	7	580	130
117	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.50	96	60	73
=118	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.49	199	8	113
=118	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.49	12	316	79
=118	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.49	64	121	128
=121	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.42	1,169	107	1,045
=121	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.42	1	8	3
123	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.41	42	52	116
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.38	2,023	8,876	1,659
=125	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.34	31	1,209	537
=125	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.34	2	241	21
=127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.31	385	382	1,473
=127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.31	330	598	786
129	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.29	40	21	238
130	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.28	3,420	16,620	13,284
131	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.27	4	14	2
=132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.26	296	186	225
=132	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.26	314	243	746
=132	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.26	203	234	796
135	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	22,694	7,500	11,028
136	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.23	3,675	2,306	2,792
137	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.21	8	5	6
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.20	21	14	63
=139	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.19	835	121	105
=139	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.19	20	9	235
141	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.18	239	438	174
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.17	263	93	17
=143	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.16	82	0	0
=143	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.16	2	1	2
=143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.16	639	122	578
146	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.15	1	4	0
=147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	428	268	325
=147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.14	29	29	68
=149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.13	335	2,766	477
=149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.13	225	130	17
=151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.11	160	138	102
=151	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.11	36	14	0
153	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.10	5	91	10
=154	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.09	99	826	86
=154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.09	106	204	5
=154	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.09	74	3	64
=157	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.08	4	4	0
=157	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.08	541	71	216
=159	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=159	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
161	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.06	44	7	87
=162	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.05	1	—	5
=162	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.05	28	—	0
=164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.04	13	26	79
=164	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.04	23	14	17
=164	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.04	15	9	11
=167	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.03	0	0	1
=167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.03	1	3	0
=167	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.03	25	45	10
=167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.03	94	34	56
=171	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.02	35	0	0
=171	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.02	56	36	15
=171	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	2	0	0
=174	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	52	—	1
=174	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	53	19	6
=174	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.01	28	—	—
=178	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	2	0	0
=178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	28	—	0
=178	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2003

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
174Chadshared0.01
174Malishared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.01. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia95,942
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 231
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States193,230
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 268
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina65,420
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 230

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 180 in both
88 · 59rose · fell
33unchanged

Rose most

Brunei20.28 → 32.93+12.65
Ecuador0.50 → 12.32+11.82
Saint Lucia20.15 → 25.02+4.87
Qatar22.95 → 25.62+2.67
Uruguay3.62 → 5.24+1.62

Fell most

Andorra21.68 → 13.66−8.02
Nauru17.23 → 14.66−2.57
Cyprus7.63 → 5.21−2.42
Dominican Republic3.05 → 0.72−2.33
Belize14.99 → 13.13−1.86

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 2003.
138 distinct values among 180
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 0.03. 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) (2003). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2003

0635 held

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