Data for 2004

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2004

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2004
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2004, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2004 covers 180 countries on 4 measures. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is highest, at 34.95; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.10. Against 2003, 150 values changed (106 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2004

HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines

34.95

Lowest3 countries share it

0.00

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

180countries
4measures per country
2004the year it describes
140distinct 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, 2004, 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, 2004: 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	34.95	39	124	27
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	34.55	463	0	62
3	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	188	213	31
4	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	31.19	25	18	11
5	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	30.33	209	76	53
6	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	29.14	310	16	38
7	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.96	229	75	22
8	Colombia`COL`South America	28.46	16,181	44,962	44,371
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.35	1,794	3,453	6,048
10	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	25.89	85	81	99
11	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	14.55	1	4	5
12	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	14.18	1,011	933	3,077
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.79	8,958	6,113	7,657
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.72	22,773	11,862	29,583
15	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11.81	9,836	4,448	15,506
16	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	11.71	7	5	6
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.62	12	11	93
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.61	3,297	3,870	2,333
19	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.27	190	257	166
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10.67	848	5,066	2,417
21	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.95	37	98	4
22	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.20	1,440	3,592	4,438
23	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	9.05	17	55	12
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.80	272	2,541	1,067
25	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8.50	26	17	8
26	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.19	199	415	126
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.96	13,613	8,936	52,896
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.60	100	291	1,142
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.57	409	2,105	12,459
30	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6.60	487	311	371
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.53	255	534	988
32	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.33	496	6,697	1,168
33	Suriname`SUR`South America	6.07	144	167	22
34	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	6.05	51	1	2
35	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	6.02	4	12	2
36	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.69	39	2,006	735
37	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.58	459	864	1,625
38	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.57	445	484	386
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.32	1,274	20,731	6,186
40	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.98	1,391	7,585	2,976
41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.92	5,692	27,809	2,270
42	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.86	100,826	38,420	24,311
43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.63	215	180	200
44	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.02	3,171	9,400	1,055
45	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	3.97	0	1	0
46	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.91	2,460	26,102	37,175
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.90	7,523	114,732	2,856
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.68	43,286	124,060	25,725
49	Panama`PAN`Central America	3.60	472	1,401	707
50	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.52	16,254	6,700	9,070
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.50	2,627	2,675	5,017
52	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.24	76	627	626
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.23	263	2,228	831
54	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	2	5	1
55	Chile`CHL`South America	3.10	906	1,042	2,552
56	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.08	18,783	31,500	12,292
57	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.89	1,255	15,923	8,175
58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.81	48	77	23
59	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.64	12,452	12,434	19,572
=60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.50	167	1,372	635
=60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.50	320	163	122
62	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.45	35	66	39
63	United States`USA`Northern America	2.44	91,626	192,777	19,504
64	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.40	2,024	2,495	689
65	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.33	846	1,095	57
66	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.28	119	1,532	1,488
67	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.23	9	2	1
68	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.15	505	9	28
69	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.14	25	1,174	3,514
70	Honduras`HND`Central America	2.13	139	1,247	750
71	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.07	1,640	4,340	2,819
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.05	6,418	9,869	9,344
73	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.98	70,515	108,559	68,422
=74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.92	447	907	476
=74	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.92	282	2,708	1,454
76	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.88	305	66	1
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.83	2,888	4,451	6,383
78	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.80	84	3	23
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.71	1,347	3,696	1,154
80	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.67	9,510	1,137	3,468
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.57	35	134	18
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.54	3,389	816	1,112
83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.49	2,449	193	241
=84	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.39	8,120	25,049	2,599
=84	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.39	238	55	18
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.36	273	540	2,102
87	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.27	22	2,087	604
88	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.25	0	1	0
89	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.17	767	1,499	1,662
90	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.11	74	1,023	377
91	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.08	13,768	8,707	6,356
92	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.98	2,093	800	700
93	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.95	10	502	227
=94	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.94	122	208	991
=94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.94	382	463	889
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.93	443	861	890
97	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.90	2,168	27,646	3,614
98	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.86	26,702	—	—
99	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.81	397	14	343
=100	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.80	1,068	617	5,300
=100	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.80	981	898	1,056
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.76	926	4	253
=103	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.75	538	1,732	379
=103	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.75	306	44	56
=105	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.73	140	89	106
=105	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.73	876	3,771	2,131
=105	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.73	1	28	0
108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.72	4,810	6,254	7,444
109	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.68	161	103	123
=110	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.67	244	1,461	646
=110	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.67	494	3,740	3,080
112	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.66	2	285	35
113	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.62	6	726	155
114	Peru`PER`South America	0.61	934	697	1,311
=115	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.58	18	414	88
=115	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.58	47	7	7
117	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.56	2,270	3,067	1,848
=118	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.51	205	8	115
=118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.51	51	32	179
=118	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.51	28	1,012	295
121	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.46	2,537	10,491	2,316
122	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.45	1,381	102	1,148
=123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.41	31	18	145
=123	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.41	38	1,478	656
=123	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.41	1	8	3
126	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.38	3	279	22
127	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.37	15	8	486
128	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.36	6	18	2
=129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.35	434	430	1,658
=129	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.35	46	86	91
131	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.34	13	8	10
=132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.32	346	639	815
=132	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.32	252	291	990
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.30	4,940	3,157	3,758
=135	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.29	3,709	17,365	13,480
=135	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.29	40	21	238
137	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.28	348	270	844
=138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.24	1,054	185	148
=138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.24	447	87	16
=140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.21	239	153	182
=140	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.21	21,489	5,154	8,435
142	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.20	1	5	1
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.19	786	150	711
144	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.18	231	432	163
145	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.16	2	1	2
146	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.15	82	0	0
=147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	427	273	325
=147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.14	239	157	22
=147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.14	30	30	62
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.13	337	3,178	270
151	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.12	42	14	0
152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.11	152	135	98
=153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.10	100	232	5
=153	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.10	5	91	10
=153	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.10	514	89	396
=153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.10	94	6	60
=157	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.09	73	1,012	122
=157	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.09	5	5	0
=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	45	6	97
=161	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.06	29	18	22
=163	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.05	28	—	0
=163	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.05	1	5	0
=163	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.05	28	18	22
=166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.04	1	0	2
=166	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	107	39	63
=168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.02	38	0	1
=168	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.02	0	—	2
=168	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.02	61	46	15
=168	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.02	13	30	15
=168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.02	7	23	12
=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	50	19	6
=173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.01	22	—	—
=173	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.01	2	0	0
=178	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	3	0	0
=178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	26	—	0
=178	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2004

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
173Timor-Lesteshared0.01
173Chadshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.10. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia100,826
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 235
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States192,777
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 291
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina68,422
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 247

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 180 in both
106 · 44rose · fell
30unchanged

Rose most

Qatar25.62 → 34.55+8.93
Colombia23.68 → 28.46+4.78
Saint Lucia25.02 → 28.96+3.94
Georgia2.89 → 5.58+2.69
Dominican Republic0.72 → 3.23+2.51

Fell most

Nauru14.66 → 3.97−10.69
Hong Kong15.00 → 8.50−6.50
Brunei32.93 → 30.33−2.60
Jordan5.02 → 2.50−2.52
Belize13.13 → 11.27−1.86

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 2004.
140 distinct values among 180
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 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) (2004). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2004

0635 held

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