Data for 2005

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2005

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2005
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2005, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2005 covers 180 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 34.85; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.17. Against 2004, 148 values changed (88 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2005

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34.85

Lowest4 countries share it

0.00

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180countries
4measures per country
2005the year it describes
140distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	34.85	735	0	98
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	34.23	57	189	41
3	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	179	202	29
4	Colombia`COL`South America	32.63	36,457	44,968	36,457
5	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	28.62	305	15	68
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	27.72	182	112	44
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.11	1,903	3,611	5,979
8	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	26.32	198	65	19
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	25.24	33	31	37
10	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	18.91	14	10	6
11	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	15.50	1	5	5
12	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	15.45	1,076	970	3,454
13	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	14.31	97	2	5
14	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	14.24	19	64	14
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.60	22,680	12,158	28,526
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.44	8,734	6,189	7,396
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.65	8	8	101
18	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	11.46	7	5	6
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.31	930	5,556	2,444
20	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.08	3,177	3,564	2,254
21	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.65	35	96	4
22	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.41	119	222	170
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.37	1,663	3,496	4,449
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.72	277	2,537	1,157
25	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.71	219	405	145
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8.19	13,552	9,191	53,805
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.96	425	1,751	12,366
28	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7.50	23	17	5
29	Ecuador`ECU`South America	7.33	14,357	1,802	2,230
30	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.31	156	179	35
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.78	97	290	968
32	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.46	535	6,727	1,179
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.42	255	534	988
34	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6.41	509	153	989
35	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.03	1,145	8,385	3,958
36	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5.79	3	11	2
=37	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5.71	415	276	322
=37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.71	451	490	392
39	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.45	459	864	1,625
40	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.44	1,287	20,885	6,201
41	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.34	50	1,830	571
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5.08	5,939	29,016	2,369
43	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.98	103,852	39,573	25,041
44	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.25	3,654	10,070	1,127
45	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.20	2,216	4,994	2,111
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.09	231	146	208
47	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.02	2,506	29,209	35,921
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.98	7,450	125,962	2,325
49	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.91	43,865	136,853	27,101
50	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.89	18,452	7,606	10,297
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.70	3,108	2,997	4,975
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	3.69	453	1,667	546
53	Chile`CHL`South America	3.48	957	1,112	2,844
54	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.24	78	628	622
55	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	2	5	1
56	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.01	1,015	15,610	10,183
57	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3.00	675	18	59
58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.99	362	1,974	703
59	Honduras`HND`Central America	2.57	185	1,663	1,000
60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.55	47	66	21
61	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.49	35	66	39
62	United States`USA`Northern America	2.42	83,234	190,509	22,680
63	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.37	10	2	1
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.35	144	1,465	1,645
65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.32	98	3	28
66	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.31	114	1,269	670
=67	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.30	711	1,068	58
=67	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.30	14,144	10,216	14,068
69	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.21	31	1,077	3,781
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.19	6,809	10,470	9,913
71	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.07	74,275	114,347	72,070
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.05	6,650	31,116	5,179
73	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.03	322	71	1
74	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.01	1,524	4,138	2,612
75	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.96	275	2,887	1,373
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.95	456	932	458
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.88	2,656	4,426	6,709
78	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.82	0	0	0
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.78	1,716	4,022	1,167
80	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.69	37	139	29
81	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.63	2,523	252	294
=82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.55	3,477	882	1,112
=82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.55	9,975	1,014	2,977
84	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.53	247	57	19
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.52	16,032	11,716	12,584
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.51	5,948	11,160	22,064
87	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.39	36	2,308	693
=88	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.28	7,680	23,691	2,458
=88	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.28	500	8,410	4,915
90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.18	0	1	0
91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.17	767	1,499	1,662
92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.12	221	509	1,664
93	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.09	55	986	379
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.03	2,238	778	735
=95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.02	193	128	149
=95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.02	439	937	961
97	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.93	1,262	486	6,336
98	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.92	1	34	0
99	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.91	1,455	28,363	3,636
=100	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.86	602	2,000	437
=100	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.86	26,702	—	—
102	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.85	383	358	1,002
=103	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.80	91	146	844
=103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.80	1,136	3,789	2,641
=105	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.79	36	1,790	286
=105	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.79	912	7	279
=105	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.79	988	896	1,084
108	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.78	324	37	66
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.75	397	14	343
=110	Peru`PER`South America	0.69	1,037	810	1,556
=110	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.69	3,332	14,843	4,122
112	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.68	159	105	123
113	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.66	224	1,375	625
114	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.65	15	487	113
=115	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.64	59	2,296	1,019
=115	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.64	24	16	19
=115	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.64	7	321	39
118	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.60	7	421	67
119	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.56	48	7	7
120	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.55	212	8	118
121	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.54	7	733	175
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.44	42	42	122
=123	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.43	1,591	3,143	1,888
=123	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.43	57	108	114
125	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.41	1	8	3
126	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.38	3	285	21
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.37	400	743	939
=128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.36	5,832	3,871	4,522
=128	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.36	7	22	3
130	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.34	309	152	1,099
=131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.31	387	384	1,480
=131	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.31	17	33	99
=133	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.30	3,998	18,109	13,675
=133	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.30	238	274	934
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.28	342	266	838
136	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.27	1,253	192	136
137	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.26	40	21	238
138	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.23	15	12	279
=139	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.21	21,783	6,959	6,566
=139	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.21	1	5	1
=141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.20	222	147	172
=141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.20	3	2	2
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.19	817	156	739
144	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.18	242	442	187
=145	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.15	82	0	0
=145	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.15	252	185	27
=147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	420	279	326
=147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.14	70	0	153
=147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.14	30	30	58
=150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.13	248	3,032	362
=150	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.13	661	116	663
=152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.12	166	150	107
=152	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.12	41	14	0
=154	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.10	46	1,198	157
=154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.10	94	260	5
=154	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.10	5	91	10
157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.09	177	105	14
=158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.08	36	23	27
=158	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.08	68	98	10
=160	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=160	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=162	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.05	65	11	48
=162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.05	34	22	26
=164	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
=164	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.04	1	4	0
=164	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.04	4	3	0
=164	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	120	44	69
=168	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.03	124	16	29
=168	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.03	53	39	22
=170	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.02	30	0	0
=170	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.02	0	—	2
=170	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	3	0	0
=173	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=173	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.01	0	0	2
=173	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	52	—	1
=173	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	47	18	6
=177	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	4	0	0
=177	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	17	—	—
=177	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	25	—	0
=177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

177Tanzaniashared0.00
177Nigershared0.00
177Malishared0.00
177Laosshared0.00
173Chadshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.17. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia103,852
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 222
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States190,509
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 285
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina72,070
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 283

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 180 in both
88 · 60rose · fell
32unchanged

Rose most

Maldives6.05 → 14.31+8.26
Grenada9.05 → 14.24+5.19
Colombia28.46 → 32.63+4.17
Jordan2.50 → 6.41+3.91
Nicaragua2.40 → 4.20+1.80

Fell most

Seychelles31.19 → 18.91−12.28
Ecuador11.81 → 7.33−4.48
Saint Lucia28.96 → 26.32−2.64
Brunei30.33 → 27.72−2.61
Nauru3.97 → 1.82−2.15

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 2005.
140 distinct values among 180
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 0.04. 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) (2005). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2005

0635 held

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