Data for 2006

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2006

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2006
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2006, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2006 covers 182 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 35.12; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.17. Against 2005, 153 values changed (91 up, 62 down), 2 countries joined.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2006

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35.12

Lowest5 countries share it

0.00

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182countries
4measures per country
2006the year it describes
132distinct values2 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.12	893	0	119
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	33.51	49	172	37
3	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	151	171	25
4	Colombia`COL`South America	29.18	12,122	60,995	25,212
5	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	28.09	263	12	50
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.88	2,012	3,769	5,909
7	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	25.11	94	99	22
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	23.90	31	30	35
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	16	11	7
10	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	21.24	109	2	5
11	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	20.89	149	49	14
12	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	18.69	2	5	6
13	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	17.07	1,142	1,007	3,831
14	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	15.18	20	70	15
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.97	24,032	11,947	28,851
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.38	8,334	5,814	7,175
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.81	5	6	109
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	10.86	2,948	3,859	1,982
19	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.93	253	2,868	1,127
20	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.60	23	16	8
21	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	9.59	7	5	6
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9.55	652	4,358	2,670
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.49	1,699	3,280	4,189
24	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.44	399	310	113
25	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.35	33	94	4
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.92	493	2,031	11,382
27	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.55	47	186	174
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.49	13,153	8,721	45,309
29	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.77	2,271	9,610	4,062
30	Suriname`SUR`South America	6.74	133	146	59
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.51	255	534	988
32	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.36	391	6,966	1,052
33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.22	110	322	817
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.89	43	2,032	551
=35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.52	282	112	286
=35	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5.52	3	11	1
=37	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.33	459	864	1,625
=37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5.33	6,528	30,048	2,548
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.23	409	444	355
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5.03	108,047	41,172	26,052
=41	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4.45	313	220	253
=41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.45	4,138	10,740	1,199
43	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.40	20,948	8,634	11,689
44	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.14	441	140	515
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	4.09	7,376	137,191	1,794
46	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.96	45,540	144,986	24,812
=47	Chile`CHL`South America	3.68	963	1,124	2,935
=47	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.68	2,140	23,068	35,957
=47	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.68	1,491	12,312	5,958
50	Panama`PAN`Central America	3.59	397	1,577	650
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.55	289	2,552	792
52	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3.25	5,034	1,403	1,513
=53	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.19	852	17,063	10,209
=53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.19	2,155	3,476	1,157
55	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.16	84	595	638
56	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.11	1	5	1
57	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.01	232	2,079	1,250
58	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.77	4,905	1,805	3,071
59	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.73	113	4	34
60	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.70	229	1,831	86
61	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.68	576	22	65
62	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.49	35	66	39
63	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.40	2,012	4,916	2,845
=64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.36	131	1,651	1,434
=64	United States`USA`Northern America	2.36	74,843	184,612	20,865
66	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.32	28	1,274	3,869
67	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.31	88	1,322	665
68	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.30	9	1	1
69	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.29	45	55	20
70	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.26	13,438	10,577	12,957
71	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.22	6,585	10,125	9,586
72	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.18	339	76	1
73	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.17	78,202	120,394	75,881
74	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.13	297	3,150	1,276
75	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.02	1,993	1,583	1,729
76	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.01	307	71	24
=77	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.92	447	910	462
=77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.92	5,187	29,463	5,733
=79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.88	1,814	4,201	1,343
=79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.88	2,660	4,567	6,924
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.74	41	142	28
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.53	7,775	1,662	3,965
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.48	6,123	10,997	21,283
84	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.46	8,036	24,789	2,572
85	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.37	57	2,479	536
86	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.34	498	9,356	5,125
87	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1.33	49	34	40
=88	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.20	219	154	177
=88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.20	1,749	209	243
=90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.17	0	1	0
=90	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.17	767	1,499	1,662
92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.16	227	657	1,582
93	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.13	66	1,002	389
94	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.12	1	39	0
95	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.08	1,474	565	7,371
96	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.07	2,384	756	771
97	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.06	8,530	8,170	10,721
98	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.97	435	1,014	1,031
99	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.93	1,288	28,712	3,723
100	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.91	613	2,131	457
101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.88	384	253	1,115
=102	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.86	26,702	—	—
=102	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.86	4,508	18,818	4,532
104	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.84	62	1,880	260
=105	Peru`PER`South America	0.82	1,278	1,052	1,721
=105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.82	340	29	79
107	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.81	8	549	104
=108	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.80	9	350	53
=108	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.80	260	841	893
=108	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.80	833	12	343
111	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.76	995	894	1,112
112	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.75	398	14	343
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.72	856	4,033	1,844
=114	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.69	63	2,449	1,087
=114	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.69	20	16	291
116	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.68	154	108	124
=117	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.63	204	1,289	603
=117	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.63	7	859	201
=119	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.61	14	509	110
=119	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.61	52	7	7
121	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.59	93	140	563
122	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.57	0	0	0
123	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.53	219	8	120
124	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.49	65	123	130
=125	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.45	44	28	137
=125	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.45	1,318	3,349	1,991
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.40	1	8	3
=128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.39	421	781	988
=128	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.39	3	301	21
=128	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.39	7	23	3
131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.38	473	469	1,807
132	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.34	1,987	243	1,548
=133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.32	330	233	267
=133	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.32	5,001	3,522	4,040
135	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.31	4,287	18,854	13,871
=136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.30	236	180	608
=136	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.30	1,524	189	96
=138	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.26	320	249	783
=138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.26	206	237	808
=138	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.26	40	21	238
141	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.25	2	6	1
=142	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.22	16,913	6,304	13,367
=142	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.22	973	185	880
=144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.19	64	0	225
=144	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.19	2	2	2
=146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.18	609	1,821	164
=146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.18	266	212	32
148	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.17	237	433	152
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.15	82	0	0
=150	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.14	106	28	57
=150	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.14	197	181	128
=150	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	408	287	330
=150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.14	289	3,105	497
=154	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.13	531	208	35
=154	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.13	30	30	55
=156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.11	88	288	6
=156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.11	46	32	37
=156	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.11	27	127	17
159	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.10	5	91	10
=160	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=160	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=160	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.07	8	5	0
=160	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.07	25	9	0
=164	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.06	142	5	52
=164	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.06	38	27	31
166	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.05	47	6	74
=167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.04	1	—	4
=167	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
=167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.04	0	5	0
=167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	132	49	76
=171	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.03	0	0	1
=171	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.03	30	40	35
=171	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.03	4	0	0
=174	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.01	21	0	0
=174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	52	—	1
=174	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	43	17	5
=178	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	4	0	0
=178	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	11	—	—
=178	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	0	0	0
=178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	21	—	0
=178	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2006

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
178Montenegroshared0.00
178Malishared0.00
178Laosshared0.00

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)
HighestIndonesia108,047
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 234
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States184,612
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 288
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina75,881
Lowest14 share it
Middle country: 277

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
153values changed, of 180 in both
91 · 62rose · fell
27unchanged

Rose most

Maldives14.31 → 21.24+6.93
Seychelles18.91 → 23.16+4.25
Andorra15.50 → 18.69+3.19
Hong Kong7.50 → 9.60+2.10
Israel15.45 → 17.07+1.62

Fell most

Saint Lucia26.32 → 20.89−5.43
Ecuador7.33 → 3.25−4.08
Colombia32.63 → 29.18−3.45
Brunei27.72 → 25.11−2.61
Jordan6.41 → 4.14−2.27

+ Montenegro

+ Serbia

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 2006.
132 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.00. 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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2006). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2006

0635 held

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