Data for 2007

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2007

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2007
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2007, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2007 covers 182 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 35.38; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.23. Against 2006, 152 values changed (97 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2007

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35.38

Lowest5 countries share it

0.00

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182countries
4measures per country
2007the year it describes
150distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.38	881	0	117
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	127	143	21
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	32.79	45	163	35
4	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	29.30	2,121	3,927	5,840
5	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	27.57	318	14	61
6	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	26.95	35	128	27
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	25.56	33	32	38
8	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	27	19	11
9	Colombia`COL`South America	23.09	11,715	38,796	31,929
10	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.82	107	2	5
11	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	19.50	2	6	6
12	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	18.10	122	40	11
13	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	17.97	1,207	1,044	4,208
14	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.26	47	80	11
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.62	8,568	5,946	6,758
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.15	22,549	12,032	26,199
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.97	1	3	117
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.49	3,029	3,905	2,306
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.04	1,906	3,559	5,060
20	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.28	299	3,077	1,378
21	Uruguay`URY`South America	9.29	1,045	10,911	1,336
22	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9.13	2,047	16,551	4,272
23	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.05	32	91	4
24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.00	23	11	11
25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.88	641	2,120	11,519
26	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8.78	7	5	6
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.30	201	376	127
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8.29	14,439	9,180	49,981
29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.81	374	3,159	2,897
30	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.65	105	174	77
31	Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.61	55	233	202
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.58	43	2,276	601
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.55	255	534	988
34	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.33	7,767	35,570	3,192
35	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6.11	429	133	636
36	Ecuador`ECU`South America	5.86	7,694	2,800	3,510
37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5.85	129,084	49,188	31,125
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.75	106	334	689
39	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5.49	3	11	1
40	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.48	423	460	367
41	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.34	459	864	1,625
42	Brazil`BRA`South America	5.02	57,555	189,101	27,868
43	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.93	23,444	9,663	13,082
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	4.91	9,341	172,247	2,486
45	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.89	80	919	882
46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.79	364	3,336	1,225
47	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.72	2,930	5,530	1,300
48	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.67	4,621	11,410	1,271
49	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.99	2,101	26,808	36,919
50	Chile`CHL`South America	3.80	956	1,117	2,939
51	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.70	251	2,771	1,414
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.68	179	84	206
53	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.64	1,397	12,159	5,947
54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.37	1,499	17,164	10,925
55	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.15	11	4	1
56	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.11	8,773	50,174	6,509
57	Panama`PAN`Central America	3.03	281	1,134	821
58	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.97	127	4	39
59	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	2.72	1	4	1
60	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.57	4,777	1,756	2,572
61	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.45	35	66	39
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.44	188	1,800	1,327
63	United States`USA`Northern America	2.43	78,471	200,034	21,319
64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.37	328	76	25
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.34	356	81	1
66	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.33	2,505	4,592	2,602
67	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.32	362	3,508	1,388
68	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.31	155	118	133
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.28	82,562	127,106	80,111
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.27	6,757	10,390	9,837
71	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.26	12,740	10,973	12,628
72	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.24	228	1,568	75
73	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.23	81	1,150	705
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.18	465	22	57
75	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.03	44	44	18
=76	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.98	443	958	458
=76	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.98	2,239	1,133	1,603
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.97	1,878	4,807	1,465
=79	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.96	48	168	21
=79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.96	22,012	6,669	16,707
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.95	8,431	12,440	30,024
82	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.89	2,591	4,668	7,139
83	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.80	28	1,191	2,772
84	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1.72	61	46	52
=85	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.53	7,775	1,662	3,965
=85	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.53	981	10,921	5,201
87	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.46	35	1,996	383
88	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.44	28	2,583	569
89	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.38	7,263	22,404	2,325
90	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.34	1	45	0
91	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.26	1,853	655	8,407
92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.20	305	951	1,299
93	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.17	767	1,499	1,662
94	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.16	2,149	35,321	5,162
95	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.14	85	1,014	351
96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.13	198	150	169
=97	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.12	0	0	0
=97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.12	2,530	735	806
99	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.07	5,676	22,797	5,777
100	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.06	0	1	0
101	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.03	431	1,090	1,101
102	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.95	1,302	165	214
103	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.93	30	776	162
104	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.89	577	2,110	446
=105	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.86	26,702	—	—
=105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.86	281	905	955
107	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.84	10	572	103
108	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.82	54	1,809	266
109	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.79	1,002	892	1,140
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.77	312	19	93
=111	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.76	18	360	39
=111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.76	83	125	818
=113	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.75	68	2,666	1,184
=113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.75	398	14	343
115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.74	277	265	898
116	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.69	863	3,767	1,684
117	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.68	148	112	126
118	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.66	56	8	8
119	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.62	542	13	340
120	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.60	184	1,204	582
121	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.59	76	144	153
122	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.57	569	433	487
=123	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.56	226	8	122
=123	Peru`PER`South America	0.56	1,217	275	1,210
125	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.48	64	21	140
126	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.44	9	28	4
127	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.42	707	201	779
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.40	1	8	3
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.39	484	480	1,851
130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.38	3	317	21
131	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.34	4	3	3
132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.33	368	683	865
=133	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.32	345	2,421	1,343
=133	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.32	4,576	19,599	14,067
135	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.31	289	78	45
=136	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.29	1,514	207	39
=136	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.29	1,719	212	1,302
=138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.28	217	250	853
=138	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.28	40	21	238
140	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.26	75	7	316
141	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.25	22	17	80
=142	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.23	2	5	1
=142	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.23	3,439	2,616	2,946
=142	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.23	284	221	694
145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.22	993	189	898
146	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.21	352	502	205
=147	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.19	271	251	175
=147	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.19	179	4,777	577
=147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.19	279	239	37
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.17	666	1,714	197
151	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.16	14,618	4,122	8,297
=152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.15	82	0	0
=152	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.15	338	140	28
=154	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	391	297	335
=154	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.14	63	7	237
156	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.13	29	29	53
=157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.11	82	316	6
=157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.11	42	31	36
=159	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.10	5	91	10
=159	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.10	72	114	13
161	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.09	29	11	0
162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.08	41	31	35
=163	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.07	44	5	95
=163	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=163	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.07	1	—	7
=163	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.07	11	6	0
=167	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.05	0	1	2
=167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.05	145	55	83
=167	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.05	6	1	1
=170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
=170	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.04	0	4	1
172	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.03	34	27	33
=173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.02	37	0	0
=173	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.02	48	50	28
=175	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=175	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	52	—	1
=175	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	40	17	5
=178	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0	0	0
=178	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	10	—	—
=178	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	0	0	0
=178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	31	—	0
=178	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2007

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 1.23. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia129,084
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 240
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States200,034
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 316
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina80,111
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 326

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
152values changed, of 182 in both
97 · 55rose · fell
30unchanged

Rose most

Grenada15.18 → 26.95+11.77
Uruguay6.36 → 9.29+2.93
Ecuador3.25 → 5.86+2.61
Guatemala6.77 → 9.13+2.36
Jordan4.14 → 6.11+1.97

Fell most

Brunei25.11 → 16.26−8.85
Colombia29.18 → 23.09−6.09
Saint Lucia20.89 → 18.10−2.79
Eswatini4.45 → 2.31−2.14
Cyprus5.52 → 3.68−1.84

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 2007.
150 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) (2007). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2007

0635 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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