Data for 2008

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2008

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2008
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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2008 covers 182 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 35.62; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.39. Against 2007, 159 values changed (90 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2008

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35.62

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182countries
4measures per country
2008the year it describes
149distinct values2 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.62	1,214	0	162
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	141	155	23
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	32.07	25	97	21
4	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.61	2,097	4,352	6,020
5	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	27.30	35	133	28
6	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	27.05	171	8	33
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	74	53	32
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	22.03	28	29	33
9	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	19.65	2	6	6
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	19.45	1,273	1,081	4,585
11	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	18.23	123	40	12
12	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	14.42	9,960	6,073	6,865
13	Colombia`COL`South America	14.02	8,199	28,007	12,333
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.69	21,146	11,857	25,221
15	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.60	2	4	111
16	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	12.25	32	80	8
17	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	11.60	319	3,760	1,276
18	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11.55	59	1	3
19	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11.00	28	13	14
20	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	10.68	3,006	3,006	2,487
21	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	9.90	6	5	6
22	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.83	200	474	126
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.78	1,858	3,162	4,454
24	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.65	37	257	235
25	Suriname`SUR`South America	9.64	96	223	68
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.79	380	1,693	12,856
27	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.76	30	89	4
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.93	14,459	8,435	51,041
29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.53	460	2,662	3,109
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7.30	12,027	39,368	3,136
31	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.15	1,326	9,808	1,538
32	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7.10	2,781	10,612	4,695
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.90	255	534	988
34	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.78	150,578	57,379	36,307
35	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.16	1,650	8,413	5,285
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.72	423	460	367
37	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.71	44	1,888	647
38	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.55	7,381	190,432	2,661
39	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5.49	385	105	629
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.37	459	864	1,625
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.36	25,940	10,692	14,475
=42	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.22	42	296	847
=42	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.22	263	873	955
44	Brazil`BRA`South America	5.14	65,781	185,665	33,020
45	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5.07	2,570	5,691	1,833
46	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.89	5,104	12,080	1,344
47	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.76	3	9	1
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.72	462	3,406	1,139
49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.49	601	3,125	61
50	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.18	175	68	179
51	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.07	1,254	27,248	39,163
=52	Chile`CHL`South America	3.59	932	1,089	2,870
=52	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.59	314	2,461	1,507
54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.58	1,298	18,626	11,505
55	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.57	1,279	10,692	6,361
56	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.19	141	4	45
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.03	9,471	47,646	7,206
58	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.96	146	1,879	1,961
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	2.88	268	1,074	799
60	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.69	3,603	2,055	3,869
61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.59	96	1,187	944
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.53	2,540	4,796	3,008
=63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.51	373	86	1
=63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.51	7,583	11,661	11,040
65	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.41	35	66	39
66	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	2.39	1	4	0
67	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.36	13,294	10,388	14,068
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.34	85,081	130,983	82,555
69	United States`USA`Northern America	2.32	70,760	205,250	21,092
70	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.07	6	2	1
71	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.06	359	3,195	1,118
72	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.04	51	176	22
73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.01	1,844	4,887	1,999
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.00	447	953	459
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.93	7,798	11,078	31,279
76	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.91	2,595	4,993	7,327
77	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1.88	62	51	57
78	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.80	0	0	0
79	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.76	9,611	29,647	3,076
80	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.74	42	33	16
81	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.72	38	2,927	869
82	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.68	28	1,357	2,342
83	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.66	1,077	10,940	6,060
84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.62	1	50	0
85	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.59	8,522	35,254	8,112
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.54	9,988	6,177	17,863
=87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.53	324	75	25
=87	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.53	7,775	1,662	3,965
89	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.44	26	1,879	403
90	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.43	2,188	773	9,442
=91	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.39	3,010	41,931	6,601
=91	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.39	1,637	1,045	1,509
93	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.38	358	929	1,638
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.17	2,630	647	1,007
=95	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.16	0	1	0
=95	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.16	767	1,499	1,662
97	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.07	97	869	389
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.05	176	146	161
=99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.04	67	56	62
=99	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.04	427	1,166	1,172
101	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.03	267	14	31
102	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.00	1,313	165	251
103	Peru`PER`South America	0.96	1,377	1,436	1,930
104	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.94	9	625	118
105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.92	572	2,192	465
106	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.91	22	414	49
107	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.90	36	1,934	344
=108	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.88	35	679	157
=108	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.88	26,702	—	—
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.84	311	13	138
111	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.80	268	861	892
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.78	848	3,905	2,441
=113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.75	398	14	343
=113	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.75	1,009	890	1,168
115	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.72	61	9	9
116	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.71	93	175	186
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.69	63	2,443	1,085
118	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.68	391	322	743
119	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.66	140	116	129
120	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.64	656	543	602
121	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.57	232	8	125
122	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.56	164	1,118	560
123	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.53	395	159	598
124	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.49	114	141	408
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.46	320	10	327
126	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.43	74	33	93
127	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.40	8	25	3
=128	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.39	4	4	4
=128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.39	1	8	3
130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.38	3	333	22
131	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.37	414	768	972
132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.36	446	442	1,703
133	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.35	283	326	1,112
=134	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.34	318	97	41
=134	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.34	4,865	20,343	14,262
136	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.28	40	21	238
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.27	3,874	3,209	3,553
=138	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.25	314	6,116	519
=138	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.25	2	6	1
=140	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.24	1,212	306	10
=140	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.24	1,068	204	967
142	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.23	360	419	174
143	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.21	263	204	642
=144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.20	285	266	183
=144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.20	51	0	271
=146	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.18	375	691	224
=146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.18	1,155	181	823
=146	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.18	12	7	66
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.17	305	130	72
=150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.16	458	1,635	172
=150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.16	292	266	42
=152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.15	82	0	0
=152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.15	108	11	203
154	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	372	308	341
=155	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.13	106	11	132
=155	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.13	3	—	12
=157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.12	45	38	42
=157	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.12	28	28	51
159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.11	76	344	6
=160	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.10	33	13	0
=160	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.10	5	91	10
=162	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.09	3,278	3,575	7,491
=162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.09	44	37	41
=162	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.09	14	97	13
165	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=166	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.06	166	147	44
=166	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.06	8	2	1
=168	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.05	0	5	0
=168	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.05	11	6	0
=168	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.05	158	60	90
=171	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.04	0	1	2
=171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
173	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.03	35	33	37
174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.02	44	0	1
=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	37	16	5
=178	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0	0	0
=178	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	17	—	—
=178	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	0	0	0
=178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	12	—	0
=178	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2008

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

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia150,578
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 265
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States205,250
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 333
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina82,555
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 299

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 182 in both
90 · 69rose · fell
23unchanged

Rose most

Belize6.61 → 9.65+3.04
El Salvador2.24 → 4.49+2.25
Hong Kong9.00 → 11.00+2.00
Suriname7.65 → 9.64+1.99
Mauritius8.30 → 9.83+1.53

Fell most

Maldives20.82 → 11.55−9.27
Colombia23.09 → 14.02−9.07
Brunei16.26 → 12.25−4.01
Saint Kitts and Nevis25.56 → 22.03−3.53
Uruguay9.29 → 7.15−2.14

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 2008.
149 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.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2008). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2008

0635 held

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