Data for 2009

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2009

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2009
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2009 covers 182 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 35.85; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.20. Against 2008, 159 values changed (67 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2009

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35.85

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182countries
4measures per country
2009the year it describes
145distinct values2 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.85	2,258	0	301
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	173	180	27
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	31.27	24	97	21
4	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.05	1,688	3,360	6,549
5	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	23.63	30	34	35
6	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	23.59	33	132	28
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	107	76	46
8	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21.35	144	47	14
9	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	17.39	2	5	5
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	17.38	935	1,518	2,320
11	Colombia`COL`South America	15.34	7,458	21,544	22,434
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	14.41	30	101	10
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.23	23,403	12,805	24,235
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.12	8,810	5,909	6,142
15	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.22	3	5	106
16	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	10.82	68	3	13
17	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	10.54	2,756	3,396	2,210
18	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	10.46	52	1	3
19	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	10.14	259	435	124
20	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.01	6	6	6
21	Suriname`SUR`South America	9.77	127	248	50
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.75	303	2,914	1,315
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.20	20	11	15
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.04	1,715	2,667	3,794
25	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.46	28	86	4
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.76	11,995	7,637	46,810
27	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.51	17	429	163
28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.32	396	1,700	9,399
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.95	14,698	35,174	2,447
30	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.90	255	534	988
31	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.70	151,662	57,792	36,569
32	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.38	454	2,097	2,687
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.04	1,066	10,301	949
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.91	311	109	269
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.64	411	447	357
=36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.63	459	864	1,625
=36	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.63	27,990	11,537	15,619
38	Brazil`BRA`South America	5.50	61,328	202,554	38,082
39	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.21	1,350	8,292	3,635
40	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.18	313	758	957
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.12	5,588	12,751	1,416
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.97	552	3,491	1,248
43	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.95	69	276	795
=44	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.87	24	1,628	537
=44	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.87	1,972	5,741	1,573
46	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.41	2	8	1
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.94	6,260	129,017	1,985
48	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.85	309	56	497
49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.83	909	2,222	76
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3.79	1,155	5,635	2,759
51	Chile`CHL`South America	3.74	1,004	1,174	3,093
52	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.50	1,237	10,499	6,336
53	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.30	1,121	22,565	32,520
54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.24	1,507	15,159	10,922
55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.17	155	5	50
56	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.14	8,112	53,615	4,890
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.08	354	202	2
58	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.03	252	2,328	1,182
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	2.72	255	1,014	776
60	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.54	8	3	1
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.50	7,477	11,497	10,885
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.46	165	1,392	1,710
=63	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.44	3,304	2,539	3,170
=63	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.44	35	66	39
65	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.38	86,948	133,858	84,367
66	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.33	2,190	4,528	2,481
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.26	2,257	5,835	2,189
68	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.23	77	967	829
69	United States`USA`Northern America	2.22	63,049	210,467	20,865
70	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.12	26	1,355	3,336
71	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.04	12,624	8,781	11,137
72	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2.01	63	56	62
73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.95	8,067	10,886	31,374
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.93	445	902	467
75	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.92	1	56	0
76	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.88	2,583	4,703	7,421
77	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.87	1	3	0
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.85	49	158	20
79	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.82	265	2,715	1,087
80	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.65	0	0	0
81	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.59	2,476	774	10,478
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.55	11,447	5,961	17,863
83	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.52	7,775	1,662	3,965
84	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.50	41	22	15
85	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.49	952	9,520	5,896
86	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.44	230	206	225
87	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.43	2,525	43,194	6,393
88	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.38	8,521	26,284	2,728
89	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.32	24	1,768	423
90	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.23	2,730	559	1,208
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	1	0
=92	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.19	285	66	22
=92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
94	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.18	92	1,171	246
95	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.16	40	2,012	504
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.09	272	859	1,177
97	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.08	1,362	167	314
98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.07	5,903	21,648	6,528
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.97	59	53	58
100	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.95	569	2,269	489
101	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.93	423	1,243	1,242
102	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.92	1,016	554	1,229
103	Peru`PER`South America	0.90	1,030	1,351	2,043
104	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.88	26,702	—	—
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.85	272	8	200
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.79	1,016	888	1,195
107	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.75	36	555	143
=108	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.74	96	182	192
=108	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.74	95	1	1,091
=108	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.74	44	1,594	265
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.72	398	14	343
=112	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.71	726	650	711
=112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.71	1,046	3,426	2,076
114	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.69	234	749	753
115	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.68	62	2,439	1,083
116	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.67	16	327	39
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.66	198	11	21
=118	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.64	134	120	131
=118	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.64	7	416	76
=120	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.59	239	8	127
=120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.59	50	7	7
122	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.54	357	362	451
123	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.52	143	1,032	539
=124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.47	5	4	5
=124	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.47	9	30	4
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.42	5,814	5,205	5,691
=127	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.39	47	49	102
=127	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.39	3	351	21
=127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.39	1	8	3
=130	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.38	497	203	1,207
=130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.38	203	6	336
132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.37	419	777	983
133	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.35	5,154	21,088	14,458
134	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.32	398	395	1,523
=135	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.30	352	7,882	414
=135	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.30	239	275	936
=137	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.29	2	7	1
=137	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.29	40	21	238
=139	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.25	345	325	220
=139	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.25	371	3,106	222
=139	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.25	304	236	743
=139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.25	1,167	222	1,056
143	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.24	649	1,436	221
=144	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.22	368	335	143
=144	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.22	27	11	60
=146	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.20	82	163	22
=146	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.20	192	344	26
=148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.18	764	401	1
=148	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.18	306	293	47
=150	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.17	5	—	15
=150	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.17	14,810	4,220	9,627
=152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.15	84	20	184
=152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.15	82	0	0
154	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.14	355	318	348
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.13	40	105	32
=156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.12	70	372	7
=156	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.12	27	27	49
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.11	39	36	39
159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.10	33	14	0
=160	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.09	5	91	10
=160	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.09	592	150	344
=160	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.09	62	16	130
=160	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.09	47	42	46
164	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.08	10	3	1
165	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=166	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.06	157	194	32
=166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.06	22	93	14
168	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.05	170	65	96
=169	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.04	0	1	2
=169	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
=169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.04	0	4	0
=169	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.04	8	4	0
=169	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.04	43	36	36
174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.03	51	0	1
175	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.02	1	23	2
=176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=176	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	52	—	1
=176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	34	16	4
=179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	7	—	—
=179	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	0	0	0
=179	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	7	—	0
=179	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

179Tanzaniashared0.00
179Nigershared0.00
179Montenegroshared0.00
179Malishared0.00
176Chadshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.20. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia151,662
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 239
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States210,467
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 362
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina84,367
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 285

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 182 in both
67 · 92rose · fell
23unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia18.23 → 21.35+3.12
Brunei12.25 → 14.41+2.16
Cyprus4.18 → 5.91+1.73
Saint Kitts and Nevis22.03 → 23.63+1.60
Colombia14.02 → 15.34+1.32

Fell most

Bahamas27.05 → 10.82−16.23
Grenada27.30 → 23.59−3.71
Costa Rica30.61 → 27.05−3.56
Ecuador6.16 → 3.79−2.37
Andorra19.65 → 17.39−2.26

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 2009.
145 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 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) (2009). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2009

0635 held

Other years

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How it has moved, charted by country

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