Data for 2010

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2010

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2010
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2010, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2010 covers 182 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 36.07; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.51. Against 2009, 159 values changed (104 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2010

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36.07

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182countries
4measures per country
2010the year it describes
152distinct values2 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	36.07	2,810	0	375
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	35.04	27	111	24
3	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	163	154	26
4	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.96	2,149	4,416	7,439
5	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	126	90	54
6	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.46	151	49	14
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	19.61	26	35	28
8	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	18.21	1,124	1,294	2,559
9	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	16.52	2	5	5
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.10	29	116	14
11	Colombia`COL`South America	14.50	8,718	17,587	22,314
12	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	12.76	60	1	6
13	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.27	7,690	14,395	9,122
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.10	20,535	12,167	22,341
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.91	7,414	5,224	6,023
16	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	11.44	16	65	14
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.67	4	5	100
18	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	10.52	294	410	137
19	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	9.66	2,917	2,713	1,965
20	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	9.35	7	6	7
21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.27	303	2,914	1,315
22	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.11	14	14	13
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.05	1,635	2,642	3,613
24	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.79	26	84	4
25	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	8.70	61	3	12
26	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8.07	182,449	69,523	43,992
27	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7.89	15,394	42,615	2,151
28	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.83	98	93	30
29	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7.57	255	534	988
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.44	11,971	9,934	42,888
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.40	389	2,042	9,475
32	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.19	1,199	11,881	1,151
33	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6.62	2,304	8,321	1,492
34	Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.55	57	202	198
35	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.06	459	864	1,625
36	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.04	10,470	216,993	3,731
37	Brazil`BRA`South America	5.85	77,453	204,957	69,934
38	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.84	2,027	8,363	4,508
39	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.74	24	1,663	588
40	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.64	28,803	11,872	16,072
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.62	223	103	276
42	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.43	606	1,921	1,813
43	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.34	6,071	13,421	1,488
44	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.33	614	3,847	1,324
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.24	340	369	295
46	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.02	252	834	884
47	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.80	62	254	789
48	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.26	2	8	1
49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.13	641	2,702	110
50	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.83	311	2,862	1,878
51	Chile`CHL`South America	3.70	987	1,154	3,040
52	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.58	451	55	237
53	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.52	169	5	56
54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.40	388	211	3
55	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.39	1,363	16,675	10,431
56	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.21	1,033	22,632	29,828
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.17	9,995	51,900	5,686
58	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.16	4,390	2,854	4,346
59	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.79	992	7,466	5,680
60	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.78	2,797	7,229	2,712
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.59	7,704	11,846	11,215
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.58	156	1,589	1,685
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	2.57	241	953	754
64	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.53	151	143	156
65	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.47	89,451	137,711	86,796
66	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.43	35	66	39
67	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.35	34	59	30
68	United States`USA`Northern America	2.34	63,956	225,586	21,924
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.33	58	201	26
70	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.27	14,335	10,060	11,878
71	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.25	1,965	4,479	2,286
72	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2.14	65	62	67
73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.04	8,268	10,839	33,199
=74	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.03	7	2	1
=74	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	2.03	1	3	0
76	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.01	2,949	5,031	7,905
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.93	446	919	462
78	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.92	212	2,768	1,256
79	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.85	8,906	40,978	10,003
80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.78	1	61	0
81	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.73	906	10,489	5,755
82	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.69	23	1,515	2,209
83	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.65	253	240	262
=84	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.62	9,439	29,118	3,022
=84	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.62	58	851	578
=86	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.61	3,007	49,321	5,594
=86	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.61	33	3,172	494
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.58	8,216	7,452	17,396
89	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.53	2,682	659	9,884
90	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.52	7,775	1,662	3,965
91	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.51	1,579	930	1,507
92	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.50	295	68	23
93	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.33	91	1,067	582
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.29	2,830	471	1,409
95	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	1	0
=96	Peru`PER`South America	1.19	1,349	2,094	2,436
=96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
98	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.17	241	995	1,230
99	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.16	0	0	0
100	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.12	1,317	166	370
101	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.04	263	5	331
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.01	419	1,319	1,312
103	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.98	567	2,344	508
104	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.88	26,702	—	—
105	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.87	38	669	154
106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.85	378	7	189
=107	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.84	15	1,275	209
=107	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.84	6	574	88
109	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.82	1,023	886	1,223
110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.81	106	199	211
111	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.79	20	423	50
112	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.76	34	1,687	241
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.75	1,328	3,689	2,233
114	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.71	646	613	669
115	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.68	240	765	737
116	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.67	439	431	580
=117	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.64	398	14	343
=117	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.64	11	37	5
119	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.63	129	122	133
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.62	8,301	7,871	8,592
121	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.60	55	2,132	947
=122	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.58	63	1	889
=122	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.58	6	5	6
124	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.57	180	10	18
125	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.55	52	57	137
126	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.47	123	946	517
=127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.45	596	591	2,278
=127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.45	530	982	1,243
129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.44	184	4	460
130	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42	347	400	1,361
131	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.41	4	371	20
132	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.40	34	5	5
133	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.38	1	8	3
134	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.36	5,443	21,833	14,654
135	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.35	8	6	52
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.31	439	415	280
137	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.30	1,427	272	1,291
=138	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.29	2	7	1
=138	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.29	40	21	238
140	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.28	350	272	856
141	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.27	1,812	294	1,199
=142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.26	638	3,110	380
=142	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.26	765	1,345	494
=142	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.26	109	169	72
145	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
=146	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.22	203	261	1,123
=146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.22	8	—	18
=146	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.22	290	5,703	233
=146	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.22	27	11	60
150	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.21	530	692	166
151	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.20	31	206	28
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.19	319	321	52
153	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.18	376	252	111
=154	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.16	77	83	159
=154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.16	508	534	1
=154	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.16	358	43	117
157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.15	82	0	0
158	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.14	96	46	184
=159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.13	72	479	5
=159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.13	44	17	0
=161	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.11	38	38	40
=161	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.11	26	27	48
163	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.10	11	5	2
=164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.09	342	324	354
=164	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.09	5	91	10
=164	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.09	50	47	51
=164	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.09	54	113	13
=168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=168	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.07	100	69	73
=170	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.06	0	1	2
=170	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.06	183	71	103
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
=173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.02	47	0	1
=173	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	0	2	0
=173	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.02	4	2	0
=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	31	15	4
=179	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0	0	0
=179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	7	—	—
=179	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	11	—	0
=179	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2010

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
179Malishared0.00
179Laosshared0.00
176Chadshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.51. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia182,449
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 241
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States225,586
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 415
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina86,796
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 313

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 182 in both
104 · 55rose · fell
23unchanged

Rose most

Ecuador3.79 → 12.27+8.48
Costa Rica27.05 → 30.96+3.91
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31.27 → 35.04+3.77
Maldives10.46 → 12.76+2.30
Argentina3.94 → 6.04+2.10

Fell most

Grenada23.59 → 11.44−12.15
Saint Kitts and Nevis23.63 → 19.61−4.02
Bahamas10.82 → 8.70−2.12
Suriname9.77 → 7.83−1.94
Malta12.22 → 10.67−1.55

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 2010.
152 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 0.22. 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) (2010). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2010

0635 held

Other years

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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2009
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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2011
182 countries
All of them
Pesticide Use per Hectare: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

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