Data for 2011

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2011

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2011
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2011, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2011 covers 182 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 36.28; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.34. Against 2010, 159 values changed (101 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2011

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36.28

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0.00

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182countries
4measures per country
2011the year it describes
150distinct values2 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	36.28	2,241	0	299
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	34.10	64	270	58
3	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	379	338	64
4	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.43	2,101	4,579	5,871
5	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	88	63	38
6	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.76	153	50	14
7	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	17.72	28	129	17
8	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	17.45	2	5	5
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	17.14	25	41	21
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	16.24	536	1,691	1,959
11	Colombia`COL`South America	15.78	12,198	23,882	17,717
12	Suriname`SUR`South America	14.86	68	231	179
13	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	14.29	63	1	11
14	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14.00	29	19	15
15	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.12	101	5	19
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.36	18,848	11,414	21,023
17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.27	6,634	5,180	5,351
18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.84	167	170	895
19	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	10.49	280	378	154
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.47	3,443	3,011	4,246
21	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.33	5	6	95
22	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	10.22	2,964	2,984	2,054
23	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	9.99	7	7	8
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.75	303	2,914	1,315
25	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.17	24	82	4
26	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	8.99	12	52	11
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8.02	71	2,812	620
28	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.73	70	306	141
29	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7.70	255	534	988
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.69	12,749	8,327	43,574
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.59	886	1,996	9,979
32	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.44	1,129	2,505	2,408
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.30	1,455	13,988	1,524
34	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.91	4,521	8,108	4,746
35	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.75	34,454	14,201	19,226
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	6.60	76,552	251,914	71,267
37	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.29	459	864	1,625
38	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.15	1,325	8,777	4,808
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.64	364	396	316
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.56	9,175	202,811	3,853
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.55	6,554	14,091	1,560
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5.39	7,349	32,366	1,830
43	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.32	309	919	933
44	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.29	628	3,890	1,343
45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5.17	119,869	45,677	28,903
46	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5.11	3	9	1
47	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.74	42	264	797
48	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.30	8,045	13,835	31,330
49	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.27	546	107	305
50	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.05	206	3,335	1,586
=51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4.00	10,671	67,608	6,980
=51	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.00	3,029	11,604	8,203
53	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.85	155	6	106
54	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.70	216	2,799	74
55	Chile`CHL`South America	3.68	1,020	1,192	3,140
56	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.63	12,123	17,955	10,473
57	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.58	5,148	2,479	5,318
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.34	370	202	8
59	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.29	1	102	92
60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.23	115	46	9
61	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.18	4,171	29,252	24,496
62	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.06	177	174	191
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.88	2,987	7,721	2,896
64	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.75	305	3,473	1,627
65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.74	383	3,676	872
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.68	7,643	11,753	11,127
67	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2.61	75	74	81
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.52	90,916	139,967	88,217
69	United States`USA`Northern America	2.46	64,864	240,706	22,982
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	2.45	228	893	732
71	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.42	281	1,505	1,544
72	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.36	11,150	50,678	13,801
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.32	55	201	28
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.10	9,555	11,810	31,855
75	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	2.09	1	3	0
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.06	454	955	562
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.97	2,932	5,048	7,812
78	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.93	5	2	1
79	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.89	991	12,408	6,081
80	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.86	524	3,668	2,923
=81	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.82	49	3,692	633
=81	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.82	269	265	291
83	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.74	2,411	638	11,719
84	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.72	63	823	694
=85	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.67	1	67	0
=85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.67	7,182	7,407	17,546
87	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.66	3,164	50,257	6,080
88	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.62	1,103	1,449	1,700
89	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.50	7,775	1,662	3,965
90	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.48	10,662	32,890	3,413
=91	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.34	32	1,452	1,474
=91	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.34	2,930	383	1,609
93	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.31	321	74	25
94	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.28	75	1,080	324
95	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.22	26	1,773	362
=96	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.21	864	6,771	3,455
=96	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	1	0
98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.16	231	1,091	1,131
100	Peru`PER`South America	1.15	1,161	2,225	2,174
101	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.09	216	4	433
102	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.05	0	0	0
103	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.01	570	2,414	517
104	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.00	6	679	100
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.99	415	1,395	1,382
106	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.94	1,045	138	351
107	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.93	30	2,136	218
108	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.92	34	724	149
109	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.91	325	1,029	956
110	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.90	460	333	1,800
111	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.86	26,702	—	—
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.84	321	20	209
113	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.79	1,029	884	1,251
114	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.75	14	45	6
115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.73	9,310	9,164	10,053
116	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.72	21	357	49
117	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.71	93	175	185
118	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.68	623	614	673
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.64	65	65	158
120	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.63	398	14	343
=121	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.59	125	123	135
=121	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.59	6	6	6
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.57	182	11	18
=124	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.56	394	311	585
=124	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.56	180	2	597
=126	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.54	50	1,929	871
=126	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.54	5	511	24
=128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.51	681	675	2,602
=128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.51	604	1,120	1,416
=130	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.43	103	860	496
=130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.43	609	578	395
132	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.41	341	392	1,336
133	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.40	9	10	56
=134	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.38	2,370	479	1,611
=134	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.38	1	8	3
136	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.37	5,732	22,577	14,849
=137	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.36	902	1,189	299
=137	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.36	449	9,315	853
=137	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.36	1,746	333	1,580
140	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.33	412	320	1,007
141	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.30	2	7	1
142	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.29	40	21	238
143	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.28	880	1,254	767
144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.25	638	3,110	380
145	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
146	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.23	95	160	58
=147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.22	132	36	267
=147	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.22	8	—	17
=147	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.22	27	11	60
=147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.22	333	348	57
151	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.20	17	2	2
=152	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.17	58	18	0
=152	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.17	52	52	57
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.16	369	690	0
=155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.15	74	585	4
=155	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.15	82	0	0
=155	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.15	181	217	122
=155	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.15	114	53	167
159	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.14	384	168	80
=160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.11	68	9	105
=160	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.11	26	26	46
=160	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.11	13	6	2
163	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.10	52	52	57
=164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.09	157	74	78
=164	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.09	5	91	10
=166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.08	1	3	3
=166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.08	331	326	358
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=169	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.06	43	0	33
=169	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.06	196	76	110
=171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.05	8	5	0
=171	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.05	31	89	15
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
=174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.03	48	0	1
=174	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.03	0	3	0
=174	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.03	0	44	0
=177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=177	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	51	—	1
=177	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	28	14	4
=180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	6	—	—
=180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	11	—	0
=180	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

180Tanzaniashared0.00
180Nigershared0.00
180Malishared0.00
177Chadshared0.01
177Côte d’Ivoireshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.34. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia119,869
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 243
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil251,914
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 396
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina88,217
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 347

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 182 in both
101 · 58rose · fell
23unchanged

Rose most

Suriname7.83 → 14.86+7.03
Cyprus5.62 → 10.84+5.22
Hong Kong9.11 → 14.00+4.89
Bahamas8.70 → 13.12+4.42
Ireland5.74 → 8.02+2.28

Fell most

Ecuador12.27 → 6.91−5.36
Nicaragua6.62 → 2.74−3.88
Costa Rica30.96 → 27.43−3.53
Indonesia8.07 → 5.17−2.90
Malaysia7.89 → 5.39−2.50

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 2011.
150 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.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2011). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2011

0635 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2010
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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2012
183 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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