Data for 2012

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2012

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2012
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2012, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2012 covers 183 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 36.47; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.46. Against 2011, 158 values changed (98 up, 60 down), 1 country joined.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2012

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36.47

Lowest4 countries share it

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183countries
4measures per country
2012the year it describes
155distinct values2 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	36.47	1,138	0	152
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	33.16	63	272	57
3	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	327	305	61
4	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.93	2,000	4,289	6,041
5	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	63	45	27
6	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.19	149	49	14
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	18.83	27	53	16
8	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	18.01	2	6	5
9	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	15.70	24	126	18
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	15.56	531	1,556	2,049
11	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	15.52	57	1	17
12	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.41	111	5	21
13	Colombia`COL`South America	14.11	5,116	21,168	22,387
14	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	13.66	32	12	11
15	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.39	5	8	125
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.03	19,066	11,564	23,528
17	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.70	3,049	3,301	2,777
18	Suriname`SUR`South America	11.12	30	157	28
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.81	3,316	3,029	4,657
20	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.67	1,226	18,415	2,720
21	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.55	8	8	9
22	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.21	192	137	837
23	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	10.12	11	46	10
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.08	5,047	4,432	5,879
25	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.76	261	356	118
26	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	9.67	181	211	121
27	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.63	22	79	4
28	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.11	303	2,914	1,315
29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.86	1,034	2,556	2,539
30	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.57	38,754	15,973	21,625
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7.50	255	534	988
32	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7.37	1,194	12,166	4,722
33	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.35	75,652	298,872	72,599
34	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.70	2,161	1,769	8,493
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.59	11,414	8,056	37,358
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.53	420	457	365
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.41	4,103	43,283	2,399
38	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.40	459	864	1,625
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.39	148,287	56,505	35,755
40	Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.80	76	330	102
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.76	7,038	14,761	1,632
42	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.75	78	1,808	650
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.42	643	3,932	1,362
44	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5.34	3	9	1
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.32	8,757	199,960	3,887
46	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.20	323	829	968
47	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.66	183	7	98
48	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.62	102	4,799	775
49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.53	1,154	5,626	4,643
50	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.31	47	257	700
51	Chile`CHL`South America	3.92	1,084	1,268	3,339
52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.82	311	323	13
53	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.79	4,808	2,809	6,374
54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.78	13,193	19,907	9,062
55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.62	7,638	13,985	26,777
56	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.31	5,458	27,801	27,581
57	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.23	704	10,979	6,726
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.19	4,770	60,231	4,417
59	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.17	2	96	91
60	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.04	171	173	191
61	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.97	283	2,036	99
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.91	3,130	8,090	3,035
63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.77	7,886	12,127	11,481
64	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.70	12,406	62,187	11,754
65	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2.66	73	74	82
66	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	2.63	1	4	1
67	United States`USA`Northern America	2.59	65,771	255,826	24,040
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.56	91,888	141,463	89,160
69	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.55	295	3,607	1,410
70	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.50	268	1,545	1,634
71	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.46	95	4,564	891
72	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.45	459	3,060	892
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.42	54	214	28
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.34	359	113	236
75	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.13	6	1	2
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.05	452	976	526
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.98	2,847	5,346	8,021
=78	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.95	3,773	58,198	7,547
=78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.95	11,625	12,813	24,776
80	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.93	1,293	12,654	6,131
81	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.87	0	1	0
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.84	214	758	399
=83	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.79	69	796	811
=83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.79	8,123	7,351	18,124
85	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.76	698	3,824	3,123
86	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.65	918	2,139	2,095
87	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.62	235	238	262
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.60	346	80	27
89	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.59	1	72	0
90	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.56	1,907	749	10,618
91	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.52	10,899	33,619	3,489
92	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.46	7,775	1,662	3,965
93	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.44	70	1,257	486
=94	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.40	31	1,224	1,789
=94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.40	3,030	295	1,810
96	Peru`PER`South America	1.39	1,358	2,995	2,408
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.28	202	4	564
98	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.25	899	6,614	3,495
99	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.23	435	1,364	1,247
100	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	1	0
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
102	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.18	45	1,715	485
103	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.10	269	1,076	970
104	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.09	46	796	201
=105	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.07	393	357	1,849
=105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.07	576	2,473	520
107	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.00	7	628	120
108	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.97	410	1,472	1,453
109	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.92	33	2,087	235
110	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.88	24	437	59
111	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.86	26,702	—	—
=112	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.83	888	123	332
=112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.83	1,036	882	1,279
114	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.82	15	49	6
=115	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.81	260	15	26
=115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.81	9,946	10,058	11,074
117	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.76	99	188	199
118	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.72	79	72	179
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.68	6	656	25
=120	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.64	7	7	8
=120	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.64	189	1	727
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.63	762	1,414	1,789
123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.62	398	14	343
=124	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.60	870	816	570
=124	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.60	491	565	1,926
126	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.59	122	124	136
127	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.55	94	10	816
128	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.53	495	501	552
=129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.52	163	10	178
=129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.52	689	683	2,633
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.51	1,274	1,687	433
132	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.48	249	203	661
133	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.47	5	413	12
=134	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.43	42	1,506	691
=134	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.43	2,064	393	1,867
136	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42	2,076	1,678	1,154
=137	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.38	83	774	474
=137	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.38	8	13	50
=137	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.38	6,021	23,322	15,045
140	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.37	1	8	3
141	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.35	132	30	0
142	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.33	412	320	1,007
143	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.31	2	7	1
144	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.30	40	21	238
145	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.29	410	7,720	427
146	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.27	153	160	52
=147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.25	638	3,110	380
=147	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.25	1,677	471	884
=149	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.24	163	58	272
=149	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
=149	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.24	73	73	81
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.23	346	375	62
153	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.22	27	11	60
154	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.21	388	330	15
=155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.18	331	923	0
=155	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.18	139	101	164
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.17	7	—	14
158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.16	76	691	3
159	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.15	82	0	0
=160	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.13	15	7	3
=160	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	11	2	2
=162	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.12	392	84	49
=162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.12	55	56	62
=162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.12	658	1,668	123
=162	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.12	155	106	16
=166	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.11	160	114	104
=166	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.11	25	25	44
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.08	324	327	360
=169	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.07	0	2	3
=169	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.07	43	23	32
=169	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
172	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.06	208	81	117
173	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.05	10	4	0
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
175	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.03	20	23	1
=176	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.02	36	0	0
=176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	0	3	0
=178	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=178	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	50	—	1
=180	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	24	14	4
=180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	3	—	—
=180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	21	—	0
=180	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2012

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
180Côte d’Ivoireshared0.00
178Chadshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.46. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia148,287
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 260
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil298,872
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 486
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina89,160
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 380

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
158values changed, of 182 in both
98 · 60rose · fell
24unchanged

Rose most

Trinidad and Tobago3.23 → 9.67+6.44
Uruguay7.30 → 10.67+3.37
Malta10.33 → 13.39+3.06
Saint Kitts and Nevis17.14 → 18.83+1.69
Taiwan10.22 → 11.70+1.48

Fell most

Suriname14.86 → 11.12−3.74
Ecuador6.91 → 4.53−2.38
Ireland8.02 → 5.75−2.27
Brunei17.72 → 15.70−2.02
Belize7.73 → 5.80−1.93

+ Sudan

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 2012.
155 distinct values among 183
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 0.12. 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) (2012). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2012

0635 held

Other years

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How it has moved, charted by country

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