Data for 2013

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2013

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2013
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2013, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2013 covers 183 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 36.66; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.47. Against 2012, 157 values changed (92 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2013

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36.66

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183countries
4measures per country
2013the year it describes
156distinct values2 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	36.66	729	0	97
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	294	332	59
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	32.22	60	260	54
4	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	32	23	14
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	22.39	1,900	3,998	6,212
6	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21.93	148	48	14
7	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	21.31	2	7	6
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	19.39	28	60	9
9	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.47	58	1	24
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.42	20	137	18
11	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	16.11	712	73	72
12	Colombia`COL`South America	15.82	9,401	30,038	14,588
13	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	15.79	532	1,412	2,084
14	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	13.90	20	22	15
15	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.19	6	7	122
16	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	12.04	3,291	3,185	2,789
17	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	11.81	12	54	11
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.63	17,548	11,980	22,825
19	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	11.03	9	9	10
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.93	5,991	4,479	6,383
21	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.46	186	128	805
22	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	10.42	292	372	118
23	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	10.13	78	4	15
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.94	3,254	2,751	4,321
25	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.69	20	77	4
26	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.42	58	410	178
27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.55	303	2,914	1,315
28	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8.17	42,061	17,336	23,471
29	Suriname`SUR`South America	8.14	27	92	46
30	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.11	2,172	14,763	988
31	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7.90	5,008	52,588	3,822
32	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7.81	183,235	69,823	44,181
33	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7.75	954	11,054	5,288
34	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.57	100,158	303,573	60,489
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.56	1,016	2,448	2,453
36	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7.43	255	534	988
37	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6.86	3,372	2,338	122
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6.56	6	11	65
39	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6.41	291	13	102
40	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.26	400	435	347
41	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.13	66	2,005	594
42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.10	9,379	7,751	33,303
43	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.97	5,132	17,968	1,553
44	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.85	459	864	1,625
45	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.47	658	3,975	1,382
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.37	1,306	1,611	7,197
47	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5.34	3	9	1
48	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.33	346	783	1,013
49	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.24	8,338	197,109	3,921
50	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.67	103	4,857	785
51	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	4.48	0	1	0
52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.17	6,816	14,713	32,380
53	Chile`CHL`South America	4.14	1,177	1,377	3,626
54	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	3.95	2	6	1
55	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.87	30	223	647
56	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.73	698	4,649	1,355
57	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.66	4,226	3,487	5,940
58	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.60	12,353	17,670	10,507
59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.49	325	244	10
60	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.46	5,710	27,883	30,376
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	3.37	186	1,789	503
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.36	3,702	9,569	3,589
63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.21	640	26	344
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.93	8,329	12,807	12,125
65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.91	2,260	2,572	5,514
66	United States`USA`Northern America	2.65	67,528	262,661	24,683
67	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.63	789	10,467	4,165
68	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2.60	71	73	80
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.58	91,969	141,588	89,239
70	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.55	14,703	52,493	13,316
71	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.54	69	219	23
72	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.45	2	83	45
=73	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.43	282	3,145	1,662
=73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2.43	1,173	1,553	3,582
75	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.40	133	139	151
76	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.34	6	1	2
77	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.18	252	1,227	1,493
78	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.15	3,708	64,570	9,029
79	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.11	144	829	945
80	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.04	3,010	5,806	8,136
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.03	453	975	516
82	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.98	1,314	12,518	6,474
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.90	11,611	10,606	25,334
84	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.89	270	281	307
85	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.80	1,747	699	12,874
=86	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.73	86	2,936	884
=86	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.73	664	3,562	3,181
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.71	364	84	28
89	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.66	8,599	7,336	16,248
90	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.53	1	78	0
91	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.48	7,775	1,662	3,965
92	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.47	26	1,133	2,008
93	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.46	3,131	207	2,011
94	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.44	96	1,157	526
95	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.43	10,113	31,195	3,237
96	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.36	202	4	652
97	Peru`PER`South America	1.33	1,082	2,838	2,538
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.31	473	1,457	1,346
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	1	0
100	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
=101	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.15	44	1,422	534
=101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.15	697	6,034	3,591
103	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.14	277	985	1,147
=104	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.08	584	2,515	524
=104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.08	333	27	1,480
=106	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.03	47	728	211
=106	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.03	406	1,548	1,523
108	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.00	290	1	1,163
=109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.98	287	301	1,217
=109	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.98	11,721	12,195	13,323
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.96	125	236	250
112	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.94	7	615	104
113	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.89	22	434	64
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.86	6	735	14
115	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.85	26,702	—	—
116	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.84	29	1,773	332
117	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.82	8	803	27
118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.81	1,205	1,107	793
=119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.80	92	80	199
=119	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.80	15	49	6
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.76	247	15	25
122	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.72	758	107	297
=123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.70	9	940	7
=123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.70	860	1,594	2,017
=125	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.65	216	22	183
=125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.65	1,647	2,185	567
127	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.64	402	14	347
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.62	927	610	784
=129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.59	779	773	2,978
=129	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.59	120	125	137
131	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.54	344	232	659
132	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.52	6	6	6
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.51	206	31	0
134	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.48	393	452	1,541
135	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.47	2,330	444	2,109
136	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.46	3	11	1
137	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.41	410	427	466
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.40	630	495	222
=139	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.39	43	1,358	657
=139	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.39	1,641	1,409	1,044
=139	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.39	6,310	24,067	15,241
=142	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.37	1,675	1,220	5,236
=142	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.37	1	8	3
=144	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.33	110	706	380
=144	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.33	412	320	1,007
146	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.30	632	7,246	509
147	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.29	94	97	109
148	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.28	40	21	238
=149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.25	638	3,110	380
=149	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.25	126	186	29
=151	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
=151	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.24	1,245	874	730
153	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.23	148	58	269
=154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.22	358	1,202	0
=154	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.22	27	11	60
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.21	443	170	107
157	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.20	162	90	192
158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.18	78	797	2
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.16	18	8	3
160	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.15	82	0	0
=161	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.14	333	70	102
=161	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.14	175	121	16
=163	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.13	5	—	11
=163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.13	660	1,851	123
=163	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	11	2	2
166	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.12	59	61	67
167	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.10	24	24	42
=168	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.09	400	1	17
=168	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.09	17	5	1
=170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.08	319	332	362
=170	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.08	54	68	4
172	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
173	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.06	221	86	124
174	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.05	0	2	2
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	0	2	0
=177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=177	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.01	27	0	0
=177	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	47	—	1
=180	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	21	13	3
=180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	3	—	—
=180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	28	—	0
=180	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2013

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
177Chadshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.47. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia183,235
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 291
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil303,573
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 572
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina89,239
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 380

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
157values changed, of 183 in both
92 · 65rose · fell
26unchanged

Rose most

Trinidad and Tobago9.67 → 16.11+6.44
Montenegro0.38 → 6.56+6.18
El Salvador2.97 → 6.86+3.89
Belize5.80 → 9.42+3.62
Andorra18.01 → 21.31+3.30

Fell most

Costa Rica26.93 → 22.39−4.54
Bahamas14.41 → 10.13−4.28
Suriname11.12 → 8.14−2.98
Thailand3.19 → 0.37−2.82
Uruguay10.67 → 8.11−2.56

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 2013.
156 distinct values among 183
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2013). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2013

0635 held

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