Data for 2014

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2014

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2014
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2014, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2014 covers 183 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 36.84; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.51. Against 2013, 159 values changed (100 up, 59 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2014

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36.84

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183countries
4measures per country
2014the year it describes
148distinct values2 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	36.84	727	0	97
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.94	66	96	13
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	31.28	23	101	21
4	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	24.70	166	54	16
5	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	22	16	10
6	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.00	1,019	73	79
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	21.97	1,799	3,707	6,383
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	21.52	34	68	6
9	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.52	63	2	32
10	Colombia`COL`South America	20.22	7,689	24,917	40,917
11	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	19.28	2	6	6
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	17.37	17	150	17
13	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	15.93	503	1,626	2,666
14	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14.15	25	16	16
15	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14.07	6,785	14,626	12,163
16	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	13.72	14	62	13
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.85	18,030	12,350	22,700
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.70	6,620	5,536	5,770
19	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	11.48	10	10	11
20	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	10.78	2,644	2,928	2,721
21	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	10.77	83	4	16
22	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.76	5	8	97
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	10.63	251	373	144
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.22	181	140	773
25	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9.96	51,407	21,189	28,686
26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.82	2,012	3,247	4,896
27	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.76	18	75	4
28	Uruguay`URY`South America	9.27	1,477	19,058	2,066
29	Suriname`SUR`South America	8.77	74	287	75
30	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.55	1,085	2,525	3,173
31	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.04	303	2,914	1,315
32	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.00	55	352	216
33	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.72	116,141	294,916	62,436
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.19	77	2,392	636
35	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	7.16	1	2	0
36	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7.09	255	534	988
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.89	2,198	2,411	8,238
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6.56	9	9	72
=39	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.49	459	864	1,625
=39	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.49	9,955	7,799	37,226
41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6.43	1,679	3,707	133
42	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.24	147,436	56,181	35,550
43	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.13	3,873	42,016	3,294
44	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.96	257	1	105
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.87	374	407	325
46	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	5.78	3	9	1
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.65	673	4,018	1,401
48	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.25	349	733	1,037
49	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.07	7,919	194,257	3,956
50	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.95	3	8	1
51	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.88	107	5,072	819
52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.71	428	321	13
53	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.59	7,575	14,908	38,297
=54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.32	551	6,377	3,050
=54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.32	2,275	14,464	1,321
56	Chile`CHL`South America	4.28	1,221	1,428	3,761
57	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.26	37	239	724
58	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.87	6,195	31,035	34,442
59	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.82	12,895	17,877	12,920
60	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.79	710	4,734	1,379
61	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.64	959	12,419	7,128
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	3.39	179	1,764	516
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.15	3,594	9,290	3,485
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.09	8,802	13,534	12,814
65	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.06	3,113	2,274	5,976
66	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.70	149	160	172
67	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.62	80	216	25
68	United States`USA`Northern America	2.60	66,635	259,186	24,356
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.59	91,745	141,244	89,022
70	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.56	7	1	2
=71	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.38	256	1,376	1,641
=71	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.38	153	889	1,005
73	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.30	12,852	49,953	10,578
74	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2.29	63	67	72
75	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.24	2	89	37
=76	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.23	360	2,755	1,782
=76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.23	455	25	239
78	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.08	1,728	12,073	7,442
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.05	460	960	520
80	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.02	3,001	5,397	8,285
=81	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.00	3,455	58,437	9,314
=81	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.00	1,058	4,011	3,612
83	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.91	269	289	311
84	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.87	1,596	734	13,518
=85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.73	10,046	8,973	24,010
=85	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.73	3,433	477	1,894
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.66	9,099	7,794	16,674
88	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.60	92	1,215	559
89	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.57	13	1,306	2,081
90	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.54	11,160	34,426	3,572
91	Peru`PER`South America	1.52	1,223	3,305	2,989
92	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.51	7,775	1,662	3,965
93	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.48	1	83	0
94	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.36	495	1,494	1,419
=95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.27	242	1,012	1,067
=95	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.27	184	4	615
97	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.23	6	1,057	16
98	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	1	0
=99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.19	234	9	1,818
=99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
=101	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.17	586	1,195	1,868
=101	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.17	70	848	224
103	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.16	355	82	27
104	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.13	47	1,394	601
105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.12	588	2,542	536
106	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.09	609	5,025	4,113
=107	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.06	1,605	1,445	1,052
=107	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.06	7	692	123
=107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.06	402	1,625	1,593
=110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.02	132	250	265
=110	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.02	285	1	1,146
112	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.99	6,838	11,091	3,471
113	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.96	41	2,104	302
114	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.91	28	426	86
115	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.88	106	88	220
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.86	10,299	11,070	11,883
=117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.85	381	282	1,203
=117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.85	26,702	—	—
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.82	8	825	26
120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.79	2,019	2,682	700
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.77	254	15	26
122	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.74	51	1,239	417
123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.72	895	1,660	2,100
124	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.71	941	933	3,597
125	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.70	13	44	6
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.66	93	28	278
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.63	263	28	0
=128	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.62	642	91	254
=128	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.62	575	1,180	421
=130	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.60	381	13	328
=130	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.60	4	14	2
132	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.59	119	128	137
133	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.56	441	508	1,731
134	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.54	2,699	514	2,442
135	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.53	1,099	549	360
136	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.52	1	10	5
137	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.49	5	6	6
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.44	2,212	1,841	1,329
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.42	414	445	478
140	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.41	212	162	560
=141	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.40	1,685	1,461	1,075
=141	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.40	6,599	24,811	15,436
143	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.38	645	9,421	812
=144	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.33	41	1,107	588
=144	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.33	106	115	122
=144	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.33	412	320	1,007
147	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.32	40	21	238
=148	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.30	130	229	43
=148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.30	178	530	44
150	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.28	163	652	186
151	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.25	169	57	277
=152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.24	394	1,387	0
=152	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.24	638	3,110	380
=152	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
=152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.24	155	134	251
156	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.22	27	11	60
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.19	22	10	4
158	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.18	287	270	52
159	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.15	82	0	0
160	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.14	661	2,035	122
=161	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.13	132	553	3
=161	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.13	241	102	109
=161	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.13	64	69	74
=161	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	11	2	2
165	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.10	26	26	46
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.08	3	—	6
=167	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.07	315	339	364
=167	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.07	377	2	7
=167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.07	234	92	130
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.06	14	2	0
172	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.05	13	20	41
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
=174	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.03	1	1	1
=174	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.03	0	3	0
=176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=176	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.01	21	0	0
=176	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	44	—	1
=179	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	18	13	3
=179	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0	2	1
=179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	3	—	—
=179	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	35	—	0
=179	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2014

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
179Côte d’Ivoireshared0.00

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)
HighestIndonesia147,436
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 257
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil294,916
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 542
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina89,022
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 364

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 183 in both
100 · 59rose · fell
24unchanged

Rose most

Ecuador2.43 → 14.07+11.64
Trinidad and Tobago16.11 → 22.00+5.89
Colombia15.82 → 20.22+4.40
Maldives17.47 → 20.52+3.05
Saint Lucia21.93 → 24.70+2.77

Fell most

Guatemala7.75 → 4.32−3.43
Malta13.19 → 10.76−2.43
Andorra21.31 → 19.28−2.03
Malaysia7.90 → 6.13−1.77
Greece2.91 → 1.17−1.74

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 2014.
148 distinct values among 183
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 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) (2014). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2014

0635 held

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