Data for 2015

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2015

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2015
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2015, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2015 covers 183 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 37.01; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.56. Against 2014, 156 values changed (93 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2015

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37.01

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0.00

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183countries
4measures per country
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	37.01	788	0	105
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	33.22	58	107	10
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	30.38	22	98	21
4	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	27.66	186	61	18
5	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.67	67	3	43
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	17	12	7
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	22.62	40	68	4
8	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.00	1,019	73	79
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	21.97	1,698	3,416	6,554
10	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	20.10	2	6	6
11	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.47	9,579	6,554	18,810
12	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16.66	17	75	16
13	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.19	125	6	24
14	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	16.16	516	1,689	2,794
15	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.03	12	143	14
16	Suriname`SUR`South America	13.78	74	277	198
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.58	5	5	119
18	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12.44	24	15	12
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.05	18,188	12,653	22,856
20	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	11.84	10	11	12
21	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.67	2,675	3,513	2,765
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.60	6,274	5,502	5,913
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	11.48	299	409	124
24	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	11.24	1	3	0
25	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10.38	17	72	4
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.70	303	2,914	1,315
27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.22	2,245	2,865	4,410
28	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	9.07	4	14	2
29	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8.90	51,653	21,290	28,823
30	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.89	62	389	184
31	Colombia`COL`South America	8.76	3,624	21,074	8,886
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	8.47	106	122	781
33	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.90	92,633	314,453	77,737
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.72	78	2,482	688
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7.67	182,117	69,397	43,912
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7.64	5,029	53,383	4,876
37	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.61	1,045	2,391	2,643
38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.97	11,395	7,950	39,187
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.90	255	534	988
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.67	491	12,086	1,179
41	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5.52	8	9	59
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.42	345	375	300
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.35	777	2,122	5,180
44	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.22	271	693	1,034
45	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.21	115	5,412	874
46	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.92	3	8	1
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	4.91	6,525	190,734	4,036
48	Chile`CHL`South America	4.82	1,410	1,649	4,343
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.49	6,769	15,587	36,321
50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.46	3,033	13,322	2,542
=51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.41	824	2,355	1,361
=51	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.41	43	224	759
53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.36	816	5,440	1,585
54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.35	386	289	12
55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.02	177	9	97
56	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.97	15,145	16,063	12,817
57	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.54	658	11,464	6,032
58	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.52	483	5,597	2,677
59	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.42	5,165	30,596	27,374
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	3.41	173	1,738	529
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.06	3,466	8,959	3,361
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.04	8,653	13,306	12,598
63	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.01	165	183	192
64	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.81	139	342	825
65	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.79	8	1	2
66	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.68	217	1,317	2,131
67	United States`USA`Northern America	2.66	68,302	265,673	24,966
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.57	90,713	139,654	88,020
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.55	66	218	28
70	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.51	149	821	1,315
71	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.49	358	2,889	2,109
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.36	466	108	36
73	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.22	310	345	363
74	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.14	2	83	37
75	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.13	1,666	12,190	7,742
=76	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.12	3,199	1,245	3,599
=76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.12	410	35	221
=78	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.11	980	4,270	3,782
=78	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.11	3,194	6,165	8,446
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.03	463	957	529
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.99	1,678	54	0
82	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.98	3,735	747	1,778
83	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.96	3,703	54,285	8,517
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.95	9,547	9,815	28,931
85	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.91	10,090	41,952	9,134
86	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.79	19	1,377	2,493
87	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.64	118	865	620
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.63	9,693	7,825	15,984
89	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.62	11,399	35,161	3,649
90	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1.61	44	49	51
91	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.59	6	1,379	17
92	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.56	1,616	851	10,890
93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.51	7,775	1,662	3,965
94	Peru`PER`South America	1.50	1,406	3,680	2,920
95	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.44	1	89	0
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.43	309	6	2,169
97	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.39	186	1,003	1,396
98	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.28	1,145	6,942	797
99	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.27	689	1,315	1,929
100	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.26	33	1,372	737
101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.25	728	6,353	4,112
102	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.23	1,894	1,688	1,235
103	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.22	24	861	264
104	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	1	0
=105	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.19	4,701	17,013	4,142
=105	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
107	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.17	427	1,258	1,234
108	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.15	150	283	299
109	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.13	587	2,563	556
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.11	158	4	530
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.10	580	1,062	898
=112	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.09	52	1,903	504
=112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.09	398	1,701	1,664
114	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.97	119	95	241
115	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.95	261	1	1,047
116	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.90	44	1,829	398
117	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.88	13	472	109
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.86	26,702	—	—
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.82	8	842	25
120	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.78	6	468	94
121	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.77	155	68	237
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.75	1,003	994	3,833
123	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.73	8,834	9,813	10,323
=124	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.72	239	14	24
=124	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.72	915	1,697	2,147
126	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.70	5	16	2
127	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.69	445	15	384
128	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.65	12	41	5
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.63	265	23	0
130	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.62	3,144	2,527	1,945
=131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.60	118	131	138
=131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.60	3,006	573	2,720
133	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.58	616	1,051	393
134	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.57	449	518	1,764
135	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.54	1,099	549	360
136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.53	323	206	1,740
137	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.51	528	75	209
138	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.43	431	479	504
=139	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.42	286	636	619
=139	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.42	6,888	25,556	15,632
=139	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.42	5	5	5
=142	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.41	1,729	1,513	1,106
=142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.41	579	464	30
=142	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.41	2	6	3
145	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.38	154	296	66
146	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.36	525	8,707	675
147	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.33	412	320	1,007
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.32	101	113	118
149	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.31	40	21	238
150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.27	451	1,595	0
151	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.26	181	134	247
=152	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.25	32	866	444
=152	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.25	49	5	1
=154	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.24	159	57	271
=154	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.24	638	3,110	380
=154	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
=154	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.24	27	12	5
158	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.22	27	11	60
159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.20	97	107	113
160	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.19	220	453	34
=161	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.15	82	0	0
=161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.15	663	2,219	122
=163	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.13	5	—	10
=163	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	11	2	2
=165	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.11	198	108	96
=165	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.11	29	29	52
167	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.10	1	9	1
=168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.07	319	355	373
=168	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.07	114	308	5
=168	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.07	247	97	137
172	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.05	18	12	42
=173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
=173	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.04	1	4	0
=173	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.04	108	28	51
176	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.03	3	33	14
=177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=177	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.01	24	0	0
=177	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	43	—	1
=180	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	15	12	3
=180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	3	—	—
=180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	41	—	0
=180	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2015

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 1.56. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia182,117
LowestTuvalu0
Middle country: 265
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil314,453
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 526
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina88,020
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 393

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
156values changed, of 183 in both
93 · 63rose · fell
27unchanged

Rose most

Bahamas10.77 → 16.19+5.42
Suriname8.77 → 13.78+5.01
Nauru7.16 → 11.24+4.08
Ecuador14.07 → 17.47+3.40
Palau5.78 → 9.07+3.29

Fell most

Colombia20.22 → 8.76−11.46
El Salvador6.43 → 1.99−4.44
Georgia6.49 → 2.81−3.68
Uruguay9.27 → 5.67−3.60
Oman5.96 → 4.02−1.94

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 2015.
155 distinct values among 183
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 0.24. 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) (2015). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2015

0635 held

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