Data for 2017

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2017

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2017
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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2017 covers 183 countries on 4 measures. Qatar is highest, at 35.07; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.62. Against 2016, 149 values changed (81 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2017

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35.07

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183countries
4measures per country
2017the year it describes
156distinct values2 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.07	769	0	103
2	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	34.55	50	125	8
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	28.90	20	92	21
4	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.77	160	52	15
5	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.67	251	15	294
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	20	14	8
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	23.03	45	63	2
8	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.00	1,019	73	79
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	21.60	1,497	2,834	6,895
10	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	17.04	17	76	18
11	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	16.99	2	5	5
12	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.19	125	6	24
13	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.34	7,940	13,334	12,434
14	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	14.25	833	1,556	2,911
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14.15	23	18	16
16	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	13.30	2,830	4,392	2,917
17	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	13.14	6	21	2
18	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.51	12	14	14
19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	12.37	6,282	6,145	5,889
20	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	11.96	8	120	11
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.76	16,948	13,136	21,700
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10.63	13	68	4
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	10.55	275	360	135
24	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.37	3	2	102
25	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.98	53	453	159
26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.81	2,541	2,883	4,721
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.71	125	139	818
28	Suriname`SUR`South America	9.58	86	282	71
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.47	303	2,914	1,315
30	Colombia`COL`South America	8.87	4,441	25,157	8,101
31	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	8.18	1	2	0
32	Brazil`BRA`South America	8.11	100,994	315,573	66,129
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.05	513	557	445
34	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.30	863	2,352	2,531
35	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.15	41,565	17,132	23,194
36	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.79	162,302	61,846	39,134
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6.76	11	21	67
38	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.69	726	12,605	1,336
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.64	255	534	988
40	Chile`CHL`South America	6.60	1,952	2,283	6,013
41	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.37	76	1,916	633
42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.12	12,543	7,114	32,687
43	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.10	4,206	42,631	3,761
44	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.72	757	3,091	2,435
45	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.95	2	8	1
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.88	115	5,438	878
47	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.87	573	56	662
48	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.74	282	595	979
49	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.61	2,016	1,899	4,181
50	Argentina`ARG`South America	4.60	3,736	183,686	4,198
51	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.57	52	235	795
52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.51	2,875	12,230	4,556
53	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4.46	240	278	288
54	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.39	822	5,479	1,596
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.38	3,144	14,041	3,927
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.24	16,280	16,077	37,982
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.08	344	258	11
58	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.04	14,732	16,752	13,266
59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.99	230	216	1,233
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.85	544	6,301	3,014
=61	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.62	717	166	55
=61	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.62	6,265	30,253	29,786
63	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.56	624	1,903	162
64	Panama`PAN`Central America	3.46	160	1,688	555
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.31	1,193	1,297	1,992
66	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.29	9	0	3
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.18	9,055	13,924	13,183
68	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.02	434	9,682	5,484
69	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.98	0	61	70
70	United States`USA`Northern America	2.80	72,534	282,134	26,513
71	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.73	152	2	66
=72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.68	369	427	443
=72	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.68	72	229	27
74	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.54	4,261	75,160	9,692
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.46	4,340	1,288	1,544
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.42	84,206	129,636	81,706
77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.35	6	2,023	21
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.31	15,172	11,825	21,831
=79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.22	11,174	10,670	28,958
=79	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.22	1,826	13,655	6,927
81	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.17	877	4,270	4,171
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.11	3,225	1,255	3,628
=83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.06	455	1,037	551
=83	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.06	181	2,562	1,854
85	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.95	2	100	0
=86	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.94	26	1,006	3,228
=86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.94	3,205	6,961	8,662
88	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.92	11,060	44,581	3,672
89	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.77	122	669	727
90	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.76	2,184	1,195	11,758
91	Peru`PER`South America	1.75	1,562	3,700	3,705
92	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.62	139	1,105	685
93	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.58	404	1,385	1,110
94	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.54	3,032	23,469	7,255
95	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.52	2	139	3
96	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.43	54	1,252	690
97	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.40	894	1,674	1,686
98	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.37	5,957	6,893	4,238
=99	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.36	502	6,498	2,689
=99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.36	7,775	1,662	3,965
101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.29	1,024	5,486	4,600
102	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.24	1,981	1,767	1,305
103	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	2	0
104	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.17	317	1	1,709
=106	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.14	146	111	283
=106	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.14	36	801	267
=106	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.14	4,567	25,951	6,246
=109	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.13	58	1,954	484
=109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.13	390	1,854	1,804
111	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1.10	30	34	35
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.06	138	261	277
113	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.02	26	463	117
114	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.98	623	21	537
115	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.93	374	1,699	1,287
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.91	1,214	1,204	4,640
=117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.90	307	18	31
=117	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.90	175	203	210
119	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.88	202	56	242
120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.87	436	1,991	462
=121	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.83	7	496	115
=121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.83	26,702	—	—
123	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.82	312	877	897
=124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.81	10,136	11,732	12,162
=124	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.81	31	1,731	265
126	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.79	8	873	26
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.78	3	16	5
128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.77	1,016	1,885	2,385
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.75	748	866	897
130	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.74	106	3	354
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.73	311	23	0
132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.72	367	286	1,577
133	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.69	13	45	5
134	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.64	9,348	38,983	25,875
135	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.59	3,009	573	2,722
136	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.56	4	13	2
137	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.55	195	596	475
138	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.54	1,099	549	360
139	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.53	426	491	1,672
140	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.48	698	795	339
=141	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.46	619	10,765	1,370
=141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.46	5	6	6
=141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.46	528	715	20
=144	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.41	2,384	1,337	861
=144	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.41	171	325	64
146	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.40	111	0	445
147	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.38	648	2,290	0
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.36	378	54	149
149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.33	412	320	1,007
150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.32	214	149	319
151	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.31	35	16	7
152	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.29	40	21	238
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.28	87	103	105
=154	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.24	638	3,110	380
=154	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
=156	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.23	169	59	280
=156	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.23	113	131	135
158	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21	27	11	60
159	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.20	78	2	3
160	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.18	251	143	246
161	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.16	7	—	14
162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.15	40	40	73
163	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.14	82	0	0
164	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	11	2	2
165	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.12	16	468	186
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.11	606	1,677	69
167	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.09	10	95	40
=168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.07	301	348	361
=168	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.07	272	107	151
=171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
=171	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.04	85	112	12
=171	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.04	27	102	12
=174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.03	12	14	24
=174	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.03	84	109	14
=176	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.02	44	0	1
=176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	0	2	0
=178	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=178	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	44	—	1
=180	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	9	11	2
=180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	3	—	—
=180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	33	—	0
=180	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2017

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

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia162,302
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 282
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil315,573
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 565
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestChina81,706
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 443

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 183 in both
81 · 68rose · fell
34unchanged

Rose most

El Salvador1.61 → 3.56+1.95
Jordan3.17 → 4.87+1.70
Bhutan0.17 → 1.52+1.35
Taiwan11.97 → 13.30+1.33
Bolivia3.22 → 4.38+1.16

Fell most

Saint Lucia26.92 → 23.77−3.15
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31.88 → 28.90−2.98
Qatar37.17 → 35.07−2.10
Hong Kong16.25 → 14.15−2.10
Malaysia8.11 → 6.10−2.01

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 2017.
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) (2017). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2017

0635 held

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