Data for 2018

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2018

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2018
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2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2018 covers 182 countries on 4 measures. Antigua and Barbuda is highest, at 37.72; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.77. Against 2017, 156 values changed (84 up, 72 down), 1 left.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2018

HighestAntigua and Barbuda

37.72

Lowest4 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

182countries
4measures per country
2018the year it describes
158distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	37.72	49	140	9
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	33.23	704	0	94
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	26.24	18	84	20
4	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.67	278	15	386
5	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	20	14	8
6	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.00	1,019	73	79
7	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21.34	144	47	14
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	19.89	35	59	1
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	19.29	1,150	1,702	7,170
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	17.00	32	18	17
11	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16.46	16	74	18
12	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	16.24	2	5	5
13	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.19	125	6	24
14	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.89	6,744	14,431	11,716
15	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	15.15	818	1,627	3,035
16	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	13.34	2,830	4,392	2,917
17	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	13.20	9	132	13
18	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.81	13	15	15
19	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	12.39	6	20	2
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	12.12	70,319	28,984	39,239
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.84	17,125	13,263	21,461
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.73	5,674	5,924	5,576
23	Suriname`SUR`South America	11.60	98	304	60
24	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.35	46	418	189
25	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10.84	1	3	0
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10.11	11	65	5
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.52	290	280	126
28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.05	199	161	823
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.97	303	2,914	1,315
30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.84	1,681	2,961	4,290
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.68	4	3	83
32	Brazil`BRA`South America	8.65	92,031	338,838	74,465
33	Colombia`COL`South America	8.49	5,188	25,371	7,214
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.89	503	547	436
35	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.51	801	13,574	1,721
36	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.28	778	2,646	2,488
37	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7.04	255	534	988
38	Chile`CHL`South America	6.47	1,876	2,193	5,777
39	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6.33	12	19	61
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.17	152,006	57,923	36,652
41	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.90	10,868	6,880	31,539
42	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.87	39	1,833	602
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.70	976	3,049	2,525
44	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5.34	287	334	348
45	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.33	305	314	1,516
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5.29	3,402	36,983	3,544
47	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.26	124	5,858	946
48	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.99	2	8	1
49	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.97	58	257	849
50	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.77	261	629	979
51	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.62	685	1,939	4,335
52	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.39	6,358	34,354	39,065
53	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.36	16,862	16,593	38,067
=54	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.18	2,740	14,271	4,405
=54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.18	344	258	11
56	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.15	0	192	4
57	Argentina`ARG`South America	4.01	3,747	161,502	3,427
58	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.98	570	6,601	3,158
59	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.89	728	4,849	1,413
60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.79	1,575	1,277	2,269
61	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.77	16,392	14,570	11,682
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.70	2,375	10,104	3,764
63	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.47	9	0	3
64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.36	668	154	51
65	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.35	702	1,921	232
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.14	8,948	13,759	13,026
67	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.98	132	10,892	4,492
68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.92	4,485	1,746	5,046
69	United States`USA`Northern America	2.87	73,772	286,947	26,965
70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.71	6	2,346	22
71	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.70	4,642	1,558	1,427
72	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.62	66	227	29
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.59	16,722	14,928	22,933
74	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.52	0	54	76
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.44	949	5,096	11,607
=76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.43	332	387	403
=76	Panama`PAN`Central America	2.43	101	1,067	469
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.41	391	45	216
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.35	12,991	11,552	28,601
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.26	3,185	63,399	13,558
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.21	76,498	117,770	74,227
82	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.18	22	982	3,814
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.17	483	1,013	590
=84	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.04	299	2,572	1,755
=84	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.04	1,770	11,371	7,992
86	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.94	132	718	767
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.92	2,353	6,470	9,634
88	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.90	788	3,824	3,535
89	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.88	112	3	29
90	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.82	152	1,329	676
=91	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.77	2,122	1,269	11,867
=91	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.77	2,862	2,546	1,909
93	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.75	424	1,389	1,301
94	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.74	2	167	3
95	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.58	2,544	24,003	7,939
96	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.51	1,011	1,833	1,729
97	Peru`PER`South America	1.45	1,272	3,416	2,909
98	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.44	7,775	1,662	3,965
99	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.39	622	2,607	1,798
100	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1.25	33	39	40
=101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.22	160	119	304
=101	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.22	41	965	213
=101	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.22	4,249	6,925	4,023
=101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.22	1,060	5,188	4,542
105	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	1	0
106	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.20	317	1	1,709
107	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
=108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.09	1,200	1,397	1,454
=108	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.09	54	2,012	438
=108	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.09	229	1,854	1,804
111	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.05	376	22	38
112	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.04	13,017	15,160	15,778
113	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.03	134	254	269
114	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.02	639	22	551
115	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.97	57	1,054	677
116	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.95	256	1,174	831
117	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.94	1,258	1,247	4,806
118	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.92	29	428	107
119	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.90	174	203	211
120	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.88	339	930	960
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.87	1,166	2,163	2,737
122	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.84	26,702	—	—
123	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.83	357	24	0
124	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.81	9	888	27
125	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.76	13	485	85
=126	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.75	108	3	360
=126	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.75	1,806	17,951	4,802
128	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.73	94	1,483	223
=129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.71	367	286	1,577
=129	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.71	0	15	7
131	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.67	330	1,532	367
132	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.65	512	590	2,010
133	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.64	129	66	199
134	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.61	4	14	2
135	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.60	9,798	34,256	25,144
136	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.58	161	0	647
137	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.57	11	38	5
138	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.56	2,882	549	2,607
139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.54	1,099	549	360
140	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.51	529	75	209
141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.50	566	770	20
142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.46	5	6	7
143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.45	165	400	43
=144	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.44	528	11,051	1,074
=144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.44	739	667	312
=146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.39	689	2,434	0
=146	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.39	122	142	149
=148	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.36	230	157	355
=148	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.36	42	19	8
=150	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.33	2,600	1,111	586
=150	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.33	412	320	1,007
152	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.31	48	107	168
153	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.26	1,109	4,077	192
154	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
=155	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.23	169	59	280
=155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.23	638	3,110	380
157	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.22	61	60	108
158	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21	27	11	60
=159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.20	287	192	211
=159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.20	95	110	115
161	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.16	7	—	14
162	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.15	61	1	5
=163	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.14	20	550	212
=163	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.14	82	0	0
165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	11	2	2
166	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.11	12	123	52
167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.09	312	137	216
168	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.08	53	181	41
169	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.06	289	336	350
171	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.05	30	138	107
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
=173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.03	12	14	24
=173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.03	54	1	1
=175	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.02	32	60	17
=175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	0	2	0
=177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=177	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	45	—	1
=179	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	7	19	2
=179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	3	—	—
=179	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	18	—	0
=179	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2018

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
179Côte d’Ivoireshared0.00
177Chadshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.77. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia152,006
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 290
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil338,838
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 550
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil74,465
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 374

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
156values changed, of 182 in both
84 · 72rose · fell
26unchanged

Rose most

Vietnam7.15 → 12.12+4.97
Antigua and Barbuda34.55 → 37.72+3.17
Hong Kong14.15 → 17.00+2.85
Nauru8.18 → 10.84+2.66
Samoa1.95 → 4.15+2.20

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis23.03 → 19.89−3.14
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines28.90 → 26.24−2.66
Jordan4.87 → 2.41−2.46
Saint Lucia23.77 → 21.34−2.43
Costa Rica21.60 → 19.29−2.31

− Australia

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.

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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 2018.
158 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 1.22. 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) (2018). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2018

0635 held

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