Data for 2019

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2019

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2019
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2019, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2019 covers 182 countries on 4 measures. Antigua and Barbuda is highest, at 37.72; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.76. Against 2018, 151 values changed (88 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2019

HighestAntigua and Barbuda

37.72

Lowest3 countries share it

0.00

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

182countries
4measures per country
2019the year it describes
150distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2019, 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, 2019: 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	157	12
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.11	744	0	99
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	24.13	16	77	19
4	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.67	152	6	199
5	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	21	15	9
6	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.13	156	51	15
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	22.03	1,530	891	9,209
8	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.00	1,019	73	79
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	19.89	28	68	1
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	18.16	13	182	17
11	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	17.97	2	5	6
12	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16.50	16	74	18
13	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.19	125	6	24
14	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	15.86	1	4	0
15	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	14.60	679	1,549	3,234
16	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14.03	6,599	11,827	12,359
17	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	13.75	24	19	11
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	13.35	2,830	4,392	2,917
19	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	13.09	13	16	16
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.82	16,336	13,298	21,845
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	11.47	67,962	28,012	37,924
22	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	10.80	5	17	2
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.59	4,953	5,254	5,147
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.94	136	168	867
25	Brazil`BRA`South America	9.78	108,724	369,579	95,681
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.59	9	63	5
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.27	255	303	122
28	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.77	2,054	2,721	3,882
29	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.57	42	355	222
30	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.52	303	2,914	1,315
31	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	8.30	20	0	12
32	Colombia`COL`South America	7.95	3,703	29,258	3,750
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.76	801	13,574	1,721
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.74	493	536	428
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7.28	4	2	70
36	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7.04	255	534	988
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6.80	19	19	64
38	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.75	617	2,330	2,470
=39	Chile`CHL`South America	6.69	1,891	2,211	5,824
=39	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.69	40	1,845	922
41	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.38	159,635	60,830	38,491
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.16	376	314	1,751
43	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5.90	316	368	385
44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5.72	4,275	38,310	4,401
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	5.64	77	193	40
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.36	4,599	230,123	4,668
47	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.30	1,869	2,222	5,767
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.19	10,821	8,524	24,286
49	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5.05	3	8	1
50	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.92	116	5,479	885
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.54	751	2,372	1,991
52	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.53	318	509	954
53	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.49	7,725	17,023	34,073
54	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.34	812	5,414	1,577
55	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.30	344	258	11
56	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.15	40	172	752
57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.81	757	175	58
58	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.79	18,758	13,946	10,217
=59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.68	7	2,668	24
=59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.68	2,380	10,126	3,772
61	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.65	530	6,133	2,934
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.56	1,618	1,151	2,068
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.50	1,396	3,693	20,525
64	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.29	5,134	1,999	5,776
65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.25	2,680	11,249	3,796
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.15	8,975	13,801	13,067
67	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.10	226	9,890	6,057
=68	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.93	77	254	34
=68	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.93	4,944	1,828	1,310
70	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.87	642	1,604	187
71	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.86	4,801	22,484	24,484
72	United States`USA`Northern America	2.81	7,796	382,485	15,170
73	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.80	63	3	81
74	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.66	4,382	3,866	2,949
75	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.60	7	101	3
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.31	315	367	384
77	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.26	0	49	76
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.25	423	74	161
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.24	500	1,012	581
80	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.23	4,621	8,275	8,652
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.22	13,530	7,159	19,333
82	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.13	2,748	11,705	6,867
83	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.05	70,805	109,005	68,703
84	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.03	3,406	59,427	7,888
85	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.00	311	2,399	1,651
86	Peru`PER`South America	1.86	1,592	4,154	3,741
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.84	727	4,340	1,579
=88	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.80	2	172	4
=88	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.80	8,593	6,072	25,238
90	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.79	24	1,107	2,832
91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.76	459	1,393	1,349
92	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.75	2,060	1,342	11,976
=93	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.74	128	700	656
=93	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.74	719	3,906	2,796
95	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.72	149	1,160	653
96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.59	7,775	1,662	3,965
97	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.51	967	1,830	1,756
98	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.39	4,840	8,836	3,482
99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.36	1,564	1,822	1,905
100	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.34	41	447	384
101	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1.28	34	39	41
102	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.27	2,046	18,312	7,431
=103	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.24	44	972	295
=103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.24	14,856	17,312	18,102
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.23	317	1	1,709
106	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	1	0
107	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
108	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.18	639	22	551
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.12	146	276	292
=110	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.10	60	2,026	436
=110	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.10	213	249	260
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.09	229	1,854	1,804
=113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.07	151	117	352
=113	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.07	33	531	105
=115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.05	1,408	1,396	5,380
=115	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.05	76	1,199	575
117	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.04	117	199	190
118	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.96	924	4,013	4,021
=119	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.93	347	20	35
=119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.93	1,265	2,346	2,968
=119	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.93	369	988	1,022
122	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.88	132	3	443
123	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.86	369	24	0
=124	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.85	26,702	—	—
=124	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.85	9	931	28
126	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.75	10	479	79
127	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.74	5	17	2
128	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.73	98	1	14
=129	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.72	113	2,732	1,031
=129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.72	1,903	16,646	4,925
=131	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.71	367	286	1,577
=131	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.71	45	1,544	164
=131	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.71	560	645	2,198
=131	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.71	198	0	796
135	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.70	0	15	7
136	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.68	711	101	281
137	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.64	229	716	581
138	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.63	11,160	35,251	26,861
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.58	2,978	567	2,695
=140	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.55	266	1,252	307
=140	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.55	170	198	207
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.54	1,099	549	360
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.52	600	800	25
=144	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.50	194	446	37
=144	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.50	6	7	7
146	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.46	53	25	10
147	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.44	456	11,344	1,270
148	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.41	8	27	3
=149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.40	780	538	285
=149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.40	246	164	391
151	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.34	616	2,177	0
152	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.33	412	320	1,007
153	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.31	68	206	96
154	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.28	2,600	884	310
155	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
=156	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.23	169	59	280
=156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.23	638	3,110	380
=156	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.23	63	63	113
=159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.21	308	168	269
=159	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21	27	11	60
=159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.21	99	116	121
162	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.20	9	—	17
163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.19	1,053	2,904	114
=164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.13	82	0	0
=164	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	11	2	2
=166	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.12	12	123	52
=166	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.12	80	260	69
168	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.10	353	166	282
169	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.06	279	325	340
=170	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.06	37	202	90
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.03	12	14	24
=174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.02	48	0	1
=174	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.02	27	60	24
=176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=176	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	47	—	1
=176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	15	62	14
=176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.01	0	1	0
=180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	3	—	—
=180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	22	—	0
=180	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2019

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
176Chadshared0.01
176Icelandshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.76. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia159,635
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 306
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestUnited States382,485
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 538
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil95,681
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 384

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 182 in both
88 · 63rose · fell
31unchanged

Rose most

Nauru10.84 → 15.86+5.02
Brunei13.20 → 18.16+4.96
Bahrain3.47 → 8.30+4.83
Costa Rica19.29 → 22.03+2.74
Qatar33.23 → 35.11+1.88

Fell most

Suriname11.60 → 5.64−5.96
Hong Kong17.00 → 13.75−3.25
Belize11.35 → 8.57−2.78
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines26.24 → 24.13−2.11
Ecuador15.89 → 14.03−1.86

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 2019.
150 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 0.71. 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) (2019). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2019

0635 held

Other years

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions