Data for 2020

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2020

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2020
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2020 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 1.71. Against 2019, 141 values changed (86 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2020

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
2020the year it describes
153distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: 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	52	181	15
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.11	834	0	111
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	25.36	171	56	16
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.10	17	80	20
5	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	24.04	17	241	23
6	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.67	162	5	175
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	24	17	10
8	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.00	1,019	73	79
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	21.76	2,009	2,949	6,717
10	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	20.92	2	6	6
11	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	19.89	20	77	1
12	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	19.46	734	1,820	3,458
13	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	18.33	14	24	17
14	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	16.98	1	4	1
15	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.19	125	6	24
16	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	15.69	15	70	17
17	Suriname`SUR`South America	13.95	184	464	96
18	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	13.38	14	16	17
19	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	13.35	2,830	4,392	2,917
20	Panama`PAN`Central America	11.44	1,168	5,727	372
21	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11.29	6,213	10,951	7,589
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.18	14,588	13,766	20,071
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.95	4,727	5,259	5,495
24	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.81	112,974	413,833	110,528
25	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	10.80	5	17	2
26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.52	3	3	90
27	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.27	53	559	201
28	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.56	609	662	528
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.49	94	181	863
30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.47	2,576	2,622	3,998
31	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.07	7	60	5
32	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.79	303	2,914	1,315
33	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.70	1,629	10,857	3,163
34	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.60	272	234	127
35	Colombia`COL`South America	8.36	5,329	17,752	15,781
36	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	8.09	24	22	72
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.02	801	13,574	1,721
38	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	7.67	23	0	7
39	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.62	45,059	18,572	25,144
40	Chile`CHL`South America	7.39	2,064	2,413	6,358
41	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.02	166	7,818	1,263
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.68	213	379	2,149
43	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.55	255	534	988
44	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.54	22	2,262	440
45	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.39	746	1,944	2,227
46	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6.37	341	397	415
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.01	13,841	9,750	31,644
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.27	891	2,402	6,402
49	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.15	6,077	228,429	3,757
50	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5.09	3	8	1
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.91	123,927	47,223	29,881
52	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.66	685	7,940	3,798
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.56	908	210	70
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.55	15,891	20,199	37,916
55	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.53	1,843	2,290	29,443
56	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.43	290	499	980
=57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.42	344	258	11
=57	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.42	4,623	26,440	3,865
59	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.31	14	170	1
60	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.12	41	181	731
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.09	7	2,990	26
62	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.04	21,348	14,589	9,505
63	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.00	2,371	1,153	1,931
64	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.85	2,440	10,379	3,867
65	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.60	6,479	29,154	26,031
66	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.52	714	2,151	152
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.49	2,703	12,372	4,008
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.41	526	1,696	1,457
=69	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.35	5,668	4,949	3,834
=69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.35	9,548	14,682	13,901
=71	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.11	80	272	38
=71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.11	6,449	11,547	12,072
73	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.96	4,673	1,819	5,256
74	United States`USA`Northern America	2.80	7,664	379,912	14,809
75	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.67	86	4	70
76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.49	388	7,226	5,480
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.43	543	1,105	645
78	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.42	3,143	72,190	7,952
=79	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.31	0	60	75
=79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.31	16,936	13,250	20,508
81	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.19	13	1,155	3,698
82	Peru`PER`South America	2.16	2,432	5,559	4,448
83	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.14	291	339	355
84	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.13	648	12,809	9,278
85	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.07	585	4,265	3,372
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.03	1,893	818	1,719
87	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.94	66,801	102,841	64,818
88	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.76	1,997	1,416	12,085
89	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.74	863	1,910	1,802
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.72	156	2,002	1,545
=91	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.71	129	730	701
=91	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.71	138	1,108	662
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.61	232	16	193
94	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.58	577	1,328	1,450
95	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.57	7,775	1,662	3,965
96	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.54	1	156	0
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.50	8,076	6,682	24,125
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.43	1,547	1,801	1,886
99	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.42	49	1,167	304
100	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.36	1,831	1,816	6,999
101	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.33	15,749	18,343	19,206
102	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.32	39	2,454	503
103	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.27	163	124	353
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.24	162	307	325
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.22	317	1	1,709
=106	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.21	234	273	286
=106	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	1	0
=108	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1.19	31	36	38
=108	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
110	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.18	639	22	551
111	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.16	503	1,988	1,698
=112	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.13	86	1,487	593
=112	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.13	166	4	555
114	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.10	16	511	134
115	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.09	229	1,854	1,804
116	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.08	368	1,348	857
117	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.98	564	4,126	3,878
118	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.94	2,594	7,261	1,763
=119	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.91	6	21	3
=119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.91	10	1,000	30
121	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.90	367	966	999
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.86	1,196	2,218	2,806
=123	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.85	17	522	97
=123	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.85	2,235	10,981	5,440
125	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.84	26,702	—	—
126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.83	870	124	344
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.82	353	23	0
128	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.81	33	1,708	222
=129	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.80	126	2,949	1,181
=129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.80	223	1	892
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.75	289	17	29
=132	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.73	12,498	41,212	32,791
=132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.73	1,540	17,660	4,867
134	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.72	367	286	1,577
=135	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.69	0	14	6
=135	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.69	544	627	2,136
137	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.64	199	230	243
138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.63	184	2	35
139	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.62	72	33	13
=140	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.58	45	44	228
=140	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.58	7	8	8
=142	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.54	2,877	548	2,603
=142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.54	1,099	549	360
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.52	600	800	25
145	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.51	191	457	45
146	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.48	601	12,866	1,022
147	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.41	8	27	3
148	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.37	178	846	211
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.36	821	410	257
=150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.34	629	2,220	0
=150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.34	163	162	352
=152	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.33	2,600	884	310
=152	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.33	412	320	1,007
154	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.30	80	308	20
155	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.25	11	—	22
156	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
157	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.23	169	59	280
158	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.22	638	3,110	380
=159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.21	232	164	364
=159	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21	27	11	60
=159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.21	99	116	121
=159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.21	58	58	104
163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.19	1,053	2,904	114
164	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.15	107	340	98
=165	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.13	82	0	0
=165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	11	2	2
=167	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.12	12	123	52
=167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.12	662	145	182
=169	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=169	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.07	43	265	72
171	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.06	265	308	323
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	62	1	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	48	—	1
=176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	24	56	8
=176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.01	0	0	0
=180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	3	—	—
=180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	20	—	0
=180	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2020

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

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia123,927
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 281
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil413,833
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 559
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil110,528
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 368

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 182 in both
86 · 55rose · fell
41unchanged

Rose most

Panama1.34 → 11.44+10.10
Suriname5.64 → 13.95+8.31
Brunei18.16 → 24.04+5.88
Israel14.60 → 19.46+4.86
Hong Kong13.75 → 18.33+4.58

Fell most

Vietnam11.47 → 7.62−3.85
Ecuador14.03 → 11.29−2.74
Indonesia6.38 → 4.91−1.47
Malaysia5.72 → 4.42−1.30
Dominican Republic4.54 → 3.41−1.13

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 2020.
153 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 0.21. 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) (2020). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2020

0635 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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