Data for 2021

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2021

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2021
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2021, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2021 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 1.73. Against 2020, 136 values changed (77 up, 59 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2021

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
2021the year it describes
158distinct 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, 2021, 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, 2021: 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	183	16
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.11	1,017	0	136
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	26.87	181	59	17
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	26.32	18	84	21
5	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	24.26	17	243	23
6	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.67	179	4	156
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	24	17	10
8	Panama`PAN`Central America	22.95	2,296	11,007	1,230
9	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	22.88	3	7	7
10	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.00	1,019	73	79
11	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.00	1	5	1
12	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	19.89	15	83	0
13	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	18.21	636	1,463	3,294
14	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	16.85	1,714	1,247	5,971
15	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16.56	16	74	19
16	Colombia`COL`South America	16.32	27,846	29,950	19,858
17	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.19	125	6	24
18	Suriname`SUR`South America	16.00	201	507	104
19	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	15.00	17	16	12
20	Ecuador`ECU`South America	13.66	7,192	12,348	9,214
21	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	13.40	2,830	4,392	2,917
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	12.71	74,986	30,907	41,844
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.42	1	2	68
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	12.29	5,286	5,960	6,047
25	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	11.72	254	268	109
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.34	121,573	409,465	131,994
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.22	14,718	13,859	19,726
28	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.95	12	14	15
29	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	10.80	5	17	2
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.25	193	168	736
31	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.99	2,750	2,588	3,296
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.55	5	58	5
33	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.51	44	374	241
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.47	539	586	468
35	Chile`CHL`South America	8.35	2,483	2,903	7,648
36	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.02	801	13,574	1,721
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.66	303	2,914	1,315
38	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7.62	1,427	9,506	2,769
39	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	7.38	26	1	3
40	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.07	22	2,346	422
41	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.60	769	2,456	1,999
42	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6.59	352	410	429
43	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.50	255	534	988
44	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.47	164,798	62,797	39,736
45	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6.36	18	25	68
46	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	6.33	21	250	1
47	Honduras`HND`Central America	6.30	149	7,026	1,135
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.75	243	373	1,766
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5.68	7,309	31,246	5,120
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.60	2,290	887	38,361
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.38	3,354	249,796	4,404
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.36	12,263	5,489	31,114
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5.30	1,056	244	81
54	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.28	441	481	1,165
55	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.22	964	2,352	6,260
56	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5.12	3	8	1
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.59	9,882	18,388	41,556
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.54	7	3,312	28
59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.42	344	258	11
60	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.35	924	2,364	416
61	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.32	637	7,374	3,527
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.16	2,513	1,154	2,005
63	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.11	20,744	16,089	9,693
=64	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.89	6,960	30,281	29,221
=64	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.89	52	170	669
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.73	6,416	5,554	4,347
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.49	2,268	9,647	3,594
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.43	9,772	15,027	14,227
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.37	6,996	12,527	13,097
70	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.29	86	278	51
71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.22	2,564	11,738	3,803
72	United States`USA`Northern America	2.81	7,614	379,383	14,579
73	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.63	109	6	58
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.62	4,194	1,633	4,718
75	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.54	4,816	75,280	12,474
=76	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.44	543	1,105	645
=76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.44	336	7,138	5,470
78	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.42	588	2,207	2,340
79	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.35	648	14,349	10,051
80	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.28	311	362	379
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.25	16,462	13,274	19,413
82	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.21	340	7	1,140
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.15	302	1,019	923
84	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.07	586	4,358	3,510
85	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.03	0	43	75
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.95	2,060	1,049	1,157
87	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.83	63,036	97,045	61,165
88	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.82	16	1,084	2,938
89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.81	233	177	504
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.77	104	2,054	1,511
91	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.76	1,997	1,416	12,085
92	Peru`PER`South America	1.71	1,859	4,296	4,358
93	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.70	66	1,186	635
94	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.66	806	1,878	1,651
95	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.62	3	163	5
=96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.57	83	713	583
=96	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.57	8,468	8,706	23,637
98	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.54	7,775	1,662	3,965
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.52	295	344	359
100	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.45	31	1,188	299
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.43	187	353	374
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.34	226	21	126
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.33	15,840	18,453	19,302
=104	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.26	1,701	1,687	6,503
=104	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.26	8	607	150
106	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.25	60	2,254	499
107	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.23	342	2,451	1,634
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.22	1,387	1,616	1,691
109	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	1	0
=110	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.19	13	1,304	39
=110	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
112	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.18	639	22	551
113	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.17	398	1,455	925
114	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1.14	29	34	35
=115	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.13	31	1,317	669
=115	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.13	317	1	1,709
117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.09	229	1,854	1,804
118	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.96	7	22	3
119	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.94	2,594	7,261	1,763
120	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.93	616	3,851	3,808
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.92	394	27	0
122	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.88	16	525	112
123	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.86	26,702	—	—
124	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.84	37	1,765	247
125	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.83	870	124	344
=126	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.80	336	874	905
=126	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.80	1,542	19,245	5,515
128	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.79	14,274	43,158	35,552
=129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.72	367	286	1,577
=129	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.72	144	2,452	1,206
=129	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.72	83	39	15
132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.71	987	1,831	2,316
133	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.68	1	14	6
=134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.67	269	16	27
=134	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.67	526	606	2,065
136	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.66	205	239	250
137	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.63	45	40	249
138	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.61	3,354	639	3,034
139	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.60	1,117	15,779	1,325
140	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.57	7	8	8
141	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.56	156	0	624
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	0.45	130	437	40
=145	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.40	186	185	408
=145	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.40	2,589	1,831	3,975
147	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.39	8	27	3
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.36	670	2,367	0
=149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.34	412	320	1,007
=149	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.34	93	93	166
=151	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.33	2,600	884	310
=151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.33	689	420	274
153	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.30	84	324	15
=154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.27	12	—	24
=154	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.27	128	612	153
156	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.26	80	2	44
157	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
158	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.23	169	59	280
159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.22	638	3,110	380
=160	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21	27	11	60
=160	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.21	99	116	121
=162	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.19	276	200	224
=162	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	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.13	638	173	210
=165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	11	2	2
168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.12	12	123	52
=169	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.08	199	2	3
=169	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.08	50	328	54
171	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
172	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.06	262	305	319
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.03	12	14	24
175	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	49	—	1
=176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.01	0	1	1
=179	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	5	16	1
=179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	3	—	—
=179	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	35	—	0
=179	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2021

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
176Chadshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.73. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia164,798
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 299
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil409,465
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 606
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil131,994
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 419

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 182 in both
77 · 59rose · fell
46unchanged

Rose most

Panama11.44 → 22.95+11.51
Colombia8.36 → 16.32+7.96
Vietnam7.62 → 12.71+5.09
Mauritius8.60 → 11.72+3.12
Nauru16.98 → 20.00+3.02

Fell most

Costa Rica21.76 → 16.85−4.91
Hong Kong18.33 → 15.00−3.33
Djibouti13.38 → 10.95−2.43
Belize10.27 → 8.51−1.76
Montenegro8.09 → 6.36−1.73

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 2021.
158 distinct values among 182
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.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2021). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2021

0635 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions