Data for 2022

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2022

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2022
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2022, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2022 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 1.66. Against 2021, 135 values changed (67 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2022

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
2022the year it describes
151distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: 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	47	181	16
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.11	994	0	132
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	27.62	186	61	18
4	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	25.69	29	34	36
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	24.12	16	77	19
6	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.67	200	4	151
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	24	17	10
8	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	22.27	3	7	7
9	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.00	1,019	73	79
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	20.34	14	204	19
11	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	19.89	13	86	0
12	Panama`PAN`Central America	18.28	1,761	8,445	944
13	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	18.01	1	4	1
14	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	17.35	16	78	19
15	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	17.19	612	1,429	3,130
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	16.77	1,888	2,547	4,441
17	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	16.67	18	18	14
18	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.19	125	6	24
19	Suriname`SUR`South America	16.17	492	1,465	68
20	Colombia`COL`South America	16.02	27,846	29,950	19,858
21	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.37	362	296	135
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13.87	81,664	33,660	45,570
23	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	13.52	2,830	4,392	2,917
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America	13.48	5,919	9,530	10,914
25	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.01	5,078	6,207	7,042
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.63	124,089	495,776	153,882
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.63	14,746	14,003	21,097
28	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.59	3	4	63
29	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	10.80	5	17	2
30	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	10.13	34	401	2
31	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.08	67	406	316
=32	Chile`CHL`South America	8.74	2,510	2,935	7,731
=32	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.74	303	2,914	1,315
34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.55	5	58	5
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.47	539	586	468
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	8.39	149	160	693
37	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.38	2,367	2,708	2,786
38	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.73	801	13,574	1,721
39	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7.17	1,343	8,949	2,607
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.71	171,414	65,318	41,331
41	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.50	255	534	988
42	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6.45	350	408	426
43	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.21	344	539	1,707
44	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.08	42	1,863	477
45	Honduras`HND`Central America	6.05	143	6,743	1,089
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.04	543	1,105	645
47	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.85	689	2,277	1,686
=48	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.44	3,354	249,796	4,404
=48	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5.44	18	16	60
50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5.36	1,070	247	82
51	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.14	505	518	1,013
52	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5.12	3	8	1
53	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.02	1,144	1,906	5,978
54	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.69	9,817	4,614	29,183
55	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.63	682	7,902	3,780
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.49	7	3,312	28
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.42	344	258	11
58	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.37	2,266	1,237	2,427
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.30	1,605	895	29,396
60	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.07	7,000	6,032	4,748
61	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.06	17,254	16,812	11,521
62	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.77	6,666	29,859	27,937
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.62	2,421	10,297	3,836
64	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.57	66	10	94
65	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.55	41	146	628
66	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.54	89	309	52
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.40	9,686	14,894	14,101
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.39	6,996	12,527	13,097
69	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.36	11,034	12,186	32,094
70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.28	2,686	12,294	3,983
71	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.27	599	3,085	3,231
=72	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.21	10	0	1
=72	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.21	4,318	16,036	3,632
74	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.81	419	8	1,405
75	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.79	330	8,907	5,036
76	United States`USA`Northern America	2.76	7,412	369,887	14,338
77	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.48	4,245	75,165	7,604
78	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.33	3,766	1,466	4,237
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.31	17,094	14,525	19,626
80	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.19	116	2,769	1,419
81	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.07	282	329	343
82	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.99	573	4,618	2,890
83	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.94	622	12,239	7,080
84	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.87	2,228	1,280	596
=85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.84	212	28	255
=85	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.84	0	42	75
87	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.77	227	173	492
=88	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.76	1,997	1,416	12,085
=88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.76	60,567	93,244	58,769
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.75	464	872	67
91	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.68	9,783	9,827	22,066
92	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.64	2	170	5
93	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.62	102	718	604
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.60	311	859	745
95	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.59	309	360	376
96	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.55	33	1,951	748
=97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.52	7,775	1,662	3,965
=97	Peru`PER`South America	1.52	1,491	3,219	4,200
=99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.48	1,759	2,051	2,141
=99	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.48	19	1,251	1,987
=99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.48	84	1,157	499
102	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.46	191	360	382
103	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.38	751	1,483	1,332
=104	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.36	1,841	1,825	7,036
=104	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.36	70	2,404	526
106	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.33	29	1,087	273
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1.24	534	37	0
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.22	312	2,513	1,541
=109	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.21	13	1,330	40
=109	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0	1	0
=111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.19	14,433	16,832	17,573
=111	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.18	639	22	551
114	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.17	317	1	1,709
=115	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.09	8	507	150
=115	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.09	229	1,854	1,804
117	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1.01	27	31	33
118	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.98	7	23	3
=119	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.94	2,594	7,261	1,763
=119	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.94	18	577	111
=121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.92	610	4,099	3,117
=121	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.92	29	1,925	255
123	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.90	306	1,121	713
124	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.86	26,702	—	—
125	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.83	870	124	344
126	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.82	341	885	918
=127	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.79	14,274	43,158	35,552
=127	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.79	92	42	17
129	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.74	146	2,511	1,242
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.73	3,982	758	3,603
=131	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.71	367	286	1,577
=131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.71	298	18	30
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.68	981	1,820	2,302
=134	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.66	205	239	250
=134	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.66	1	14	6
=134	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.66	518	596	2,032
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.60	370	266	530
138	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.58	1,121	13,927	3,884
=139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.54	144	3	18
=139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.54	1,099	549	360
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.52	6	7	7
142	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.48	1,195	467	342
143	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.45	128	127	229
144	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.43	37	32	110
145	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.42	113	436	29
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.41	772	2,726	0
147	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.40	8	27	3
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.39	547	497	17
=149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.35	15	—	30
=149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.35	412	320	1,007
151	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.33	2,600	884	310
152	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.32	89	0	355
153	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.30	76	327	11
154	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.29	739	7,094	869
155	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.27	2,109	1,448	1,899
=156	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
=156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.24	1,194	456	345
=158	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.23	169	59	280
=158	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.23	470	212	150
=160	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.22	104	498	125
=160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.22	638	3,110	380
=162	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21	27	11	60
=162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.21	99	116	121
164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.19	1,053	2,904	114
165	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.15	107	340	98
=166	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.13	82	0	0
=166	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	11	2	2
168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.12	12	123	52
169	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.09	50	391	36
=170	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.08	195	2	3
=170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.08	376	438	458
172	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
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
=175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	0	1	2
=177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=177	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	51	—	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	26	—	0
=179	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2022

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

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia171,414
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 324
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil495,776
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 577
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil153,882
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 442

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
135values changed, of 182 in both
67 · 68rose · fell
47unchanged

Rose most

Djibouti10.95 → 25.69+14.74
Samoa6.33 → 10.13+3.80
Mauritius11.72 → 15.37+3.65
Bosnia and Herzegovina2.44 → 6.04+3.60
Hong Kong15.00 → 16.67+1.67

Fell most

Panama22.95 → 18.28−4.67
Bahrain7.38 → 3.21−4.17
Brunei24.26 → 20.34−3.92
El Salvador4.35 → 1.75−2.60
Malaysia5.68 → 3.21−2.47

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 2022.
151 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) (2022). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2022

0635 held

Other years

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Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2023
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All of them
Pesticide Use per Hectare: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

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