Data for 2023

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2023

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2023
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2023, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2023 covers 181 countries on 4 measures. Antigua and Barbuda is highest, at 37.72; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.70. Against 2022, 126 values changed (54 up, 72 down), 1 left.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2023

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.

181countries
4measures per country
2023the year it describes
155distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: 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	45	173	15
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.11	1,036	0	138
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	27.62	186	61	18
4	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	25.69	46	54	57
5	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.67	198	4	142
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	24	17	10
7	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.00	1,019	73	79
8	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	21.99	2	5	1
9	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	21.06	2	6	6
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.76	14	66	17
11	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	20.15	19	90	23
12	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	19.89	12	86	0
13	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	18.33	22	20	13
14	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	17.36	1,729	1,512	6,018
15	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	17.09	612	1,429	3,130
16	Suriname`SUR`South America	16.36	208	618	29
17	Panama`PAN`Central America	16.34	1,556	7,459	834
18	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.19	125	6	24
19	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14.62	6,629	15,579	8,452
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13.90	81,664	33,660	45,570
21	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	13.66	9	137	13
22	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	13.55	2,830	4,392	2,917
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.49	6,472	6,103	6,562
24	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.74	2	3	63
25	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.89	142,126	427,416	169,834
26	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.33	74	512	246
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	11.29	210	255	98
28	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	10.80	5	17	2
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	10.61	13,382	12,563	19,176
30	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.93	303	2,914	1,315
31	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.55	5	58	5
32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.47	539	586	468
33	Chile`CHL`South America	8.32	2,326	2,719	7,164
34	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.03	801	13,574	1,721
35	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.95	1,731	2,414	2,298
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.94	288	426	2,063
37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.75	171,568	65,377	41,368
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6.71	125	133	561
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.58	255	534	988
40	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.33	2,473	776	43,685
41	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6.14	333	388	405
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.13	543	1,105	645
43	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5.87	19	232	1
44	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.80	137	6,460	1,043
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.44	3,354	249,796	4,404
46	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.42	564	2,195	1,502
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.16	36	1,716	403
48	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5.11	3	8	1
49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.90	12	12	62
50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.83	963	222	74
51	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.71	1,457	1,862	4,812
52	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.70	8,071	6,943	5,477
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.45	7	3,312	28
54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.42	344	258	11
55	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.25	14	0	3
=56	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.24	625	7,237	3,462
=56	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.24	9,206	5,198	24,342
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.98	2,702	11,493	4,281
59	Colombia`COL`South America	3.89	1,547	11,919	5,416
60	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.80	7,600	12,680	5,558
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.79	2,255	1,163	1,719
=62	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.63	90	311	53
=62	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.63	248	429	716
64	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.60	5,538	29,796	26,154
=65	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.41	16,113	13,138	9,341
=65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.41	66	10	94
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.39	9,639	14,822	14,033
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.36	6,996	12,527	13,097
69	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.27	599	3,085	3,231
70	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.26	486	9	1,628
=71	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.19	667	1,782	159
=71	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.19	9,978	15,131	23,562
73	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.98	40	119	526
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.94	4,819	1,876	5,421
75	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.79	330	8,907	5,036
76	United States`USA`Northern America	2.78	7,489	371,161	14,438
77	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.66	4,528	80,962	8,847
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.53	2,211	10,121	3,279
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.40	18,619	15,509	19,551
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.27	258	33	317
=81	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.02	259	197	561
=81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.02	386	955	549
83	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.95	5	205	8
84	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.84	0	44	75
85	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.79	244	285	297
86	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.78	109	2,350	1,284
87	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.76	1,997	1,416	12,085
88	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.75	2,047	2,389	2,492
89	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.73	717	11,367	5,881
90	Peru`PER`South America	1.71	1,673	4,515	4,427
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.70	58,756	90,456	57,012
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.53	8,536	4,949	23,813
93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.52	7,775	1,662	3,965
94	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.50	509	3,273	2,308
95	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.46	757	1,624	1,414
96	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.45	283	330	344
97	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.44	13	954	2,237
98	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1.40	604	42	0
99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.39	129	971	504
100	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.38	40	2,566	544
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.34	175	330	349
=102	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.29	69	526	605
=102	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.29	40	1,629	558
=104	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.22	1,661	1,647	6,348
=104	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.22	35	1,087	206
=104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.22	317	1	1,709
107	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.20	13	1,323	39
108	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.18	639	22	551
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.09	229	1,854	1,804
111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.06	13,070	15,253	15,908
=112	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1.04	26	30	32
=112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.04	648	5,126	3,239
114	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.01	6	551	107
115	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.99	8	516	118
116	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.98	7	23	3
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.96	409	24	41
118	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.95	216	1,955	1,224
119	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.94	2,594	7,261	1,763
=120	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.92	387	1,006	1,044
=120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.92	5,032	958	4,553
=122	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.86	169	2,988	1,308
=122	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.86	26,702	—	—
124	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.84	0	1	0
125	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.83	870	124	344
126	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.81	93	43	17
127	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.80	38	1,694	212
=128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.78	1,158	2,148	2,718
=128	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.78	16	503	81
=128	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.78	14,274	43,158	35,552
=128	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.78	307	1,518	673
132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.71	367	286	1,577
133	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.70	221	991	586
134	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.66	205	239	250
=135	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.65	1	13	6
=135	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.65	510	587	2,000
137	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.63	174	174	313
138	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.60	370	266	530
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.57	1,229	13,747	3,954
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.54	1,099	549	360
141	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.47	887	3,132	0
142	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.44	37	32	110
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.43	462	810	501
=144	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.42	113	436	29
=144	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.42	5	6	6
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.40	18	—	35
147	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.39	8	27	3
148	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.38	2,262	421	316
149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.35	412	320	1,007
150	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.33	2,600	884	310
151	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.30	76	327	11
152	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.29	739	7,094	869
153	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.25	494	194	8
154	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
155	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.23	169	59	280
=156	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.22	105	504	126
=156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.22	638	3,110	380
=158	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21	27	11	60
=158	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.21	99	116	121
160	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.20	291	231	193
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.19	1,053	2,904	114
162	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.17	48	0	190
=163	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.15	107	340	98
=163	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.15	1,358	661	1,144
165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	11	2	2
=166	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.12	82	0	0
=166	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.12	12	123	52
168	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.11	53	492	18
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.10	500	583	608
=170	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=170	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.07	184	2	2
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.03	12	14	24
174	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.02	27	60	24
=175	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=175	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	52	—	1
=175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.01	0	1	1
=178	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	5	16	1
=178	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	3	—	—
=178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	26	—	0
=178	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1	0	0

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Antigua and Barbuda37.72
2Qatar35.11
3Saint Lucia27.62
4Djibouti25.69
5Maldives23.67

Lowest

178Tanzaniashared0.00
178Nigershared0.00
178Malishared0.00
178Côte d’Ivoireshared0.00
175Chadshared0.01

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.70. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Insecticides (tonnes)
HighestIndonesia171,568
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 288
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil427,416
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 567
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil169,834
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 405

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
126values changed, of 181 in both
54 · 72rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

Nauru18.01 → 21.99+3.98
Grenada17.35 → 20.15+2.80
Ghana4.30 → 6.33+2.03
Hong Kong16.67 → 18.33+1.66
El Salvador1.75 → 3.19+1.44

Fell most

Colombia16.02 → 3.89−12.13
Brunei20.34 → 13.66−6.68
Samoa10.13 → 5.87−4.26
Mauritius15.37 → 11.29−4.08
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines24.12 → 20.76−3.36

− Nicaragua

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 2023.
155 distinct values among 181
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 0.78. 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) (2023). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2023

0635 held

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