Data for 2024

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2024

Name: Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2024
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2024, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2024 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 1.73. Against 2023, 123 values changed (70 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Pesticide Use per Hectare · Data for 2024

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
2024the 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, 2024, 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, 2024: 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	46	180	16
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.11	975	0	130
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	27.62	186	61	18
4	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	25.69	66	77	80
5	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.67	168	3	119
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.16	25	18	11
7	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.00	1,019	73	79
8	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	21.06	2	6	6
9	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	21.02	20	94	24
10	Paraguay`PRY`South America	20.59	15,789	54,235	25,359
11	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.97	1,872	8,973	1,003
12	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	19.89	12	86	0
13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	19.70	1,589	2,664	6,056
14	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	18.82	1	4	1
15	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	18.49	12	59	15
16	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	18.08	612	1,429	3,130
17	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	18.00	22	13	19
18	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	16.79	397	312	126
19	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.19	125	6	24
20	Suriname`SUR`South America	14.01	183	545	25
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13.90	81,664	33,660	45,570
22	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.75	3	3	63
23	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	13.58	2,830	4,392	2,917
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.03	6,168	5,418	6,686
25	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	12.59	9	126	12
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.85	142,126	427,416	169,834
27	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.00	74	512	246
28	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	10.80	5	17	2
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	10.06	12,171	13,055	17,281
30	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.81	4,199	9,868	5,354
31	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	9.50	31	376	2
32	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.87	303	2,914	1,315
33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.55	5	58	5
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.47	539	586	468
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.73	162	174	611
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7.72	258	506	2,061
37	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.51	1,524	2,167	3,285
38	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.45	801	13,574	1,721
39	Chile`CHL`South America	7.44	2,076	2,427	6,393
40	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.25	2,206	881	50,711
41	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7.23	255	534	988
42	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.74	171,846	65,483	41,435
43	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.22	596	1,964	2,325
44	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6.15	333	389	406
45	Colombia`COL`South America	5.75	2,480	19,109	8,683
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.66	138	6,508	1,051
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5.60	543	1,105	645
48	Guyana`GUY`South America	5.54	133	504	34
49	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.36	3,354	249,796	4,404
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5.29	24	14	62
51	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5.10	3	8	1
52	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.02	8,628	7,421	5,858
=53	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.94	22	1,675	322
=53	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.94	355	589	1,004
55	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.82	1,867	2,078	4,401
56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.78	951	220	73
57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.73	696	8,062	3,857
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.53	7	3,312	28
59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.42	344	258	11
60	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.29	9,765	5,710	23,769
61	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.90	5,924	29,077	31,861
62	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.81	17,695	14,422	10,730
63	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.79	581	2,222	176
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.78	2,233	1,015	1,875
65	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.63	10,955	17,806	27,495
66	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.44	1,708	362	173
67	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.36	599	3,085	3,231
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.35	6,996	12,527	13,097
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.28	9,344	14,368	13,603
70	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.22	5,415	2,108	6,092
71	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.21	66	10	94
72	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.09	51	119	535
73	United States`USA`Northern America	2.78	7,489	371,161	14,438
74	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.75	330	8,907	5,036
75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.73	5,415	9,034	3,960
=76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.69	15,010	8,702	41,873
=76	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.69	402	8	1,347
78	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.67	4,528	80,962	8,847
79	Peru`PER`South America	2.33	2,751	5,747	5,915
80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.21	17,683	12,727	18,078
=81	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	2.19	1	241	8
=81	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.19	250	31	303
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.16	356	1,055	658
84	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.09	805	12,980	8,640
=85	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.06	2,442	2,851	2,972
=85	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.06	1	44	75
=87	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.01	258	196	557
=87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.01	1,780	8,147	2,639
89	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.88	65,300	100,400	63,400
90	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.76	1,997	1,416	12,085
91	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.73	494	3,984	2,512
92	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.72	85	729	754
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.59	308	3,213	575
94	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.57	35	2,602	505
95	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.54	107	2,161	967
=96	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.52	14	1,157	2,202
=96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.52	7,775	1,662	3,965
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.51	206	240	250
99	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1.49	640	45	0
100	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.46	753	1,619	1,348
101	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.42	71	2,579	606
102	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.41	277	323	337
103	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.37	77	991	553
104	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.33	46	1,235	234
105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.22	159	300	318
=106	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.21	1,661	1,647	6,348
=106	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.21	317	1	1,709
108	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.18	639	22	551
=110	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.09	8	597	104
=110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.09	229	1,854	1,804
112	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.07	438	1,138	1,182
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.01	958	4,988	2,804
114	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.00	304	2,248	1,083
=115	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.98	25	29	30
=115	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.98	417	25	42
=115	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.98	7	23	3
=115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.98	12,141	14,174	14,777
=115	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.98	10	1,076	32
=115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.98	5,390	1,027	4,876
121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.94	2,594	7,261	1,763
122	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.91	180	3,098	1,446
123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.90	1,335	2,476	3,133
=124	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.86	3	0	0
=124	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.86	14	536	110
126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.85	26,702	—	—
127	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.84	0	1	0
=128	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.83	870	124	344
=128	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.83	96	44	18
=128	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.83	646	744	2,533
131	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.81	39	1,696	220
132	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.78	14,274	43,158	35,552
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.71	367	286	1,577
134	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.70	307	1,518	673
135	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.66	205	239	250
136	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.65	1	13	6
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.60	370	266	530
138	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.59	163	163	292
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.58	1,358	14,222	3,688
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.54	1,099	549	360
141	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.50	950	3,354	1
142	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.47	21	—	41
143	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.44	37	32	110
144	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.42	113	436	29
145	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.41	5	6	6
=146	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.38	2,262	421	316
=146	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.38	8	27	3
148	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.35	412	320	1,007
149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.34	442	498	0
150	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.33	2,600	884	310
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.31	277	491	489
152	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.30	76	327	11
153	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.29	739	7,094	869
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
=156	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.22	27	11	60
159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.20	99	116	121
=160	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.19	333	278	85
=160	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.19	1,053	2,904	114
=162	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.15	107	340	98
=162	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.15	1,358	661	1,144
164	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	11	2	2
=165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.12	607	708	738
=165	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.12	82	0	0
=165	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.12	12	123	52
168	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.10	27	0	108
169	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.09	59	410	0
170	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.07	4	—	1
=171	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.04	12	14	24
=171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
=173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.02	46	0	1
=173	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.02	27	60	24
=173	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.02	0	1	1
=176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=176	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.01	52	—	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 2024

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
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)
HighestIndonesia171,846
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 308
Herbicides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil427,416
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 588
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
HighestBrazil169,834
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 406

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
123values changed, of 181 in both
70 · 53rose · fell
58unchanged

Rose most

Paraguay3.98 → 20.59+16.61
Mauritius11.29 → 16.79+5.50
Samoa5.87 → 9.50+3.63
Panama16.34 → 19.97+3.63
Lesotho1.01 → 3.44+2.43

Fell most

Ecuador14.62 → 9.81−4.81
Bahrain4.25 → 0.86−3.39
Nauru21.99 → 18.82−3.17
Suriname16.36 → 14.01−2.35
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20.76 → 18.49−2.27

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 2024.
151 distinct values among 181
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.98. 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) (2024). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use/2024

0635 held

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