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Dataset · FAO
Pesticide Use per Hectare
35 years, 1990–2024 · 181 countries · 4 measures
This is how much pesticide is applied per hectare of cropland. With fertiliser consumption, already on this site, it describes how intensively a country farms — the cost side of the yields story.
This site holds every year from 1990 to 2024, read from FAO’s own data and stored exactly as published.
Pesticide Use per Hectare · the file
- Newest
- Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2024
- Held
- 35 years · 6,272 rows
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
0135 years
Every year
Every year comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. Each opens the full table for that year; each downloads as a CSV.
| Year | Countries | Change | Read | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2024Newest | 181 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2023 | 181 | −1 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2022 | 182 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2021 | 182 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2020 | 182 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2019 | 182 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2018 | 182 | −1 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2017 | 183 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2016 | 183 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2015 | 183 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2014 | 183 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2013 | 183 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
Show all 35 years
Every year in one file, one row per country per year: pesticide-use-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv
026 columns
What’s in the file
Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.
Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland)is built fromInsecticides (tonnes)Herbicides (tonnes)Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)
| Column | What it holds | Stored as | Range, 2024 | Distinct | Empty | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier | The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it. | Text · 3 letters | — | 181 | 0 | |
CountrycountryName | The country’s name, as this file spells it. | Text | — | 181 | 0 | |
Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland)pesticide_useHeadline | The headline figure: Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). | Number · up to 2 decimals | 0.004 share it37.72 Antigua and Barbudamiddle 1.73 | 151 | 0 | |
Insecticides (tonnes)insecticidesPart of the headline | Insecticides used in agriculture during the year, in tonnes of active ingredients. | Number · whole numbers | 02 share it171,846 Indonesiamiddle 308 | 150 | 0 | |
Herbicides (tonnes)herbicidesPart of the headline | Herbicides used in agriculture during the year, in tonnes of active ingredients. | Number · whole numbers | 06 share it427,416 Brazilmiddle 588 | 157 | 7 | |
Fungicides and bactericides (tonnes)fungicidesPart of the headline | Fungicides and bactericides used in agriculture during the year, in tonnes of active ingredients. | Number · whole numbers | 010 share it169,834Brazilmiddle 406 | 148 | 2 |
Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
03183 countries across every year
Who is covered
How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 |
| Americas | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 33 |
| Asia | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 |
| Europe | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Oceania | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| All | 183 | 183 | 183 | 183 | 183 | 182 | 182 | 182 | 182 | 182 | 181 | 181 |
The newest 12 of 35 years.
Who joined and who left
- 2023
− Nicaragua - 2018
− Australia - 2012
+ Sudan - 2006
+ Montenegro
+ Serbia - 2000
+ Belgium
+ Luxembourg - 1993
+ Czechia
+ Eritrea
+ Ethiopia
+ Slovakia - 1992
+ Armenia
+ Azerbaijan
+ Bosnia and Herzegovina
+ Belarus
+ Estonia
+ Georgia
+ Croatia
+ Kazakhstan
+ Kyrgyzstan
+ Lithuania
+ Latvia
+ Moldova
+ North Macedonia
+ Russia
+ Slovenia
+ Tajikistan
+ Turkmenistan
+ Ukraine - 1991
+ Micronesia
+ Palau
Not in this dataset · 41 places this site covers
FAO gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.
Afghanistan
American Samoa
Anguilla
Aruba
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman IslandsChannel Islands
Cook Islands
Curaçao
Dominica
Faroe Islands
French Polynesia
Gibraltar
Greenland
Guam
Isle of Man
Kosovo
Kuwait
Liechtenstein
Macau
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Montserrat
New Caledonia
Niue
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands
Palestine
Puerto Rico
Saint Martin
San Marino
Singapore
Sint MaartenSomaliland
South Sudan
Turks and Caicos Islands
United Arab Emirates
United States Virgin Islands
Uzbekistan
Vatican City04Provenance
Where it comes from
The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.
1 · Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2 · Their file
Pesticide Use per Hectare 2024
3 · Read by this site
September 11, 2026
Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.4 · Stored as
35 files, one per year
Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as pesticide-use-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv5 · Used on
Its statistic page, and every profile it measures
Precision
The headline is stored to 2 decimals, as published.
Rounded by this site
Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.
Changed by this site
Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
FAOSTAT's Pesticides Use domain, read from the FAO's own bulk download.
05Reuse
Licence and credit
What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.
Licence · checked September 11, 2026
- Share and redistribute it
- Adapt it and build on it
- Use it commercially
- Credit the publisher
- Say what you changed
Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.
A credit line
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Pesticide Use per Hectare, via Nations Inquiry.
Cite this dataset
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Pesticide Use per Hectare, 1990–2024 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pesticide-use
The publisher’s own citation: FAO. FAOSTAT. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.
06Where it is used
Around the site
Where these numbers appear on this site, and the datasets nearest to it.
Charted
Pesticide Use per Hectare by countryWho is highest, the map, the spread, who rose and fell, and the records.
Subjects
Near neighbours
- Cereal YieldFAO · 63 held · 1961–2023
- Agriculture Orientation IndexFAO · 24 held · 2001–2024
- Dietary Energy SupplyFAO · 24 held · 2001–2024
07Questions
Pesticide Use per Hectare: questions and answers
What is the Pesticide Use per Hectare?
This is how much pesticide is applied per hectare of cropland. With fertiliser consumption, already on this site, it describes how intensively a country farms — the cost side of the yields story.
Which years of the Pesticide Use per Hectare can I download?
All 35, from 1990 to 2024, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.
Does FAO rank countries on it?
No. FAO publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.
Can I use it commercially?
Yes, under CC BY 4.0, with credit to FAO. The licence text is linked on this page.