Data for 2021

Pesticide Use per Hectare, 2021

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. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

182countries
4measures per country
2021the year it describes
158distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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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 BarbudaATGCaribbean	37.72	49	183	16
2	QatarQATWestern Asia	35.11	1,017	0	136
3	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	26.87	181	59	17
4	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	26.32	18	84	21
5	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	24.26	17	243	23
6	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	23.67	179	4	156
7	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	23.16	24	17	10
8	PanamaPANCentral America	22.95	2,296	11,007	1,230
9	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	22.88	3	7	7
10	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	22.00	1,019	73	79
11	NauruNRUMicronesia	20.00	1	5	1
12	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	19.89	15	83	0
13	IsraelISRWestern Asia	18.21	636	1,463	3,294
14	Costa RicaCRICentral America	16.85	1,714	1,247	5,971
15	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	16.56	16	74	19
16	ColombiaCOLSouth America	16.32	27,846	29,950	19,858
17	BahamasBHSCaribbean	16.19	125	6	24
18	SurinameSURSouth America	16.00	201	507	104
19	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	15.00	17	16	12
20	EcuadorECUSouth America	13.66	7,192	12,348	9,214
21	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	13.40	2,830	4,392	2,917
22	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	12.71	74,986	30,907	41,844
23	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	12.42	1	2	68
24	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	12.29	5,286	5,960	6,047
25	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	11.72	254	268	109
26	BrazilBRASouth America	11.34	121,573	409,465	131,994
27	JapanJPNEastern Asia	11.22	14,718	13,859	19,726
28	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	10.95	12	14	15
29	PalauPLWMicronesia	10.80	5	17	2
30	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	9.25	193	168	736
31	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	8.99	2,750	2,588	3,296
32	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	8.55	5	58	5
33	BelizeBLZCentral America	8.51	44	374	241
34	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	8.47	539	586	468
35	ChileCHLSouth America	8.35	2,483	2,903	7,648
36	UruguayURYSouth America	8.02	801	13,574	1,721
37	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	7.66	303	2,914	1,315
38	NicaraguaNICCentral America	7.62	1,427	9,506	2,769
39	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	7.38	26	1	3
40	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	7.07	22	2,346	422
41	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	6.60	769	2,456	1,999
42	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	6.59	352	410	429
43	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	6.50	255	534	988
44	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	6.47	164,798	62,797	39,736
45	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	6.36	18	25	68
46	SamoaWSMPolynesia	6.33	21	250	1
47	HondurasHNDCentral America	6.30	149	7,026	1,135
48	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	5.75	243	373	1,766
49	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	5.68	7,309	31,246	5,120
50	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	5.60	2,290	887	38,361
51	ArgentinaARGSouth America	5.38	3,354	249,796	4,404
52	ItalyITASouthern Europe	5.36	12,263	5,489	31,114
53	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	5.30	1,056	244	81
54	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	5.28	441	481	1,165
55	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	5.22	964	2,352	6,260
56	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	5.12	3	8	1
57	SpainESPSouthern Europe	4.59	9,882	18,388	41,556
58	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	4.54	7	3,312	28
59	FijiFJIMelanesia	4.42	344	258	11
60	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	4.35	924	2,364	416
61	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	4.32	637	7,374	3,527
62	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	4.16	2,513	1,154	2,005
63	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.11	20,744	16,089	9,693
=64	FranceFRAWestern Europe	3.89	6,960	30,281	29,221
=64	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	3.89	52	170	669
66	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	3.73	6,416	5,554	4,347
67	ParaguayPRYSouth America	3.49	2,268	9,647	3,594
68	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	3.43	9,772	15,027	14,227
69	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	3.37	6,996	12,527	13,097
70	GuyanaGUYSouth America	3.29	86	278	51
71	BoliviaBOLSouth America	3.22	2,564	11,738	3,803
72	United StatesUSANorthern America	2.81	7,614	379,383	14,579
73	OmanOMNWestern Asia	2.63	109	6	58
74	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	2.62	4,194	1,633	4,718
75	CanadaCANNorthern America	2.54	4,816	75,280	12,474
=76	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.44	543	1,105	645
=76	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	2.44	336	7,138	5,470
78	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	2.42	588	2,207	2,340
79	PolandPOLEastern Europe	2.35	648	14,349	10,051
80	GabonGABMiddle Africa	2.28	311	362	379
81	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	2.25	16,462	13,274	19,413
82	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	2.21	340	7	1,140
83	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	2.15	302	1,019	923
84	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	2.07	586	4,358	3,510
85	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	2.03	0	43	75
86	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	1.95	2,060	1,049	1,157
87	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	1.83	63,036	97,045	61,165
88	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	1.82	16	1,084	2,938
89	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	1.81	233	177	504
90	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1.77	104	2,054	1,511
91	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	1.76	1,997	1,416	12,085
92	PeruPERSouth America	1.71	1,859	4,296	4,358
93	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	1.70	66	1,186	635
94	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	1.66	806	1,878	1,651
95	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	1.62	3	163	5
=96	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	1.57	83	713	583
=96	MexicoMEXCentral America	1.57	8,468	8,706	23,637
98	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	1.54	7,775	1,662	3,965
99	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	1.52	295	344	359
100	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	1.45	31	1,188	299
101	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	1.43	187	353	374
102	JordanJORWestern Asia	1.34	226	21	126
103	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	1.33	15,840	18,453	19,302
=104	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	1.26	1,701	1,687	6,503
=104	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	1.26	8	607	150
106	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	1.25	60	2,254	499
107	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	1.23	342	2,451	1,634
108	BeninBENWestern Africa	1.22	1,387	1,616	1,691
109	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	1.21	0	1	0
=110	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	1.19	13	1,304	39
=110	VenezuelaVENSouth America	1.19	767	1,499	1,662
112	HaitiHTICaribbean	1.18	639	22	551
113	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	1.17	398	1,455	925
114	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	1.14	29	34	35
=115	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	1.13	31	1,317	669
=115	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	1.13	317	1	1,709
117	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1.09	229	1,854	1,804
118	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.96	7	22	3
119	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.94	2,594	7,261	1,763
120	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.93	616	3,851	3,808
121	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.92	394	27	0
122	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.88	16	525	112
123	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.86	26,702	—	—
124	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.84	37	1,765	247
125	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.83	870	124	344
=126	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.80	336	874	905
=126	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.80	1,542	19,245	5,515
128	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.79	14,274	43,158	35,552
=129	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.72	367	286	1,577
=129	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.72	144	2,452	1,206
=129	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.72	83	39	15
132	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.71	987	1,831	2,316
133	TongaTONPolynesia	0.68	1	14	6
=134	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.67	269	16	27
=134	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.67	526	606	2,065
136	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.66	205	239	250
137	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.63	45	40	249
138	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.61	3,354	639	3,034
139	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.60	1,117	15,779	1,325
140	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.57	7	8	8
141	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.56	156	0	624
142	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.54	1,099	549	360
143	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.52	600	800	25
144	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.45	130	437	40
=145	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.40	186	185	408
=145	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.40	2,589	1,831	3,975
147	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.39	8	27	3
148	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.36	670	2,367	0
=149	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.34	412	320	1,007
=149	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.34	93	93	166
=151	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.33	2,600	884	310
=151	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.33	689	420	274
153	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.30	84	324	15
=154	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.27	12	—	24
=154	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.27	128	612	153
156	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.26	80	2	44
157	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.24	20,619	6,335	13,055
158	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.23	169	59	280
159	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.22	638	3,110	380
=160	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.21	27	11	60
=160	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.21	99	116	121
=162	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.19	276	200	224
=162	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.19	1,053	2,904	114
164	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.15	107	340	98
=165	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.13	82	0	0
=165	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.13	638	173	210
=165	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.13	11	2	2
168	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.12	12	123	52
=169	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.08	199	2	3
=169	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.08	50	328	54
171	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.07	4	—	1
172	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.06	262	305	319
173	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.04	28	—	0
174	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.03	12	14	24
175	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.02	27	60	24
=176	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.01	37	1	1
=176	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.01	49	—	1
=176	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.01	0	1	1
=179	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.00	5	16	1
=179	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.00	3	—	—
=179	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.00	35	—	0
=179	TanzaniaTZAEastern 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.

The site’s method

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 here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
9 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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0635 held

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