social2023
Total pesticide use per area of cropland
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
5.1kilograms per hectare
Median: 1.7kilograms per hectare
Countries Covered
197
with available data
Highest
Suriname
38.8kilograms per hectare
Lowest
United Republic of Tanzania
0.0kilograms per hectare
Top 5 Countries
1Suriname38.8kilograms per hectare
2Antigua and Barbuda36.6kilograms per hectare
3Qatar35.1kilograms per hectare
4Djibouti34.2kilograms per hectare
5Turks and Caicos Islands28.0kilograms per hectare
By Region
South America8.0kilograms per hectare(7 countries)
Oceania7.4kilograms per hectare(2 countries)
Asia6.6kilograms per hectare(23 countries)
Other5.7kilograms per hectare(120 countries)
North America2.9kilograms per hectare(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0kilograms per hectare)High (38.8kilograms per hectare)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 5.1kilograms per hectare)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
Asia (23)
Other (120)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 38.8kilograms per hectare |
| 2 | Antigua and Barbuda | 36.6kilograms per hectare |
| 3 | Qatar | 35.1kilograms per hectare |
| 4 | Djibouti | 34.2kilograms per hectare |
| 5 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 28.0kilograms per hectare |
| 6 | Saint Lucia | 27.6kilograms per hectare |
| 7 | New Caledonia | 26.1kilograms per hectare |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.0kilograms per hectare |
| 9 | Maldives | 23.7kilograms per hectare |
| 10 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.9kilograms per hectare |
| 11 | Andorra | 21.6kilograms per hectare |
| 12 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.9kilograms per hectare |
| 13 | Seychelles | 19.5kilograms per hectare |
| 14 | Grenada | 18.5kilograms per hectare |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 18.3kilograms per hectare |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 17.4kilograms per hectare |
| 17 | Israel | 17.1kilograms per hectare |
| 18 | Nauru | 16.9kilograms per hectare |
| 19 | Brunei Darussalam | 16.7kilograms per hectare |
| 20 | Bahamas | 16.2kilograms per hectare |
| 21 | Ecuador | 14.6kilograms per hectare |
| 22 | Panama | 14.5kilograms per hectare |
| 23 | Vietnam | 13.9kilograms per hectare |
| 24 | Taiwan, Province of China | 13.5kilograms per hectare |
| 25 | South Korea | 13.5kilograms per hectare |
| 26 | Malta | 12.7kilograms per hectare |
| 27 | Brazil | 12.6kilograms per hectare |
| 28 | State of Palestine | 11.9kilograms per hectare |
| 29 | Belize | 11.3kilograms per hectare |
| 30 | Palau | 10.8kilograms per hectare |
| 31 | Japan | 10.6kilograms per hectare |
| 32 | French Polynesia | 10.1kilograms per hectare |
| 33 | Chile | 9.2kilograms per hectare |
| 34 | New Zealand | 8.9kilograms per hectare |
| 35 | Jamaica | 8.7kilograms per hectare |
| 36 | Barbados | 8.6kilograms per hectare |
| 37 | Virgin Islands, British | 8.5kilograms per hectare |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 8.4kilograms per hectare |
| 39 | Cook Islands | 7.9kilograms per hectare |
| 40 | Montserrat | 7.4kilograms per hectare |
| 41 | Uruguay | 7.4kilograms per hectare |
| 42 | Mauritius | 7.1kilograms per hectare |
| 43 | Netherlands | 7.0kilograms per hectare |
| 44 | Georgia | 6.8kilograms per hectare |
| 45 | Indonesia | 6.7kilograms per hectare |
| 46 | Lebanon | 6.6kilograms per hectare |
| 47 | Cyprus | 6.5kilograms per hectare |
| 48 | Argentina | 6.3kilograms per hectare |
| 49 | Eswatini | 6.2kilograms per hectare |
| 50 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.1kilograms per hectare |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.1kilograms per hectare |
| 52 | Montenegro | 6.0kilograms per hectare |
| 53 | Honduras | 6.0kilograms per hectare |
| 54 | Samoa | 6.0kilograms per hectare |
| 55 | Australia | 5.8kilograms per hectare |
| 56 | Belgium | 5.4kilograms per hectare |
| 57 | Ireland | 5.2kilograms per hectare |
| 58 | Botswana | 4.9kilograms per hectare |
| 59 | Guatemala | 4.7kilograms per hectare |
| 60 | Mongolia | 4.5kilograms per hectare |
| 61 | Fiji | 4.4kilograms per hectare |
| 62 | Republic of the Congo | 4.4kilograms per hectare |
| 63 | Portugal | 4.4kilograms per hectare |
| 64 | Bahrain | 4.3kilograms per hectare |
| 65 | Italy | 4.2kilograms per hectare |
| 66 | Cambodia | 4.2kilograms per hectare |
| 67 | Paraguay | 4.0kilograms per hectare |
| 68 | Colombia | 3.9kilograms per hectare |
| 69 | Austria | 3.8kilograms per hectare |
| 70 | France | 3.7kilograms per hectare |
| 71 | Malaysia | 3.7kilograms per hectare |
| 72 | Guyana | 3.6kilograms per hectare |
| 73 | Switzerland | 3.6kilograms per hectare |
| 74 | Germany | 3.4kilograms per hectare |
| 75 | Oman | 3.4kilograms per hectare |
| 76 | South Africa | 3.4kilograms per hectare |
| 77 | Philippines | 3.4kilograms per hectare |
| 78 | Moldova, Republic of | 3.3kilograms per hectare |
| 79 | Spain | 3.2kilograms per hectare |
| 80 | El Salvador | 3.2kilograms per hectare |
| 81 | Slovenia | 3.0kilograms per hectare |
| 82 | Egypt | 2.9kilograms per hectare |
| 83 | United Kingdom | 2.8kilograms per hectare |
| 84 | United States of America | 2.8kilograms per hectare |
| 85 | Bolivia | 2.7kilograms per hectare |
| 86 | Mayotte | 2.7kilograms per hectare |
| 87 | Canada | 2.5kilograms per hectare |
| 88 | Türkiye | 2.4kilograms per hectare |
| 89 | Jordan | 2.3kilograms per hectare |
| 90 | Armenia | 2.0kilograms per hectare |
| 91 | Gabon | 1.9kilograms per hectare |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 1.9kilograms per hectare |
| 93 | Czech Republic | 1.8kilograms per hectare |
| 94 | Bangladesh | 1.8kilograms per hectare |
| 95 | Poland | 1.7kilograms per hectare |
| 96 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.7kilograms per hectare |
| 97 | People's Republic of China | 1.7kilograms per hectare |
| 98 | Benin | 1.7kilograms per hectare |
| 99 | Peru | 1.7kilograms per hectare |
| 100 | Morocco | 1.6kilograms per hectare |
| 101 | Lesotho | 1.5kilograms per hectare |
| 102 | Mexico | 1.5kilograms per hectare |
| 103 | Mauritania | 1.5kilograms per hectare |
| 104 | Hungary | 1.5kilograms per hectare |
| 105 | Liberia | 1.5kilograms per hectare |
| 106 | Greece | 1.5kilograms per hectare |
| 107 | Namibia | 1.5kilograms per hectare |
| 108 | Tokelau | 1.5kilograms per hectare |
| 109 | Finland | 1.5kilograms per hectare |
| 110 | Denmark | 1.4kilograms per hectare |
| 111 | Rwanda | 1.4kilograms per hectare |
| 112 | Slovakia | 1.4kilograms per hectare |
| 113 | Bhutan | 1.3kilograms per hectare |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 1.3kilograms per hectare |
| 115 | Ghana | 1.3kilograms per hectare |
| 116 | Croatia | 1.3kilograms per hectare |
| 117 | Lithuania | 1.3kilograms per hectare |
| 118 | Cameroon | 1.3kilograms per hectare |
| 119 | Republic of The Gambia | 1.2kilograms per hectare |
| 120 | Latvia | 1.2kilograms per hectare |
| 121 | Tuvalu | 1.2kilograms per hectare |
| 122 | Venezuela | 1.2kilograms per hectare |
| 123 | Nigeria | 1.1kilograms per hectare |
| 124 | Zambia | 1.1kilograms per hectare |
| 125 | Guam | 1.1kilograms per hectare |
| 126 | Uganda | 1.1kilograms per hectare |
| 127 | Romania | 1.0kilograms per hectare |
| 128 | Yemen | 1.0kilograms per hectare |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 1.0kilograms per hectare |
| 130 | Papua New Guinea | 1.0kilograms per hectare |
| 131 | Estonia | 1.0kilograms per hectare |
| 132 | Kiribati | 1.0kilograms per hectare |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 1.0kilograms per hectare |
| 134 | Myanmar | 0.9kilograms per hectare |
| 135 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9kilograms per hectare |
| 136 | Belarus | 0.9kilograms per hectare |
| 137 | Haiti | 0.9kilograms per hectare |
| 138 | Pakistan | 0.9kilograms per hectare |
| 139 | Libya | 0.8kilograms per hectare |
| 140 | Serbia | 0.8kilograms per hectare |
| 141 | Sweden | 0.8kilograms per hectare |
| 142 | Timor-Leste | 0.8kilograms per hectare |
| 143 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.8kilograms per hectare |
| 144 | Norway | 0.8kilograms per hectare |
| 145 | Russian Federation | 0.8kilograms per hectare |
| 146 | Saint Helena | 0.7kilograms per hectare |
| 147 | Algeria | 0.7kilograms per hectare |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | 0.7kilograms per hectare |
| 149 | Kenya | 0.7kilograms per hectare |
| 150 | Somalia | 0.7kilograms per hectare |
| 151 | Tajikistan | 0.7kilograms per hectare |
| 152 | Tonga | 0.7kilograms per hectare |
| 153 | Tunisia | 0.7kilograms per hectare |
| 154 | Nepal | 0.6kilograms per hectare |
| 155 | Ukraine | 0.6kilograms per hectare |
| 156 | Mozambique | 0.5kilograms per hectare |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 0.5kilograms per hectare |
| 158 | Togo | 0.5kilograms per hectare |
| 159 | Malawi | 0.5kilograms per hectare |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 0.5kilograms per hectare |
| 161 | Niue | 0.4kilograms per hectare |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.4kilograms per hectare |
| 163 | Albania | 0.4kilograms per hectare |
| 164 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4kilograms per hectare |
| 165 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.4kilograms per hectare |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 0.4kilograms per hectare |
| 167 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.4kilograms per hectare |
| 168 | Comoros | 0.3kilograms per hectare |
| 169 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.3kilograms per hectare |
| 170 | Kazakhstan | 0.3kilograms per hectare |
| 171 | India | 0.2kilograms per hectare |
| 172 | Azerbaijan | 0.2kilograms per hectare |
| 173 | Cuba | 0.2kilograms per hectare |
| 174 | Ethiopia | 0.2kilograms per hectare |
| 175 | Sierra Leone | 0.2kilograms per hectare |
| 176 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 0.2kilograms per hectare |
| 177 | Madagascar | 0.2kilograms per hectare |
| 178 | Sudan | 0.2kilograms per hectare |
| 179 | Senegal | 0.2kilograms per hectare |
| 180 | Thailand | 0.2kilograms per hectare |
| 181 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1kilograms per hectare |
| 182 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.1kilograms per hectare |
| 183 | Vanuatu | 0.1kilograms per hectare |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 0.1kilograms per hectare |
| 185 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.1kilograms per hectare |
| 186 | Iraq | 0.1kilograms per hectare |
| 187 | Cape Verde | 0.1kilograms per hectare |
| 188 | Eritrea | 0.0kilograms per hectare |
| 189 | Burundi | 0.0kilograms per hectare |
| 190 | Guinea | 0.0kilograms per hectare |
| 191 | Chad | 0.0kilograms per hectare |
| 192 | Iceland | 0.0kilograms per hectare |
| 193 | Angola | 0.0kilograms per hectare |
| 194 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0kilograms per hectare |
| 195 | Mali | 0.0kilograms per hectare |
| 196 | Niger | 0.0kilograms per hectare |
| 197 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.0kilograms per hectare |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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