Pesticide use (most recent) by country

DEFINITION
Average pesticide use (kg per ha of cropland 2000). Pesticide use, kilograms per hectare, is calculated by WRI by dividing the total pesticide consumption, measured in kilograms of active ingredients, by the total hectares of arable and permanent cropland

Agriculture Statistics > Pesticide use (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Costa Rica:

51.2 kg

# 2

Colombia:

16.7 kg

# 3

Netherlands:

9.4 kg

# 4

Ecuador:

6 kg

# 5

Portugal:

5.3 kg

# 6

France:

4.6 kg

# 7

Greece:

2.8 kg

# 8

Uruguay:

2.7 kg

# 9

Suriname:

2.6 kg

= 10

Germany:

2.5 kg

= 10

Honduras:

2.5 kg

# 12

Austria:

2.4 kg

# 13

Dominican Republic:

2.1 kg

= 14

Slovakia:

1.8 kg

= 14

Ireland:

1.8 kg

# 16

Paraguay:

1.5 kg

= 17

Jordan:

1.4 kg

= 17

Denmark:

1.4 kg

= 19

Turkey:

1.3 kg

= 19

Czech Republic:

1.3 kg

= 19

Pakistan:

1.3 kg

= 22

Oman:

1.2 kg

= 22

Peru:

1.2 kg

# 24

Thailand:

1.1 kg

# 25

Romania:

1 kg

# 26

Yemen:

0.8 kg

# 27

Sweden:

0.6 kg

= 28

Poland:

0.5 kg

= 28

Finland:

0.5 kg

= 30

Bangladesh:

0.4 kg

= 30

Norway:

0.4 kg

# 32

Malawi:

0.3 kg

= 33

Lithuania:

0.2 kg

= 33

Senegal:

0.2 kg

= 35

Ethiopia:

0.1 kg

= 35

Cameroon:

0.1 kg

= 35

Bhutan:

0.1 kg

= 35

Estonia:

0.1 kg

= 35

Iraq:

0.1 kg

= 35

Rwanda:

0.1 kg

= 41

Niger:

0 kg

= 41

Haiti:

0 kg

= 41

Ghana:

0 kg

= 41

Laos:

0 kg

= 41

Sudan:

0 kg

Weighted average:

2.9 kg

DEFINITION: Average pesticide use (kg per ha of cropland 2000). Pesticide use, kilograms per hectare, is calculated by WRI by dividing the total pesticide consumption, measured in kilograms of active ingredients, by the total hectares of arable and permanent cropland

SOURCE: World Resources Institute via NationMaster

Agriculture Statistics > Pesticide use (most recent) by country

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