Pesticides (total) — Use per capita by country
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1....
Countries reporting
210
Highest
4.52 kg/cap
Anguilla
Lowest
0 kg/cap
Yemen
Median
0.33 kg/cap
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
8,019
What the numbers show
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 4.52 kg/cap in Anguilla; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.33 kg/cap, and the mean is 0.633 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 9,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anguilla | 4.52 kg/cap | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 2.3 kg/cap | 2024 | up 206.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Uruguay | 4.39 kg/cap | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 1.6 kg/cap | 2024 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Aruba | 3.92 kg/cap | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 3 | Polynesia | 1.09 kg/cap | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 3.87 kg/cap | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.02 kg/cap | 2024 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Montserrat | 3.63 kg/cap | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 5 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0.92 kg/cap | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 6 | Belize | 3.59 kg/cap | 2024 | up 42.5% | falling |
| 6 | Türkiye | 0.61 kg/cap | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 3.56 kg/cap | 2024 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Paraguay | 2.7 kg/cap | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 8 | Melanesia | 0.14 kg/cap | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.14 kg/cap | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 9 | Panama | 2.62 kg/cap | 2024 | up 315.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.61 kg/cap | 2024 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 0.11 kg/cap | 2024 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.11 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 11 | Canada | 2.57 kg/cap | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 12 | Australia | 2.41 kg/cap | 2017 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 12 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.08 kg/cap | 2024 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 13 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.2 kg/cap | 2017 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 14 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.17 kg/cap | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 14 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.06 kg/cap | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 2.09 kg/cap | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.02 kg/cap | 2024 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 15 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.02 kg/cap | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Bermuda | 2.01 kg/cap | 2024 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 16 | Caribbean | 0.25 kg/cap | 2024 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 17 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.98 kg/cap | 2024 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 17 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0 kg/cap | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 1.92 kg/cap | 2022 | up 156.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.9 kg/cap | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 20 | Samoa | 1.87 kg/cap | 2024 | up 334.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Ghana | 1.56 kg/cap | 2024 | up 721.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 1.47 kg/cap | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 22 | Mongolia | 1.47 kg/cap | 2024 | up 167.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Palau | 1.4 kg/cap | 2024 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Cabo Verde | 0.01 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 25 | Cambodia | 1.32 kg/cap | 2024 | up 371.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 kg/cap | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Lithuania | 1.28 kg/cap | 2024 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Grenada | 1.26 kg/cap | 2024 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 27 | Suriname | 1.26 kg/cap | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Spain | 1.25 kg/cap | 2024 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 30 | Ecuador | 1.23 kg/cap | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Cook Islands | 1.09 kg/cap | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 32 | France | 1.05 kg/cap | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 33 | Indonesia | 1.04 kg/cap | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 34 | New Zealand | 1.01 kg/cap | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 35 | Mauritius | 0.99 kg/cap | 2024 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 36 | Eswatini | 0.98 kg/cap | 2024 | up 113.0% | rising |
| 37 | Lesotho | 0.97 kg/cap | 2024 | up 9,600.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Latvia | 0.97 kg/cap | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Seychelles | 0.97 kg/cap | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.92 kg/cap | 2024 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 41 | Honduras | 0.9 kg/cap | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 42 | French Polynesia | 0.87 kg/cap | 2024 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.86 kg/cap | 2024 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 44 | Guyana | 0.84 kg/cap | 2024 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 45 | Georgia | 0.82 kg/cap | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 46 | Portugal | 0.8 kg/cap | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 47 | Guatemala | 0.79 kg/cap | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.78 kg/cap | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Hungary | 0.77 kg/cap | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 50 | Chile | 0.72 kg/cap | 2024 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 51 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0.71 kg/cap | 2024 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Cyprus | 0.7 kg/cap | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Israel | 0.68 kg/cap | 2024 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 53 | Italy | 0.68 kg/cap | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 55 | Russian Federation | 0.67 kg/cap | 2024 | up 97.1% | rising |
| 56 | Fiji | 0.66 kg/cap | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 57 | South Africa | 0.64 kg/cap | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 58 | Benin | 0.62 kg/cap | 2024 | up 376.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Poland | 0.62 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Finland | 0.61 kg/cap | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 61 | Maldives | 0.6 kg/cap | 2024 | up 122.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Malaysia | 0.6 kg/cap | 2024 | down 62.5% | flat |
| 63 | Colombia | 0.59 kg/cap | 2024 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Jamaica | 0.58 kg/cap | 2024 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 65 | Austria | 0.57 kg/cap | 2024 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 65 | Denmark | 0.57 kg/cap | 2024 | up 78.1% | falling |
| 65 | Estonia | 0.57 kg/cap | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 68 | Belarus | 0.56 kg/cap | 2024 | up 180.0% | rising |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 0.54 kg/cap | 2024 | up 285.7% | rising |
| 70 | Germany | 0.53 kg/cap | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 70 | Naoero | 0.53 kg/cap | 2024 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 72 | El Salvador | 0.52 kg/cap | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 72 | Ukraine | 0.52 kg/cap | 2024 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Botswana | 0.5 kg/cap | 2024 | up 127.3% | rising |
| 74 | Mexico | 0.5 kg/cap | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 76 | Belgium | 0.47 kg/cap | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 76 | Romania | 0.47 kg/cap | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 78 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.45 kg/cap | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 79 | Bahamas | 0.44 kg/cap | 2024 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Serbia | 0.44 kg/cap | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 79 | Tokelau | 0.44 kg/cap | 2024 | down 87.7% | falling |
| 79 | China, Macao SAR | 0.44 kg/cap | 2024 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 83 | Kazakhstan | 0.43 kg/cap | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 83 | British Virgin Islands | 0.43 kg/cap | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.43 kg/cap | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 86 | Faroe Islands | 0.42 kg/cap | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 86 | Greece | 0.42 kg/cap | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 86 | Peru | 0.42 kg/cap | 2024 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Croatia | 0.41 kg/cap | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 89 | Ireland | 0.41 kg/cap | 2024 | down 43.1% | flat |
| 91 | Republic of Korea | 0.38 kg/cap | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 92 | Czechia | 0.37 kg/cap | 2024 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 93 | Morocco | 0.36 kg/cap | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 93 | Qatar | 0.36 kg/cap | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Japan | 0.35 kg/cap | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 96 | Armenia | 0.34 kg/cap | 2024 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Slovenia | 0.34 kg/cap | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 98 | Cameroon | 0.33 kg/cap | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Namibia | 0.33 kg/cap | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 98 | Philippines | 0.33 kg/cap | 2024 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 98 | Slovakia | 0.33 kg/cap | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 98 | Tunisia | 0.33 kg/cap | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 103 | Bhutan | 0.32 kg/cap | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.32 kg/cap | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 105 | Lebanon | 0.31 kg/cap | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 106 | Gabon | 0.29 kg/cap | 2024 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 107 | Congo | 0.28 kg/cap | 2024 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Kuwait | 0.27 kg/cap | 2024 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 109 | Dominican Republic | 0.25 kg/cap | 2024 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 109 | Kiribati | 0.25 kg/cap | 2024 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Palestine | 0.25 kg/cap | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 109 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.25 kg/cap | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 113 | Barbados | 0.24 kg/cap | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Switzerland | 0.23 kg/cap | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 114 | Libya | 0.23 kg/cap | 2024 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 114 | Tuvalu | 0.23 kg/cap | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 114 | Uganda | 0.23 kg/cap | 2024 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Gambia | 0.22 kg/cap | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 118 | Myanmar | 0.22 kg/cap | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Djibouti | 0.21 kg/cap | 2024 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Malta | 0.2 kg/cap | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Zambia | 0.2 kg/cap | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 121 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.2 kg/cap | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Luxembourg | 0.19 kg/cap | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 124 | Nigeria | 0.19 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 124 | Sweden | 0.19 kg/cap | 2024 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 124 | Tonga | 0.19 kg/cap | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 128 | Andorra | 0.18 kg/cap | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 128 | Burkina Faso | 0.18 kg/cap | 2024 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 128 | Liberia | 0.18 kg/cap | 2024 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 128 | Sri Lanka | 0.18 kg/cap | 2024 | up 350.0% | flat |
| 132 | China | 0.17 kg/cap | 2024 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 132 | China, mainland | 0.17 kg/cap | 2024 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 134 | Montenegro | 0.16 kg/cap | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Mayotte | 0.16 kg/cap | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 136 | Greenland | 0.15 kg/cap | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 137 | Rwanda | 0.14 kg/cap | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Algeria | 0.13 kg/cap | 2024 | down 27.8% | flat |
| 138 | Haiti | 0.13 kg/cap | 2024 | up 44.4% | flat |
| 138 | Mauritania | 0.13 kg/cap | 2024 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Norway | 0.13 kg/cap | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 138 | Zimbabwe | 0.13 kg/cap | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 143 | Egypt | 0.12 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 143 | Kenya | 0.12 kg/cap | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 145 | Albania | 0.11 kg/cap | 2024 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 145 | Pakistan | 0.11 kg/cap | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 0.11 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 145 | Togo | 0.11 kg/cap | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 0.09 kg/cap | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Mozambique | 0.09 kg/cap | 2024 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Saudi Arabia | 0.09 kg/cap | 2024 | down 59.1% | rising |
| 152 | Guam | 0.08 kg/cap | 2024 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.08 kg/cap | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Oman | 0.08 kg/cap | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 152 | Sudan | 0.08 kg/cap | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 152 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.08 kg/cap | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 157 | Comoros | 0.07 kg/cap | 2024 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Cuba | 0.07 kg/cap | 2024 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 0.07 kg/cap | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 160 | Malawi | 0.06 kg/cap | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 160 | New Caledonia | 0.06 kg/cap | 2024 | down 93.3% | falling |
| 160 | Tajikistan | 0.06 kg/cap | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Azerbaijan | 0.05 kg/cap | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.05 kg/cap | 2024 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Jordan | 0.05 kg/cap | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 163 | North Macedonia | 0.05 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 0.05 kg/cap | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 163 | Thailand | 0.05 kg/cap | 2024 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 0.05 kg/cap | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.04 kg/cap | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 170 | Nepal | 0.04 kg/cap | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Sierra Leone | 0.04 kg/cap | 2024 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 170 | Somalia | 0.04 kg/cap | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Ethiopia | 0.03 kg/cap | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 174 | India | 0.03 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 174 | Senegal | 0.03 kg/cap | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 174 | Niue | 0.03 kg/cap | 2024 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Madagascar | 0.02 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 179 | Central African Republic | 0.01 kg/cap | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Eritrea | 0.01 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 179 | Guinea | 0.01 kg/cap | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Iraq | 0.01 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 179 | Iceland | 0.01 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 179 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.01 kg/cap | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 185 | Angola | 0 kg/cap | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Burundi | 0 kg/cap | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Bahrain | 0 kg/cap | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Mali | 0 kg/cap | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 kg/cap | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Niger | 0 kg/cap | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Chad | 0 kg/cap | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Yemen | 0 kg/cap | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South America 2.45 kg/cap
- Americas 1.67 kg/cap
- Oceania 1.61 kg/cap
- Northern America 1.38 kg/cap
- United States of America 1.24 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 0.81 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 0.81 kg/cap
- Asia 0.23 kg/cap
- Central America 0.73 kg/cap
- Western Europe 0.68 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 0.64 kg/cap
- Europe 0.63 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 0.63 kg/cap
- World 0.46 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 0.07 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 0.32 kg/cap
- Western Asia 0.26 kg/cap
- Western Africa 0.25 kg/cap
- Central Asia 0.23 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 0.2 kg/cap
- Africa 0.17 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 0.16 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 0.08 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 0.05 kg/cap
About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).