Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 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
179
Highest
10.32 g/Int$
Maldives
Lowest
0 g/Int$
Niger
Median
0.83 g/Int$
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
7,395
What the numbers show
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 10.32 g/Int$ in Maldives; the lowest is 0 g/Int$ in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.83 g/Int$, and the mean is 1.62 g/Int$.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 8,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 100.0%).
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 10.32 g/Int$ | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Paraguay | 10.07 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 401.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Seychelles | 9.36 g/Int$ | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Saint Lucia | 8.96 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 4 | China, Macao SAR | 8.96 g/Int$ | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 6 | Grenada | 8.28 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 127.5% | rising |
| 7 | Samoa | 8.01 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 615.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.79 g/Int$ | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.7 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Panama | 7.64 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 349.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Naoero | 7.63 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 12 | French Polynesia | 7.53 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 25.1% | flat |
| 13 | Qatar | 6.58 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 14 | Cook Islands | 6.39 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 15 | Belize | 6.28 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 82.0% | falling |
| 16 | Suriname | 5.33 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Mauritius | 4.26 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 89.3% | rising |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 3.79 g/Int$ | 2022 | up 112.9% | rising |
| 19 | Faroe Islands | 3.49 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 19 | Ghana | 3.49 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 642.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Argentina | 3.42 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 21 | Bahamas | 3.42 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Gambia | 3.35 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 81.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Honduras | 3.03 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 25 | Djibouti | 3 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 466.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Indonesia | 2.89 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 27 | Brazil | 2.8 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 27 | Lesotho | 2.8 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 3,400.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.76 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 30 | Botswana | 2.55 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 127.7% | rising |
| 31 | Congo | 2.52 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Uruguay | 2.45 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Eswatini | 2.43 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 113.2% | rising |
| 34 | Mongolia | 2.38 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Cambodia | 2.34 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 271.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 2.3 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 36 | Georgia | 2.3 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 38 | Ecuador | 2.29 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Kuwait | 2.08 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 40 | El Salvador | 2.07 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 41 | Canada | 1.98 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 42 | Cyprus | 1.91 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 43 | Fiji | 1.88 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Jamaica | 1.88 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 45 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.86 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Benin | 1.84 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 348.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Namibia | 1.82 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 48 | South Africa | 1.74 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 49 | Bhutan | 1.66 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 8,200.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Guatemala | 1.65 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.62 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 52 | Japan | 1.6 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 53 | Malta | 1.53 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 54 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.51 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 55 | Australia | 1.47 g/Int$ | 2017 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 56 | Tuvalu | 1.46 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 57 | Liberia | 1.42 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 79.7% | falling |
| 58 | Israel | 1.41 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 59 | Barbados | 1.39 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Palestine | 1.39 g/Int$ | 2022 | down 21.5% | flat |
| 61 | Gabon | 1.33 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 62 | France | 1.32 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 63 | Zambia | 1.31 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 64 | Republic of Korea | 1.26 g/Int$ | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 65 | Philippines | 1.21 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 66 | Colombia | 1.2 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Malaysia | 1.19 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 68 | Finland | 1.13 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 68 | Tokelau | 1.13 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 84.5% | falling |
| 68 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.13 g/Int$ | 2017 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 71 | Spain | 1.12 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 72 | Lithuania | 1.1 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 73 | Latvia | 1.09 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 74 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.08 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Italy | 1.06 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 75 | Portugal | 1.06 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 77 | Chile | 1.05 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 78 | Morocco | 1.02 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 79 | Lebanon | 0.97 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 79 | Mexico | 0.97 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 79 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.97 g/Int$ | 1999 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 82 | Germany | 0.93 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 83 | Libya | 0.92 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 29.6% | falling |
| 83 | Slovakia | 0.92 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 85 | Cameroon | 0.91 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Haiti | 0.91 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 106.8% | rising |
| 85 | Russian Federation | 0.91 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 0.89 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 89 | Austria | 0.86 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 90 | Kiribati | 0.83 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Uganda | 0.82 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Estonia | 0.8 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 0.77 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 285.0% | rising |
| 93 | Slovenia | 0.77 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 95 | Romania | 0.75 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 96 | Peru | 0.74 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 97 | Guyana | 0.73 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 58.7% | flat |
| 98 | Czechia | 0.71 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 99 | Poland | 0.7 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 100 | Armenia | 0.68 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Croatia | 0.67 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 102 | Mauritania | 0.66 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Nigeria | 0.65 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 104 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.62 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 105 | Belgium | 0.61 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 0.6 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 106.9% | rising |
| 106 | Mozambique | 0.6 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Tunisia | 0.6 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 109 | Rwanda | 0.59 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Togo | 0.58 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Switzerland | 0.57 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 112 | Montenegro | 0.56 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Tonga | 0.55 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 114 | Comoros | 0.51 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 466.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 0.51 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 325.0% | falling |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 0.5 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 117 | New Caledonia | 0.48 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 93.3% | falling |
| 117 | Ukraine | 0.48 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 119 | Serbia | 0.47 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 21.7% | flat |
| 120 | Myanmar | 0.46 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 155.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.46 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 122 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.45 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 123 | Sweden | 0.44 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 124 | Belarus | 0.42 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 147.1% | rising |
| 124 | Luxembourg | 0.42 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 72.0% | rising |
| 127 | Greece | 0.39 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 127 | Kenya | 0.39 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 127 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.39 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 130 | Denmark | 0.38 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Algeria | 0.36 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Cuba | 0.35 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 133 | Dominican Republic | 0.34 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 75.9% | falling |
| 134 | Egypt | 0.33 g/Int$ | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 134 | Norway | 0.33 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 134 | Somalia | 0.33 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 106.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 0.31 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 137 | Pakistan | 0.31 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 139 | New Zealand | 0.3 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 139 | Oman | 0.3 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 49.2% | rising |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 139 | Solomon Islands | 0.3 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 0.3 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Sudan | 0.29 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 145 | Ireland | 0.28 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 146 | Jordan | 0.26 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 147 | China | 0.25 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 148 | China, mainland | 0.24 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 149 | Sudan (former) | 0.2 g/Int$ | 2011 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Ethiopia | 0.19 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 151 | Sierra Leone | 0.18 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.16 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.15 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 153 | Madagascar | 0.15 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Albania | 0.14 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 155 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.14 g/Int$ | 2005 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 157 | Malawi | 0.13 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Senegal | 0.12 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 158 | Tajikistan | 0.12 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 300.0% | falling |
| 160 | Iraq | 0.11 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 160 | Nepal | 0.11 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | 0.1 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 163 | Azerbaijan | 0.09 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 163 | North Macedonia | 0.09 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 0.09 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Eritrea | 0.07 g/Int$ | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | India | 0.07 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Thailand | 0.07 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Yemen | 0.04 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 91.3% | falling |
| 170 | Burundi | 0.02 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Bahrain | 0.02 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Central African Republic | 0.02 g/Int$ | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Niue | 0.02 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Guinea | 0.01 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Iceland | 0.01 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 174 | Chad | 0.01 g/Int$ | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 177 | Angola | 0 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Mali | 0 g/Int$ | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Niger | 0 g/Int$ | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Polynesia 5.43 g/Int$
- South America 2.78 g/Int$
- Republic of Moldova 3.37 g/Int$
- Americas 1.94 g/Int$
- Viet Nam 2.91 g/Int$
- South-Eastern Asia 1.88 g/Int$
- Southern Africa 1.78 g/Int$
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.59 g/Int$
- Central America 1.33 g/Int$
- Timor-Leste 0.93 g/Int$
- Northern America 1.24 g/Int$
- Türkiye 0.63 g/Int$
- United States of America 1.14 g/Int$
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.52 g/Int$
- Oceania 1.08 g/Int$
- Asia 0.47 g/Int$
- Western Europe 0.98 g/Int$
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.45 g/Int$
- Southern Europe 0.97 g/Int$
- Melanesia 0.4 g/Int$
- World 0.91 g/Int$
- Middle Africa 0.34 g/Int$
- Europe 0.85 g/Int$
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.24 g/Int$
- Western Africa 0.8 g/Int$
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.17 g/Int$
- Eastern Europe 0.78 g/Int$
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.15 g/Int$
- Caribbean 0.65 g/Int$
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.03 g/Int$
- Africa 0.61 g/Int$
- United Republic of Tanzania 0 g/Int$
- Northern Europe 0.59 g/Int$
- Western Asia 0.59 g/Int$
- Northern Africa 0.46 g/Int$
- Eastern Africa 0.34 g/Int$
- Central Asia 0.33 g/Int$
- Eastern Asia 0.3 g/Int$
- Southern Asia 0.13 g/Int$
- Cabo Verde 0.12 g/Int$
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).