Japan vs Spain: Pesticide use

Japan

45,574 tonnes

in 2023

Spain

52,907 tonnes

in 2023

Japan rank

14th

Spain rank

12th

Pesticide use over time

Spain currently reports 52,907 tonnes against 45,574 tonnes in Japan, a difference of 7,333 tonnes.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 14th and Spain ranks 12th of 211 countries.

Indicator: Pesticide use
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 211 places, 7,015 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total pesticide use measured in tonnes of pesticide consumption per year.