Pesticide use by country

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

Countries reporting
207
Highest
800,652 tonnes
Brazil
Lowest
0 tonnes
Pitcairn
Median
1,272 tonnes
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,015

What the numbers show

Pesticide use is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 800,652 tonnes in Brazil; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Pitcairn.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,272 tonnes, and the mean is 17,999 tonnes.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 2,960.0%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 100.0%).

Pesticide use: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 800,652 tonnes 2023 up 69.3% volatile
2 United States 429,501 tonnes 2023 up 2.6% rising
3 Indonesia 294,935 tonnes 2023 down 6.4% rising
4 Argentina 262,507 tonnes 2023 up 23.8% volatile
5 China 217,996 tonnes 2023 down 36.1% rising
6 Australia 182,264 tonnes 2023 up 303.4% volatile
7 Vietnam 161,908 tonnes 2023 up 94.2% volatile
8 Russia 97,018 tonnes 2023 up 99.9% rising
9 Canada 95,645 tonnes 2023 up 17.1% rising
10 France 65,415 tonnes 2023 down 2.0% falling
11 Turkey 57,576 tonnes 2023 up 46.0% rising
12 Spain 52,907 tonnes 2023 down 26.0% rising
13 Nigeria 48,184 tonnes 2023 up 18.5% volatile
14 Japan 45,574 tonnes 2023 down 13.7% falling
15 South Africa 42,041 tonnes 2023 up 15.7% rising
16 Germany 40,494 tonnes 2023 down 7.0% rising
17 India 40,094 tonnes 2023 unchanged falling
18 Italy 39,571 tonnes 2023 down 28.6% falling
19 Philippines 37,660 tonnes 2023 up 68.3% rising
20 Mexico 37,298 tonnes 2023 down 21.6% rising
21 Ecuador 35,220 tonnes 2023 up 444.2% volatile
22 Malaysia 30,123 tonnes 2023 down 51.0% rising
23 Pakistan 26,702 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
24 South Korea 20,402 tonnes 2023 up 9.1% falling
25 Poland 19,963 tonnes 2023 down 10.0% rising
26 Colombia 19,419 tonnes 2023 down 64.4% volatile
27 Ukraine 19,356 tonnes 2023 down 77.5% volatile
28 Cambodia 19,305 tonnes 2023 up 487.1% volatile
29 Paraguay 18,476 tonnes 2023 down 25.1% rising
30 Chile 17,659 tonnes 2023 up 119.1% volatile
31 United Kingdom 16,983 tonnes 2023 up 2.3% falling
32 Uruguay 16,446 tonnes 2023 down 13.6% volatile
33 Bolivia 15,785 tonnes 2023 down 7.5% volatile
34 Bangladesh 15,506 tonnes 2023 up 1.1% volatile
35 Nicaragua 15,040 tonnes 2023 up 124.3% volatile
36 Morocco 13,697 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
37 Guatemala 12,982 tonnes 2023 down 34.5% rising
38 Myanmar 11,749 tonnes 2023 up 305.4% volatile
39 Egypt 11,635 tonnes 2023 down 14.8% rising
40 Peru 10,615 tonnes 2023 up 49.7% volatile
41 Taiwan 10,549 tonnes 2023 up 9.5% flat
42 Cameroon 9,906 tonnes 2023 up 118.4% volatile
43 Panama 9,849 tonnes 2023 up 297.6% volatile
44 Ghana 9,689 tonnes 2023 up 120.3% volatile
45 Honduras 9,684 tonnes 2023 up 33.0% rising
46 Uganda 9,510 tonnes 2023 up 94.8% volatile
47 Costa Rica 9,451 tonnes 2023 down 23.4% rising
48 Romania 9,157 tonnes 2023 down 13.5% falling
49 Kazakhstan 8,811 tonnes 2023 up 0.8% rising
50 Portugal 7,857 tonnes 2023 down 22.4% falling
51 Netherlands 7,263 tonnes 2023 down 32.0% flat
52 Benin 7,133 tonnes 2023 up 401.3% volatile
53 Moldova 6,979 tonnes 2023 up 189.7% rising
54 Hungary 6,443 tonnes 2023 down 17.0% rising
55 Israel 6,370 tonnes 2023 up 6.1% rising
56 Algeria 6,067 tonnes 2023 down 26.6% rising
57 Iran 5,856 tonnes 2023 down 9.8% falling
58 New Zealand 5,285 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
59 Austria 5,251 tonnes 2023 up 69.6% rising
60 Kenya 5,162 tonnes 2023 up 15.3% volatile
61 Mongolia 5,115 tonnes 2023 up 358.3% volatile
62 Belarus 4,853 tonnes 2023 up 117.7% rising
63 Belgium 4,801 tonnes 2023 down 24.2% falling
64 Czechia 4,573 tonnes 2023 down 26.1% rising
65 Greece 4,217 tonnes 2023 down 60.1% falling
66 Zambia 4,197 tonnes 2023 up 9.4% rising
67 Ethiopia 4,128 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
68 Sudan 4,083 tonnes 2023 up 53.2% rising
69 Venezuela 3,928 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
70 Burkina Faso 3,838 tonnes 2023 up 146.0% volatile
71 Bulgaria 3,430 tonnes 2023 up 186.8% rising
72 Denmark 3,314 tonnes 2023 down 21.0% falling
73 Mozambique 3,287 tonnes 2023 up 599.4% volatile
74 Thailand 3,273 tonnes 2023 down 59.8% volatile
75 Finland 3,251 tonnes 2023 down 0.7% rising
76 Saudi Arabia 3,213 tonnes 2023 down 40.6% volatile
77 Tunisia 3,195 tonnes 2023 up 29.8% rising
78 Lithuania 3,013 tonnes 2023 up 13.2% volatile
79 Georgia 2,938 tonnes 2023 down 4.6% falling
80 Congo 2,854 tonnes 2023 up 232.6% volatile
81 El Salvador 2,787 tonnes 2023 down 53.6% falling
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,723 tonnes 2023 up 20.4% rising
84 Serbia 2,249 tonnes 2023 down 38.3% flat
85 Zimbabwe 2,185 tonnes 2023 down 14.3% falling
86 Suriname 2,149 tonnes 2023 up 300.2% volatile
87 Malawi 2,036 tonnes 2023 up 35.7% volatile
88 Sweden 2,033 tonnes 2023 down 6.7% rising
89 Rwanda 2,027 tonnes 2023 up 10.0% volatile
90 Dominican Republic 1,984 tonnes 2023 down 69.6% rising
91 Syria 1,897 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
92 Lebanon 1,816 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
93 Sri Lanka 1,799 tonnes 2023 up 45.7% rising
94 Slovakia 1,792 tonnes 2023 down 10.3% falling
95 Libya 1,713 tonnes 2023 up 14.8% falling
96 Latvia 1,666 tonnes 2023 up 33.3% volatile
97 Turkmenistan 1,647 tonnes 2023 up 98.9% rising
98 Jamaica 1,642 tonnes 2023 up 34.8% rising
99 Democratic Republic of Congo 1,626 tonnes 2023 up 47.0% rising
100 Switzerland 1,531 tonnes 2023 down 32.8% rising
101 Yemen 1,504 tonnes 2023 down 0.1% rising
102 Belize 1,496 tonnes 2023 up 44.3% rising
103 Togo 1,425 tonnes 2023 up 283.1% volatile
104 Palestine 1,348 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
105 Botswana 1,272 tonnes 2023 up 163.9% volatile
106 Croatia 1,224 tonnes 2023 down 39.0% falling
107 Papua New Guinea 1,211 tonnes 2023 up 35.0% rising
107 Eswatini 1,211 tonnes 2023 up 162.1% rising
109 Namibia 1,188 tonnes 2023 up 52.7% rising
110 Kuwait 1,181 tonnes 2023 down 47.8% rising
111 Nepal 1,175 tonnes 2023 up 158.2% volatile
112 Trinidad and Tobago 1,173 tonnes 2023 up 36.6% volatile
113 Haiti 1,126 tonnes 2023 up 122.1% volatile
114 Qatar 1,089 tonnes 2023 up 31.8% volatile
115 Liberia 1,043 tonnes 2023 up 150.1% rising
116 Armenia 1,012 tonnes 2023 up 149.9% volatile
117 Gabon 958 tonnes 2023 up 2.4% volatile
118 Cyprus 825 tonnes 2023 down 26.3% falling
119 Cuba 788 tonnes 2023 down 79.7% falling
120 Somalia 747 tonnes 2023 up 126.4% volatile
121 Madagascar 720 tonnes 2023 up 41.7% volatile
122 Estonia 709 tonnes 2023 up 24.8% rising
123 Mauritania 698 tonnes 2023 up 195.8% volatile
124 Slovenia 695 tonnes 2023 down 24.2% falling
125 Tajikistan 684 tonnes 2023 up 447.2% volatile
126 Jordan 650 tonnes 2023 down 35.6% falling
127 Norway 629 tonnes 2023 down 17.5% falling
128 Fiji 612 tonnes 2023 up 5.7% rising
129 Kyrgyzstan 578 tonnes 2023 up 69.5% volatile
130 Cayman Islands 576 tonnes 2023 up 1.2% flat
130 Iraq 576 tonnes 2023 up 35.2% falling
130 Senegal 576 tonnes 2023 down 20.3% rising
133 Mauritius 563 tonnes 2023 down 30.4% flat
134 Gambia 556 tonnes 2023 up 56.6% volatile
135 Lesotho 551 tonnes 2023 up 2,404.6% volatile
136 Azerbaijan 543 tonnes 2023 up 10.8% volatile
137 Maldives 461 tonnes 2023 up 390.4% volatile
138 Guyana 458 tonnes 2023 up 45.9% rising
139 Aruba 449 tonnes 2023 up 9.5% rising
140 Macao 426 tonnes 2023 up 246.3% volatile
141 Oman 415 tonnes 2023 down 5.5% volatile
142 Sierra Leone 361 tonnes 2023 up 77.0% rising
143 Albania 296 tonnes 2023 down 34.4% rising
144 French Polynesia 287 tonnes 2023 down 17.5% rising
145 Saint Lucia 264 tonnes 2023 up 25.7% falling
146 Central African Republic 260 tonnes 2023 up 828.6% volatile
147 New Caledonia 253 tonnes 2023 up 2.8% falling
148 Samoa 252 tonnes 2023 up 215.0% volatile
149 Netherlands Antilles 238 tonnes 2010 down 0.4% rising
150 Antigua and Barbuda 229 tonnes 2023 down 66.6% falling
151 Laos 187 tonnes 2023 up 48.4% volatile
152 Bahamas 178 tonnes 2023 up 60.4% volatile
153 Brunei 167 tonnes 2023 down 5.1% flat
154 Bhutan 153 tonnes 2023 up 2,960.0% volatile
155 East Timor 152 tonnes 2023 up 406.7% volatile
156 Djibouti 133 tonnes 2023 up 343.3% volatile
157 Grenada 129 tonnes 2023 up 55.4% falling
158 Bermuda 124 tonnes 2023 down 18.4% rising
160 Guinea 111 tonnes 2023 down 87.3% volatile
161 Seychelles 110 tonnes 2023 down 30.4% volatile
162 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109 tonnes 2023 down 72.8% falling
164 Saint Kitts and Nevis 101 tonnes 2023 up 2.0% volatile
165 North Macedonia 98 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
166 Turks and Caicos Islands 89 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
167 Montenegro 86 tonnes 2023 up 4.9% volatile
168 Guinea-Bissau 82 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
169 Equatorial Guinea 78 tonnes 2023 down 55.9% volatile
170 Barbados 68 tonnes 2023 down 33.3% volatile
171 Anguilla 66 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
172 Hong Kong 55 tonnes 2023 down 3.5% falling
173 Chad 52 tonnes 2023 up 8.3% falling
175 Burundi 50 tonnes 2023 down 94.8% volatile
175 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 50 tonnes 2023 up 72.4% rising
177 Angola 40 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
177 Comoros 40 tonnes 2023 up 150.0% volatile
177 Solomon Islands 40 tonnes 2023 down 44.4% rising
180 Kiribati 33 tonnes 2023 up 106.2% volatile
181 Eritrea 28 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
182 Niger 26 tonnes 2023 down 7.1% volatile
183 Palau 25 tonnes 2023 up 177.8% volatile
184 Cote d'Ivoire 23 tonnes 2023 down 39.5% volatile
184 Faroe Islands 23 tonnes 2023 up 21.1% flat
186 Tonga 20 tonnes 2023 up 81.8% rising
187 Sao Tome and Principe 19 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
188 Bahrain 18 tonnes 2023 up 63.6% volatile
189 British Virgin Islands 17 tonnes 2023 down 86.7% volatile
190 Andorra 16 tonnes 2023 down 5.9% rising
190 Vanuatu 16 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
192 Cook Islands 15 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
192 Montserrat 15 tonnes 2023 down 11.8% rising
194 Micronesia (country) 12 tonnes 2023 down 14.3% falling
195 Wallis and Futuna 10 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
196 Greenland 9 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
196 Guam 9 tonnes 2023 up 50.0% volatile
198 Nauru 7 tonnes 2023 up 250.0% volatile
199 Cape Verde 5 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
200 Mali 4 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
201 Saint Helena 3 tonnes 2023 up 50.0% volatile
202 Iceland 2 tonnes 2023 unchanged falling
202 Tuvalu 2 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
202 Niue 2 tonnes 2023 volatile
202 Vatican 2 tonnes 2023 unchanged flat
202 Norfolk Island 2 tonnes 2023 up 100.0% falling
207 Tanzania 1 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
207 Tokelau 1 tonnes 2023 down 80.0% volatile
209 Northern Mariana Islands 0 tonnes 2023 down 100.0% volatile
209 Falkland Islands 0 tonnes 2023 volatile
209 Pitcairn 0 tonnes 2023 volatile

About this data

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

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