Pesticide Use by Country

#	Country	Pesticide Use (tons)	Kg of Pesticide per Hectare of Cropland
1	China	1,763,000	13.1
2	United States	407,779	2.5
3	Brazil	377,176	6
4	Argentina	196,009	4.9
5	Canada	90,839	2.4
6	Ukraine	78,201	2.3
7	France	70,589	3.6
8	Malaysia	67,288	8.1
9	Australia	63,416	2
10	Spain	60,896	3.6
11	Italy	56,641	6.1
12	Turkey (Türkiye)	54,098	2.3
13	India	52,750	0.3
14	Japan	52,249	11.8
15	Germany	48,193	4
16	Mexico	47,128	1.8
17	Colombia	37,698	9.9
18	Thailand	35,287	1.7
19	Ecuador	34,253	13.9
20	South Africa	26,857	2.2
21	Russia	25,961	0.2
22	Poland	25,075	2.2
23	Guatemala	20,489	10
24	South Korea	20,043	12.4
25	United Kingdom	19,844	3.2
26	Paraguay	19,662	4
27	Vietnam	19,154	1.7
28	Myanmar	17,274	1.4
29	Bangladesh	15,144	1.8
30	Bolivia	14,758	3.3
31	Kazakhstan	13,811	0.5
32	Morocco	13,697	1.5
33	Uruguay	13,366	5.4
34	Costa Rica	12,811	22.5
35	Taiwan	10,549	13.3
36	Chile	9,831	5.7
37	Hungary	9,759	2.2
38	Turkmenistan	9,712	4.9
39	Greece	9,384	2.9
40	Portugal	9,293	5.4
41	Peru	8,992	1.8
42	Dominican Republic	8,985	7.8
43	Netherlands	8,495	7.9
44	Egypt	8,044	2.2
45	Honduras	7,195	4.2
46	Romania	6,859	0.8
47	Israel	6,093	12.6
48	Algeria	5,983	0.7
49	Belgium	5,742	6.7
50	El Salvador	5,638	6
51	Saudi Arabia	5,413	1.5
52	New Zealand	5,086	7.9
53	Austria	4,655	3.3
54	Iran	4,480	0.3
55	Czech Republic (Czechia)	4,434	1.7
56	Nicaragua	4,414	2.5
57	Ethiopia	4,128	0.2
58	Venezuela	3,928	1.2
59	Belarus	3,558	0.6
60	Moldova	3,462	1.8
61	Bulgaria	3,383	0.9
62	Lithuania	2,993	1.4
63	Ireland	2,861	6.5
64	Denmark	2,630	1.1
65	Sudan	2,469	0.1
66	Panama	2,403	3.2
67	Malawi	2,358	0.6
68	Zimbabwe	2,185	0.5
69	Rwanda	2,027	1.4
70	Switzerland	1,998	4.7
71	Lebanon	1,816	7
72	Slovakia	1,723	1.3
73	Sri Lanka	1,682	0.7
74	Indonesia	1,597	0.03113
75	Kenya	1,578	0.2
76	Croatia	1,570	1.8
77	Sweden	1,524	0.6
78	Latvia	1,478	1.1
79	Syria	1,422	0.2
80	Cameroon	1,372	0.2
81	State of Palestine	1,348	9.2
82	Finland	1,327	0.6
83	Togo	1,293	0.5
84	Jordan	1,289	4.9
85	Belize	1,177	9.6
86	Trinidad and Tobago	1,171	24.9
87	Slovenia	1,087	4.6
88	Cyprus	1,006	8.2
89	Tunisia	985	0.2
90	Burkina Faso	843	0.1
91	Mauritius	771	9.8
92	Fiji	769	3.1
93	Mozambique	767	0.1
94	Albania	681	1
95	Estonia	674	1
96	Norway	671	0.8
97	Suriname	651	9.2
98	Madagascar	643	0.2
99	Jamaica	621	2.9
100	Senegal	610	0.2
101	Libya	607	0.3
102	Gambia	588	1.3
103	Nepal	574	0.2
104	Kyrgyzstan	560	0.4
105	Zambia	544	0.1
106	Azerbaijan	543	0.2
107	Guinea	401	0.1
108	Ghana	379	0.05121
109	Maldives	363	52.6
110	Guyana	359	0.8
111	Oman	347	3.4
112	Armenia	279	0.6
113	Tajikistan	265	0.3
114	Bahamas	254	21.1
115	Iraq	212	0.03929
116	Saint Lucia	196	19.6
117	Luxembourg	177	2.8
118	Barbados	168	21.1
119	Vanuatu	131	0.9
120	Malta	125	12
121	Yemen	110	0.07897
122	Papua New Guinea	105	0.1
123	Samoa	103	3.4
124	North Macedonia	98	0.2
125	Côte d'Ivoire	93	0.01162
126	Montenegro	91	6.2
127	Uganda	88	0.00967
128	Guinea-Bissau	82	0.1
129	Hong Kong	68	16.6
130	Qatar	68	4
131	Lesotho	62	0.1
132	Namibia	56	0.06914
133	Burundi	50	0.03243
134	Chad	42	0.00802
135	Angola	40	0.00767
136	Kuwait	32	2.1
137	Haiti	28	0.02063
138	Eritrea	28	0.03993
139	Antigua and Barbuda	27	5.3
140	Mauritania	26	0.06426
141	French Polynesia	26	1
142	Tonga	23	0.8
143	Central African Republic	23	0.01216
144	Niger	21	0.0012
145	Brunei	21	1.9
146	Seychelles	19	12.1
147	Botswana	17	0.06543
148	Bhutan	12	0.1
149	Bahrain	9.14	2
150	New Caledonia	6.84	0.7
151	Cabo Verde	5	0.09259
152	Mali	3.75	0.00057
153	Cook Islands	3.33	2.2
154	Laos	3	0.00174
155	Iceland	2.54	0.02099
156	Timor-Leste	1.78	0.00774
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.56	0.3
158	Tanzania	1	0.00006
159	Pakistan	0.92	0.00003
160	Republic of the Congo	0.87	0.00139
161	Comoros	0.03	0.00026

Sources

FAOSTAT - Food and agriculture data by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
The State of Food Insecurity in the World - FAO
World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision - United Nations Population Division
United Nations Statistics Division
World Bank

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