Pesticide Usage by Country 2026
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5 Countries that Use the Most Pesticides
Country | Agricultural Use 2023 (tons)↓ | Use per Area of Cropland 2023 | Use per Capita 2023 | Use per Value of Agricultural Production (g/Int$) 2023 | |
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 | Brazil | 800.7K | 12.63 | 3.79 | $2.84 |
 | United States | 429.5K | 2.78 | 1.25 | $1.14 |
 | Indonesia | 294.9K | 6.68 | 1.05 | $2.81 |
 | Argentina | 262.5K | 6.33 | 3.87 | $4.16 |
 | China | 218K | 1.71 | 0.15 | $0.22 |
 | Australia | 182.3K | 5.81 | 3.94 | $3.47 |
 | Vietnam | 161.9K | 13.90 | 1.61 | $2.94 |
 | Russia | 97K | 0.78 | 0.67 | $0.88 |
 | Canada | 95.6K | 2.50 | 2.43 | $1.94 |
 | France | 65.4K | 3.65 | 0.98 | $1.16 |
 | Turkey | 57.6K | 2.40 | 0.66 | $0.71 |
 | Spain | 52.9K | 3.19 | 1.10 | $1.12 |
 | Nigeria | 48.2K | 1.09 | 0.21 | $0.72 |
 | Japan | 45.6K | 10.61 | 0.37 | $1.69 |
 | South Africa | 42K | 3.39 | 0.67 | $1.74 |
 | Germany | 40.5K | 3.41 | 0.48 | $0.82 |
 | India | 40.1K | 0.24 | 0.03 | $0.08 |
 | Italy | 39.6K | 4.17 | 0.67 | $1.08 |
 | Philippines | 37.7K | 3.36 | 0.33 | $1.20 |
 | Mexico | 37.3K | 1.53 | 0.29 | $0.54 |
 | Ecuador | 35.2K | 14.62 | 1.96 | $3.76 |
 | Malaysia | 30.1K | 3.65 | 0.86 | $1.74 |
 | Pakistan | 26.7K | 0.86 | 0.11 | $0.31 |
 | South Korea | 20.4K | 13.49 | 0.39 | $1.32 |
 | Poland | 20K | 1.73 | 0.52 | $0.59 |
 | Colombia | 19.4K | 3.89 | 0.37 | $0.77 |
 | Ukraine | 19.4K | 0.57 | 0.51 | $0.45 |
 | Cambodia | 19.3K | 4.15 | 1.11 | $2.10 |
 | Paraguay | 18.5K | 3.98 | 2.70 | $1.93 |
 | Chile | 17.7K | 9.23 | 0.90 | $1.36 |
 | United Kingdom | 17K | 2.79 | 0.25 | $0.62 |
 | Uruguay | 16.4K | 7.35 | 4.39 | $2.74 |
 | Bolivia | 15.8K | 2.71 | 1.29 | $2.04 |
 | Bangladesh | 15.5K | 1.76 | 0.09 | $0.32 |
 | Nicaragua | 15K | 8.36 | 2.20 | $4.66 |
 | Morocco | 13.7K | 1.56 | 0.36 | $0.99 |
 | Guatemala | 13K | 4.74 | 0.72 | $1.40 |
 | Myanmar | 11.7K | 0.94 | 0.22 | $0.48 |
 | Egypt | 11.6K | 2.87 | 0.10 | $0.30 |
 | Peru | 10.6K | 1.71 | 0.31 | $0.57 |
 | Taiwan | 10.5K | 13.54 | 0.45 | $1.56 |
 | Cameroon | 9.9K | 1.25 | 0.35 | $0.95 |
 | Panama | 9.8K | 14.46 | 2.21 | $5.71 |
 | Ghana | 9.7K | 1.31 | 0.29 | $0.64 |
 | Honduras | 9.7K | 5.99 | 0.91 | $2.89 |
 | Uganda | 9.5K | 1.05 | 0.20 | $0.77 |
 | Costa Rica | 9.5K | 17.36 | 1.85 | $2.11 |
 | Romania | 9.2K | 1.04 | 0.48 | $0.70 |
 | Kazakhstan | 8.8K | 0.30 | 0.43 | $0.59 |
 | Portugal | 7.9K | 4.35 | 0.75 | $1.03 |
 | Netherlands | 7.3K | 6.95 | 0.40 | $0.41 |
 | Benin | 7.1K | 1.71 | 0.51 | $1.46 |
 | Moldova | 7K | 3.27 | 2.28 | $2.60 |
 | Hungary | 6.4K | 1.50 | 0.67 | $0.73 |
 | Israel | 6.4K | 17.09 | 0.69 | $1.36 |
 | Algeria | 6.1K | 0.71 | 0.13 | $0.37 |
 | Iran | 5.9K | 0.33 | 0.06 | $0.16 |
 | New Zealand | 5.3K | 8.93 | 1.02 | $0.30 |
 | Austria | 5.3K | 3.79 | 0.58 | $0.87 |
 | Kenya | 5.2K | 0.69 | 0.09 | $0.30 |
 | Mongolia | 5.1K | 4.45 | 1.49 | $1.68 |
 | Belarus | 4.9K | 0.86 | 0.53 | $0.43 |
 | Belgium | 4.8K | 5.42 | 0.41 | $0.54 |
 | Czechia | 4.6K | 1.78 | 0.42 | $0.79 |
 | Greece | 4.2K | 1.46 | 0.41 | $0.39 |
 | Zambia | 4.2K | 1.09 | 0.20 | $1 |
 | Ethiopia | 4.1K | 0.22 | 0.03 | $0.20 |
 | Sudan | 4.1K | 0.19 | 0.08 | $0.29 |
 | Venezuela | 3.9K | 1.19 | 0.14 | |
 | Burkina Faso | 3.8K | 0.45 | 0.17 | $0.54 |
 | Bulgaria | 3.4K | 0.95 | 0.50 | $0.71 |
 | Denmark | 3.3K | 1.38 | 0.56 | $0.38 |
 | Mozambique | 3.3K | 0.54 | 0.10 | $0.66 |
 | Thailand | 3.3K | 0.15 | 0.05 | $0.07 |
 | Finland | 3.3K | 1.45 | 0.58 | $1.11 |
 | Saudi Arabia | 3.2K | 0.88 | 0.10 | $0.39 |
 | Tunisia | 3.2K | 0.65 | 0.26 | $0.50 |
 | Lithuania | 3K | 1.29 | 1.06 | $0.94 |
 | Georgia | 2.9K | 6.80 | 0.77 | $2.35 |
 | El Salvador | 2.8K | 3.16 | 0.44 | $1.75 |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.7K | 6.13 | 0.86 | $1.82 |
 | Ireland | 2.3K | 5.16 | 0.44 | $0.28 |
 | Serbia | 2.2K | 0.80 | 0.33 | $0.33 |
 | Zimbabwe | 2.2K | 0.54 | 0.13 | $0.30 |
 | Suriname | 2.1K | 38.77 | 3.42 | $5.51 |
 | Malawi | 2K | 0.48 | 0.10 | $0.20 |
 | Sweden | 2K | 0.80 | 0.19 | $0.47 |
 | Rwanda | 2K | 1.35 | 0.15 | $0.55 |
 | Dominican Republic | 2K | 1.31 | 0.18 | $0.29 |
 | Syria | 1.9K | 0.35 | 0.08 | $0.24 |
 | Lebanon | 1.8K | 6.62 | 0.31 | $0.98 |
 | Sri Lanka | 1.8K | 0.70 | 0.08 | $0.23 |
 | Slovakia | 1.8K | 1.35 | 0.32 | $0.82 |
 | Libya | 1.7K | 0.84 | 0.23 | $0.91 |
 | Latvia | 1.7K | 1.22 | 0.89 | $1.05 |
 | Turkmenistan | 1.6K | 1.01 | 0.22 | $0.33 |
 | Jamaica | 1.6K | 8.73 | 0.58 | $1.88 |
 | DR Congo | 1.6K | 0.10 | 0.02 | $0.13 |
 | Switzerland | 1.5K | 3.63 | 0.17 | $0.41 |
 | Yemen | 1.5K | 1.04 | 0.04 | $0.45 |
 | Belize | 1.5K | 11.33 | 3.64 | $6.74 |
 | Togo | 1.4K | 0.51 | 0.15 | $0.90 |
 | Palestine | 1.3K | 11.91 | 0.25 | $1.69 |
 | Botswana | 1.3K | 4.85 | 0.51 | $2.50 |
 | Croatia | 1.2K | 1.29 | 0.31 | $0.54 |
 | Papua New Guinea | 1.2K | 1.00 | 0.12 | $0.31 |
 | Eswatini | 1.2K | 6.21 | 0.98 | $2.67 |
 | Namibia | 1.2K | 1.46 | 0.40 | $2.03 |
 | Kuwait | 1.2K | 0.24 | $1.73 | |
 | Nepal | 1.2K | 0.60 | 0.04 | $0.11 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.2K | 24.96 | 0.78 | $7.30 |
 | Haiti | 1.1K | 0.86 | 0.10 | $0.73 |
 | Qatar | 1.1K | 35.11 | 0.37 | $6.17 |
 | Liberia | 1K | 1.49 | 0.19 | $1.58 |
 | Armenia | 1K | 2.01 | 0.34 | $0.66 |
 | Gabon | 958 | 1.93 | 0.39 | $1.70 |
 | Cyprus | 825 | 6.50 | 0.61 | $1.66 |
 | Cuba | 788 | 0.22 | 0.07 | $0.23 |
 | Somalia | 747 | 0.66 | 0.04 | $0.32 |
 | Madagascar | 720 | 0.20 | 0.02 | $0.15 |
 | Estonia | 709 | 0.99 | 0.52 | $0.78 |
 | Mauritania | 698 | 1.52 | 0.14 | $0.68 |
 | Slovenia | 695 | 2.98 | 0.33 | $0.76 |
 | Tajikistan | 684 | 0.65 | 0.07 | $0.15 |
 | Jordan | 650 | 2.26 | 0.06 | $0.28 |
 | Norway | 629 | 0.78 | 0.11 | $0.31 |
 | Fiji | 612 | 4.42 | 0.66 | $1.89 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 578 | 0.42 | 0.08 | $0.16 |
 | Iraq | 576 | 0.10 | 0.01 | $0.14 |
 | Senegal | 576 | 0.15 | 0.03 | $0.12 |
 | Cayman Islands | 576 | |||
 | Mauritius | 563 | 7.13 | 0.44 | $1.77 |
 | Gambia | 556 | 1.24 | 0.21 | $3.77 |
 | Lesotho | 551 | 1.53 | 0.24 | $2.83 |
 | Azerbaijan | 543 | 0.23 | 0.05 | $0.09 |
 | Maldives | 461 | 23.67 | 0.88 | $10.32 |
 | Guyana | 458 | 3.63 | 0.55 | $0.51 |
 | Aruba | 449 | 4.16 | ||
 | Macau | 426 | 0.60 | $8.96 | |
 | Oman | 415 | 3.41 | 0.08 | $0.32 |
 | Sierra Leone | 361 | 0.21 | 0.04 | $0.22 |
 | Albania | 296 | 0.44 | 0.11 | $0.14 |
 | French Polynesia | 287 | 10.09 | 1.02 | $9.11 |
 | Saint Lucia | 264 | 27.59 | 1.47 | $8.96 |
 | Central African Republic | 260 | 0.10 | 0.05 | $0.09 |
 | New Caledonia | 253 | 26.06 | 0.87 | $6.91 |
 | Samoa | 252 | 5.95 | 1.16 | $4.76 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 229 | 36.59 | 2.45 | |
 | Laos | 187 | 0.12 | 0.02 | $0.03 |
 | Bahamas | 178 | 16.19 | 0.45 | $3.43 |
 | Brunei | 167 | 16.69 | 0.36 | $2.26 |
 | Bhutan | 153 | 1.34 | 0.19 | $1.10 |
 | Djibouti | 133 | 34.16 | 0.12 | $1.56 |
 | Grenada | 129 | 18.46 | 1.10 | $4.96 |
 | Bermuda | 124 | 1.91 | ||
 | Luxembourg | 116 | 1.85 | 0.17 | $0.38 |
 | Guinea | 111 | 0.02 | 0.01 | $0.02 |
 | Seychelles | 110 | 19.48 | 0.86 | $9.36 |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 109 | 21.89 | 1.08 | $3.08 |
 | Malta | 106 | 12.74 | 0.20 | $1.48 |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 101 | 19.89 | 2.17 | $7.79 |
 | North Macedonia | 98 | 0.21 | 0.05 | $0.09 |
 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 89 | 28.04 | 1.92 | |
 | Montenegro | 86 | 6.02 | 0.14 | $0.56 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 82 | 0.13 | 0.04 | $0.15 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 78 | 0.78 | 0.04 | $0.91 |
 | Barbados | 68 | 8.55 | 0.24 | $1.25 |
 | Anguilla | 66 | 4.57 | ||
 | Hong Kong | 55 | 18.33 | 0.01 | $0.35 |
 | Chad | 52 | 0.01 | $0.01 | |
 | Mayotte | 52 | 2.70 | 0.17 | |
 | Burundi | 50 | 0.03 | $0.02 | |
 | Sint Maarten | 50 | 1.18 | ||
 | Angola | 40 | 0.01 | ||
 | Comoros | 40 | 0.34 | 0.05 | $0.34 |
 | Solomon Islands | 40 | 0.39 | 0.05 | $0.27 |
 | Kiribati | 33 | 0.98 | 0.25 | $0.79 |
 | Eritrea | 28 | 0.04 | 0.01 | $0.07 |
 | Niger | 26 | |||
 | Palau | 25 | 10.80 | 1.40 | |
 | Ivory Coast | 23 | |||
 | Faroe Islands | 23 | 0.43 | $3.48 | |
 | Tonga | 20 | 0.65 | 0.19 | $0.55 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19 | 0.44 | 0.08 | $0.47 |
 | Bahrain | 18 | 4.31 | 0.01 | $0.11 |
 | British Virgin Islands | 17 | 8.46 | 0.43 | |
 | Vanuatu | 16 | 0.11 | 0.05 | $0.08 |
 | Andorra | 16 | 21.55 | 0.20 | |
 | Cook Islands | 15 | 7.86 | 1.05 | $6.09 |
 | Montserrat | 15 | 7.38 | 3.34 | |
 | Micronesia | 12 | 6.13 | 0.11 | $0.52 |
 | Guam | 9 | 1.08 | 0.05 | |
 | Greenland | 9 | 0.15 | ||
 | Nauru | 7 | 16.89 | 0.57 | $8.13 |
 | Cape Verde | 5 | 0.09 | 0.01 | $0.12 |
 | Mali | 4 | |||
 | Iceland | 2 | 0.01 | $0.01 | |
 | Tuvalu | 2 | 1.21 | 0.22 | $1.50 |
 | Niue | 2 | 0.44 | 0.92 | $0.68 |
 | Tanzania | 1 | |||
 | Tokelau | 1 | 1.46 | 0.36 | $0.89 |
 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.41 | |||
 | Falkland Islands | 0.09 | |||
| Total | 3.7M |
- Data are statistical estimates, typically based upon imports and domestic production of agricultural insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, bactericides, rodenticides, and other pesticides.
- Agricultural Use totals have been rounded to the nearest whole tonne, also known as a metric ton.
- One tonne = 1,000 kg, or roughly 2,204.6 lbs.
- Use per area of cropland: kg/ha (kilograms per hectare)
- Use per capita: kg/cap (kilograms per capita)
- Use per value of agricultural production: g/Int$ (grams per international dollar)
During the past few years, there has been a major push to get countries to reduce their pesticide usage. Unfortunately, a lot of countries still use a tremendous amount of pesticides. As of 2021 data, Brazil uses more pesticides than any other country on Earth. Every year, Brazil uses approximately 719.5 thousand tons of pesticides. Only one other country on Earth uses more than 400 million kilograms of pesticides yearly, and that is the United States, which is second on the list, using approximately 457.4 million kilograms of pesticides every year.
Third on the list, Indonesia uses 283.3 million kilograms of pesticides annually. Only two other countries use more than 100 million kilograms of pesticides yearly as of 2021, and those are Argentina and China, with 241.5 and 233.9 thousand tons (million kg), respectively.
