How much pesticide each country uses, from 1990 to 2023, measured as active ingredient. Move the year, switch the measure, and choose a country to see its trend and whether its figure is official or estimated. National averages hide where spraying concentrates; the district and farm layers come next.
Year 2023
Data. FAO, FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain (Pesticides, total, and herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and bactericides; active ingredient), 1990 to 2023, file released July 2026; licence CC BY 4.0. Insecticides include the most acutely poisonous classes, such as organophosphates. FAO marks each value as official, estimated or imputed, and the card shows which; many countries' figures are estimates. Per hectare is per hectare of cropland. Country outlines: Natural Earth via world-atlas; India is drawn on the official outline used in the Tailwinds India maps. Boundaries do not imply any judgment on the legal status of any territory.