2026-05-28 · tonnes of pesticides (recent year)

Pesticide use keeps rising in total

Herbicides dominate modern agriculture. Rich countries use less per hectare — global tonnes still climb.

Herbicides dominate modern agriculture. Rich countries use less per hectare — global tonnes still climb. This grid divides global pesticide use (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Herbicides, Insecticides, and Fungicides + other — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.

1 cell = 4,000 tonnes of pesticides (recent year) (0.1% of global pesticide use) · 1,000 cells