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.

How to read: 1 cell = 4,000 tonnes of pesticides (recent year) (0.1% of global pesticide use). 1,000 cells total.

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