What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Belize and Brazil?

1.3 kilograms per hectare, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Brazil?

34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Pesticide use per hectare of cropland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belize vs Brazil: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland

Belize

11.33 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Brazil

12.63 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Belize rank

30th

Brazil rank

28th

Pesticide use per hectare of cropland over time

Belize
Brazil

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 12.63 kilograms per hectare against 11.33 kilograms per hectare in Belize, a difference of 1.3 kilograms per hectare.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Belize's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Belize ahead.

Belize ranks 30th and Brazil ranks 28th of 198 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 3 and Brazil in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belize	Brazil	Difference	Ahead
1990s	11.91 kilograms per hectare	1.69 kilograms per hectare	10.21 kilograms per hectare	Belize
2000s	11.06 kilograms per hectare	3.83 kilograms per hectare	7.23 kilograms per hectare	Belize
2010s	8.68 kilograms per hectare	7.77 kilograms per hectare	0.911 kilograms per hectare	Belize
2020s	10.05 kilograms per hectare	11.85 kilograms per hectare	1.81 kilograms per hectare	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticide use per hectare of cropland, Belize or Brazil?: Brazil, at 12.63 kilograms per hectare against 11.33 kilograms per hectare in Belize as of 2023.
What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Belize and Brazil?: 1.3 kilograms per hectare, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Brazil?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Belize and Brazil rank globally for pesticide use per hectare of cropland?: Belize ranks 30th and Brazil ranks 28th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Pesticide use per hectare of cropland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland
Unit: kilograms per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 198 places, 6,594 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Average pesticide application per unit of cropland, measured in kilograms per hectare.