What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Bolivia and United States?

0.07 kilograms per hectare, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and United States?

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.

Bolivia vs United States: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland

Bolivia

2.71 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

United States

2.78 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Bolivia rank

86th

United States rank

85th

Pesticide use per hectare of cropland over time

Bolivia
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 2.78 kilograms per hectare against 2.71 kilograms per hectare in Bolivia, a difference of 0.07 kilograms per hectare.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States ahead.

Bolivia ranks 86th and United States ranks 85th of 198 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 2 and United States in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia	United States	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.792 kilograms per hectare	2.27 kilograms per hectare	1.48 kilograms per hectare	United States
2000s	1.66 kilograms per hectare	2.36 kilograms per hectare	0.703 kilograms per hectare	United States
2010s	3.32 kilograms per hectare	2.66 kilograms per hectare	0.657 kilograms per hectare	Bolivia
2020s	3.19 kilograms per hectare	2.79 kilograms per hectare	0.3975 kilograms per hectare	Bolivia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticide use per hectare of cropland, Bolivia or United States?: United States, at 2.78 kilograms per hectare against 2.71 kilograms per hectare in Bolivia as of 2023.
What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Bolivia and United States?: 0.07 kilograms per hectare, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and United States?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Bolivia and United States rank globally for pesticide use per hectare of cropland?: Bolivia ranks 86th and United States ranks 85th 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.