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

0.11 kilograms per hectare, with Malta ahead.

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

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.

Brazil vs Malta: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland

Brazil

12.63 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Malta

12.74 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Brazil rank

28th

Malta rank

27th

Pesticide use per hectare of cropland over time

Brazil
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 12.74 kilograms per hectare against 12.63 kilograms per hectare in Brazil, a difference of 0.11 kilograms per hectare.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malta ahead.

Brazil ranks 28th and Malta ranks 27th of 198 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.69 kilograms per hectare	23.82 kilograms per hectare	22.13 kilograms per hectare	Malta
2000s	3.83 kilograms per hectare	12.86 kilograms per hectare	9.03 kilograms per hectare	Malta
2010s	7.77 kilograms per hectare	10.83 kilograms per hectare	3.07 kilograms per hectare	Malta
2020s	11.85 kilograms per hectare	11.82 kilograms per hectare	0.035 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, Brazil or Malta?: Malta, at 12.74 kilograms per hectare against 12.63 kilograms per hectare in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Brazil and Malta?: 0.11 kilograms per hectare, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Malta?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Malta rank globally for pesticide use per hectare of cropland?: Brazil ranks 28th and Malta ranks 27th 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.