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

0.28 kilograms per hectare, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada 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.

Canada vs United States: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland

Canada

2.5 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

United States

2.78 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Canada rank

88th

United States rank

85th

Pesticide use per hectare of cropland over time

Canada
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 2.78 kilograms per hectare against 2.5 kilograms per hectare in Canada, a difference of 0.28 kilograms per hectare.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 88th and United States ranks 85th of 198 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	United States	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.82 kilograms per hectare	2.27 kilograms per hectare	1.45 kilograms per hectare	United States
2000s	1.03 kilograms per hectare	2.36 kilograms per hectare	1.33 kilograms per hectare	United States
2010s	2.05 kilograms per hectare	2.66 kilograms per hectare	0.609 kilograms per hectare	United States
2020s	2.48 kilograms per hectare	2.79 kilograms per hectare	0.3025 kilograms per hectare	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticide use per hectare of cropland, Canada or United States?: United States, at 2.78 kilograms per hectare against 2.5 kilograms per hectare in Canada as of 2023.
What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Canada and United States?: 0.28 kilograms per hectare, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United States?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Canada and United States rank globally for pesticide use per hectare of cropland?: Canada ranks 88th 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.