What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Cuba and India?

0.02 kilograms per hectare, with India ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and India?

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.

Cuba vs India: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland

Cuba

0.22 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

India

0.24 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Cuba rank

174th

India rank

172nd

Pesticide use per hectare of cropland over time

Cuba
India

How they compare

India currently reports 0.24 kilograms per hectare against 0.22 kilograms per hectare in Cuba, a difference of 0.02 kilograms per hectare.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Cuba's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 174th and India ranks 172nd of 198 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cuba	India	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.02 kilograms per hectare	0.359 kilograms per hectare	0.661 kilograms per hectare	Cuba
2000s	0.844 kilograms per hectare	0.207 kilograms per hectare	0.637 kilograms per hectare	Cuba
2010s	0.95 kilograms per hectare	0.24 kilograms per hectare	0.71 kilograms per hectare	Cuba
2020s	0.27 kilograms per hectare	0.24 kilograms per hectare	0.03 kilograms per hectare	Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticide use per hectare of cropland, Cuba or India?: India, at 0.24 kilograms per hectare against 0.22 kilograms per hectare in Cuba as of 2023.
What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Cuba and India?: 0.02 kilograms per hectare, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and India?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Cuba and India rank globally for pesticide use per hectare of cropland?: Cuba ranks 174th and India ranks 172nd 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.