What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Equatorial Guinea and Sweden?

0.02 kilograms per hectare, with Sweden ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sweden?

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.

Equatorial Guinea vs Sweden: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland

Equatorial Guinea

0.78 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Sweden

0.8 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea rank

144th

Sweden rank

141st

Pesticide use per hectare of cropland over time

Equatorial Guinea
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.8 kilograms per hectare against 0.78 kilograms per hectare in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.02 kilograms per hectare.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sweden ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 144th and Sweden ranks 141st of 198 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.26 kilograms per hectare	0.592 kilograms per hectare	0.332 kilograms per hectare	Sweden
2000s	0.767 kilograms per hectare	0.772 kilograms per hectare	0.005 kilograms per hectare	Sweden
2010s	1.31 kilograms per hectare	0.832 kilograms per hectare	0.478 kilograms per hectare	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	0.7825 kilograms per hectare	0.8425 kilograms per hectare	0.06 kilograms per hectare	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticide use per hectare of cropland, Equatorial Guinea or Sweden?: Sweden, at 0.8 kilograms per hectare against 0.78 kilograms per hectare in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Equatorial Guinea and Sweden?: 0.02 kilograms per hectare, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sweden?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Sweden rank globally for pesticide use per hectare of cropland?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 144th and Sweden ranks 141st 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Equatorial Guinea vs Sweden: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 October 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/pesticide-use-per-hectare-of-cropland/equatorial-guinea/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/pesticide-use-per-hectare-of-cropland/equatorial-guinea/sweden/">Equatorial Guinea vs Sweden: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.