What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Italy and Portugal?

0.18 kilograms per hectare, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?

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.

Italy vs Portugal: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland

Italy

4.17 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Portugal

4.35 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Italy rank

66th

Portugal rank

64th

Pesticide use per hectare of cropland over time

Italy
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 4.35 kilograms per hectare against 4.17 kilograms per hectare in Italy, a difference of 0.18 kilograms per hectare.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 66th and Portugal ranks 64th of 198 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1990s	7.55 kilograms per hectare	3.99 kilograms per hectare	3.56 kilograms per hectare	Italy
2000s	7.83 kilograms per hectare	7.56 kilograms per hectare	0.274 kilograms per hectare	Italy
2010s	6.48 kilograms per hectare	5.97 kilograms per hectare	0.51 kilograms per hectare	Italy
2020s	5.06 kilograms per hectare	4.97 kilograms per hectare	0.09 kilograms per hectare	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticide use per hectare of cropland, Italy or Portugal?: Portugal, at 4.35 kilograms per hectare against 4.17 kilograms per hectare in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Italy and Portugal?: 0.18 kilograms per hectare, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for pesticide use per hectare of cropland?: Italy ranks 66th and Portugal ranks 64th 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.