What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Japan and Palau?

0.19 kilograms per hectare, with Palau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Palau?

33 years are reported by both, from 1991 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.

Japan vs Palau: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland

Japan

10.61 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Palau

10.8 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Japan rank

32nd

Palau rank

31st

Pesticide use per hectare of cropland over time

Japan
Palau

How they compare

Palau currently reports 10.8 kilograms per hectare against 10.61 kilograms per hectare in Japan, a difference of 0.19 kilograms per hectare.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 32nd and Palau ranks 31st of 198 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Palau	Difference	Ahead
1990s	15.85 kilograms per hectare	3.11 kilograms per hectare	12.74 kilograms per hectare	Japan
2000s	14.24 kilograms per hectare	2.88 kilograms per hectare	11.37 kilograms per hectare	Japan
2010s	11.79 kilograms per hectare	7.4 kilograms per hectare	4.38 kilograms per hectare	Japan
2020s	11.16 kilograms per hectare	10.8 kilograms per hectare	0.36 kilograms per hectare	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticide use per hectare of cropland, Japan or Palau?: Palau, at 10.8 kilograms per hectare against 10.61 kilograms per hectare in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Japan and Palau?: 0.19 kilograms per hectare, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Palau?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
How do Japan and Palau rank globally for pesticide use per hectare of cropland?: Japan ranks 32nd and Palau ranks 31st 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.