What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Malta and Palestine?

0.83 kilograms per hectare, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Palestine?

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.

Malta vs Palestine: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland

Malta

12.74 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Palestine

11.91 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Malta rank

27th

Palestine rank

29th

Pesticide use per hectare of cropland over time

Malta
Palestine

How they compare

Malta currently reports 12.74 kilograms per hectare against 11.91 kilograms per hectare in Palestine, a difference of 0.83 kilograms per hectare.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Palestine's.

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

Malta ranks 27th and Palestine ranks 29th of 198 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Palestine	Difference	Ahead
1990s	23.82 kilograms per hectare	6.29 kilograms per hectare	17.52 kilograms per hectare	Malta
2000s	12.86 kilograms per hectare	6.89 kilograms per hectare	5.97 kilograms per hectare	Malta
2010s	10.83 kilograms per hectare	10.03 kilograms per hectare	0.807 kilograms per hectare	Malta
2020s	11.82 kilograms per hectare	11.51 kilograms per hectare	0.31 kilograms per hectare	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticide use per hectare of cropland, Malta or Palestine?: Malta, at 12.74 kilograms per hectare against 11.91 kilograms per hectare in Palestine as of 2023.
What is the difference in pesticide use per hectare of cropland between Malta and Palestine?: 0.83 kilograms per hectare, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Palestine?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Malta and Palestine rank globally for pesticide use per hectare of cropland?: Malta ranks 27th and Palestine ranks 29th 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.