[OC] Pesticide Consumption Between 1990 and 2023. Brazil is the Largest Consumer by Far. by oscarleo0
oscarleo0 on March 28, 2026 2:17 pm Data source: [https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/pesticide-use-tonnes](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/pesticide-use-tonnes) Tools used: Matplotlib + Nano Banana
kenlasalle on March 28, 2026 2:22 pm “All that pesticide use will never come back to bite us in the ass.” Humans.
BlackSchwarzt on March 28, 2026 2:22 pm can imagine why the numbers have skyrocketed from 2016 on. any ideas? 😂 /s
jpbattistella on March 28, 2026 2:28 pm Total numbers can be misleading. Tonnes per hectare is the more useful unit for that. Nonetheless, interesting data.
havnar- on March 28, 2026 2:30 pm Because the west doesn’t want dangerous pesticides on their food they are the OK to buy crops with said pesticides from somewhere else. European politics 101, keep up
a_black_angus_cow on March 28, 2026 2:32 pm the metric used is not streamlined. need a liter per acre at least.
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Data source: [https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/pesticide-use-tonnes](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/pesticide-use-tonnes)
Tools used: Matplotlib + Nano Banana
“All that pesticide use will never come back to bite us in the ass.”
Humans.
can imagine why the numbers have skyrocketed from 2016 on. any ideas? 😂 /s
Total numbers can be misleading. Tonnes per hectare is the more useful unit for that. Nonetheless, interesting data.
Because the west doesn’t want dangerous pesticides on their food they are the OK to buy crops with said pesticides from somewhere else.
European politics 101, keep up
the metric used is not streamlined.
need a liter per acre at least.
Why has it dropped off so much in china? Is the data reliable?
I don’t think you’re supposed to eat the pesticide Brazil
Per acre would be helpful