The sustainable pesticide use indicator balances the environmental impacts of over-application and responsible pesticide use for food security. The indicator adjusts a newly-developed metric called the “pesticide risk score” (Tang et. al, 2021) based on a country’s pesticide application rate (Maggi et. al, 2019).
Sustainable Pesticide Use
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 86.70 | NA |
| Djibouti | 4 | 82.20 | NA |
| Austria | 8 | 73.10 | NA |
| Argentina | 15 | 69.80 | NA |
| Bolivia | 27 | 63.30 | NA |
| Germany | 34 | 60.00 | NA |
| Chile | 36 | 54.70 | NA |
| Bulgaria | 42 | 48.00 | NA |
| Brazil | 42 | 48.00 | NA |
| Cameroon | 42 | 48.00 | NA |
| Burkina Faso | 51 | 41.60 | NA |
| Colombia | 56 | 40.00 | NA |
| Azerbaijan | 59 | 38.40 | NA |
| Afghanistan | 60 | 37.30 | NA |
| China | 65 | 35.30 | NA |
| Switzerland | 66 | 34.70 | NA |
| Republic of Congo | 66 | 34.70 | NA |
| Armenia | 71 | 33.30 | NA |
| Bangladesh | 72 | 32.90 | NA |
| Brunei Darussalam | 80 | 29.60 | NA |
| Benin | 85 | 27.80 | NA |
| Belarus | 89 | 26.90 | NA |
| Bhutan | 95 | 24.40 | NA |
| Costa Rica | 96 | 24.20 | NA |
| Cuba | 100 | 24.00 | NA |
| Belize | 103 | 23.10 | NA |
| United Arab Emirates | 110 | 21.10 | NA |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 110 | 21.10 | NA |
| Angola | 117 | 20.40 | NA |
| Albania | 118 | 20.20 | NA |
| Antigua and Barbuda | NA | NA | NA |
| Belgium | 119 | 18.90 | NA |
| Canada | 133 | 16.90 | NA |
| Burundi | 152 | NA | NA |
| Bahrain | NA | NA | NA |
| Bahamas | NA | NA | NA |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 129 | 17.60 | NA |
| Barbados | NA | NA | NA |
| Botswana | 134 | 16.70 | NA |
| Czech Republic | 135 | 16.00 | NA |
| Central African Republic | 141 | 10.00 | NA |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 146 | 7.30 | NA |
| Comoros | NA | NA | NA |
| Cabo Verde | NA | NA | NA |
| Cyprus | 152 | NA | NA |
| Dominica | NA | NA | NA |
| Algeria | 5 | 81.80 | NA |
| Denmark | 6 | 78.40 | NA |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 75.30 | NA |
| Finland | 8 | 73.10 | NA |
| Jordan | 10 | 72.90 | NA |
| Croatia | 11 | 72.40 | NA |
| Estonia | 13 | 71.80 | NA |
| Iraq | 22 | 65.30 | NA |
| Guyana | 23 | 64.90 | NA |
| Iran | 31 | 61.60 | NA |
| Ethiopia | 33 | 60.40 | NA |
| Ireland | 41 | 50.00 | NA |
| Kyrgyzstan | 46 | 45.60 | NA |
| India | 47 | 45.30 | NA |
| Guinea-Bissau | 55 | 40.70 | NA |
| Gambia | 62 | 36.70 | NA |
| United Kingdom | 64 | 35.80 | NA |
| France | 70 | 33.80 | NA |
| Hungary | 72 | 32.90 | NA |
| Cambodia | 72 | 32.90 | NA |
| Gabon | 77 | 31.80 | NA |
| Jamaica | 83 | 28.20 | NA |
| Spain | 86 | 27.30 | NA |
| Guinea | 86 | 27.30 | NA |
| Georgia | 88 | 27.10 | NA |
| Greece | 92 | 25.10 | NA |
| Egypt | 96 | 24.20 | NA |
| Equatorial Guinea | 104 | 22.70 | NA |
| Israel | 104 | 22.70 | NA |
| Dominican Republic | 106 | 22.40 | NA |
| Indonesia | 108 | 21.60 | NA |
| Honduras | 113 | 20.90 | NA |
| Italy | 115 | 20.70 | NA |
| Guatemala | 120 | 18.70 | NA |
| Ecuador | 132 | 17.10 | NA |
| Eritrea | 145 | 7.60 | NA |
| Fiji | NA | NA | NA |
| Micronesia | NA | NA | NA |
| Kenya | 123 | 18.20 | NA |
| Ghana | 148 | 3.10 | NA |
| Grenada | NA | NA | NA |
| Japan | 140 | 10.90 | NA |
| Haiti | 152 | NA | NA |
| Iceland | NA | NA | NA |
| Kiribati | NA | NA | NA |
| Oman | 3 | 84.00 | NA |
| New Zealand | 12 | 72.20 | NA |
| Luxembourg | 17 | 69.60 | NA |
| Lithuania | 19 | 67.10 | NA |
| Latvia | 21 | 66.00 | NA |
| Lesotho | 26 | 63.60 | NA |
| Mexico | 29 | 62.40 | NA |
| Morocco | 35 | 59.10 | NA |
| Montenegro | 40 | 50.20 | NA |
| North Macedonia | 49 | 42.90 | NA |
| Panama | 54 | 40.90 | NA |
| Nicaragua | 57 | 39.80 | NA |
| South Korea | 63 | 36.40 | NA |
| Malawi | 68 | 34.40 | NA |
| Kuwait | 69 | 34.00 | NA |
| Myanmar | 76 | 32.20 | NA |
| Sri Lanka | 78 | 30.00 | NA |
| Mongolia | 78 | 30.00 | NA |
| Laos | 81 | 29.10 | NA |
| Poland | 84 | 28.00 | NA |
| Mozambique | 90 | 26.40 | NA |
| Portugal | 94 | 24.70 | NA |
| Peru | 96 | 24.20 | NA |
| Pakistan | 107 | 22.00 | NA |
| Madagascar | 109 | 21.30 | NA |
| Moldova | 110 | 21.10 | NA |
| Liberia | 120 | 18.70 | NA |
| Netherlands | 120 | 18.70 | NA |
| Nigeria | 123 | 18.20 | NA |
| Namibia | 126 | 18.00 | NA |
| Malaysia | 129 | 17.60 | NA |
| Philippines | 136 | 15.10 | NA |
| Mauritania | 137 | 14.70 | NA |
| Norway | 139 | 11.80 | NA |
| Niger | 143 | 9.60 | NA |
| Lebanon | 151 | 0.90 | NA |
| Saint Lucia | NA | NA | NA |
| Maldives | NA | NA | NA |
| Marshall Islands | NA | NA | NA |
| Mali | 126 | 18.00 | NA |
| Malta | NA | NA | NA |
| Mauritius | NA | NA | NA |
| Sweden | 2 | 84.40 | NA |
| Uruguay | 14 | 70.00 | NA |
| Zambia | 15 | 69.80 | NA |
| South Africa | 18 | 67.80 | NA |
| Slovakia | 19 | 67.10 | NA |
| Venezuela | 24 | 64.40 | NA |
| Turkmenistan | 25 | 63.80 | NA |
| Slovenia | 28 | 62.90 | NA |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 62.00 | NA |
| Paraguay | 32 | 60.90 | NA |
| Tajikistan | 36 | 54.70 | NA |
| Saudi Arabia | 38 | 54.40 | NA |
| United States of America | 39 | 50.90 | NA |
| Uzbekistan | 45 | 46.90 | NA |
| Eswatini | 47 | 45.30 | NA |
| Romania | 50 | 41.80 | NA |
| Sudan | 51 | 41.60 | NA |
| Senegal | 53 | 41.30 | NA |
| Togo | 58 | 38.70 | NA |
| Russia | 60 | 37.30 | NA |
| Thailand | 72 | 32.90 | NA |
| Viet Nam | 82 | 28.90 | NA |
| Tunisia | 91 | 25.30 | NA |
| Suriname | 93 | 24.90 | NA |
| Singapore | 96 | 24.20 | NA |
| Sierra Leone | 101 | 23.80 | NA |
| Rwanda | 102 | 23.60 | NA |
| Turkey | 113 | 20.90 | NA |
| Serbia | 115 | 20.70 | NA |
| Tanzania | 123 | 18.20 | NA |
| Chad | 126 | 18.00 | NA |
| Taiwan | 138 | 14.20 | NA |
| Ukraine | 141 | 10.00 | NA |
| Uganda | 147 | 4.00 | NA |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 149 | 2.90 | NA |
| Qatar | 152 | NA | NA |
| Solomon Islands | NA | NA | NA |
| El Salvador | 131 | 17.30 | NA |
| Nepal | 144 | 8.40 | NA |
| Papua New Guinea | 152 | NA | NA |
| Sao Tome and Principe | NA | NA | NA |
| Seychelles | NA | NA | NA |
| Timor-Leste | 150 | 2.00 | NA |
| Tonga | NA | NA | NA |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | NA | NA | NA |
| Vanuatu | NA | NA | NA |
| Samoa | NA | NA | NA |