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Food Safety

Member States: Trends

Trend in use and risk of chemical pesticides and the use of more hazardous pesticides

The European Commission has calculated, using the methodology explained on these webpages, the progress made by each Member State towards meeting the two pesticide reduction targets in the Farm to Fork Strategy.

The Commission has provided each Member State with this information, and encouraged them to make this information public.

Where Member States have agreed for the Commission to publish this progress, this information is available below.

Austria

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Austria
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Austria

Bulgaria

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Bulgaria
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Bulgaria

Croatia

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Croatia
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Croatia

Czech Republic

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Czech Republic
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Czech Republic

Denmark

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Denmark
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Denmark

Germany

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Germany
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Germany

France

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - France
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - France

Ireland

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Ireland
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Ireland

Italy

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Italy
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Italy

There is a break in time series for Italy between 2019 and 2020 due to the reclassification of a small number of widely used active substances.

Lithuania

EU trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Lithuania
EU trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Lithuania

Luxembourg

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Luxembourg
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Luxembourg

Netherlands

The Netherlands is calculating national progress towards the Farm to Fork pesticide targets. The results of these calculations will be made available in due course.

Portugal

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Portugal
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Portugal

Romania

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Romania
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Romania

Slovakia

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Slovakia
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Slovakia

Slovenia

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Slovenia
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Slovenia

Spain

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Spain
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Spain

Sweden

Trend in the use and risk of chemical pesticides - Sweden
Trend in the use of the more hazardous pesticides - Sweden

Member State trends

in the use and risk of chemical pesticides

  2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
AT 93 97 87 87 91 102 107 115 108 106 114
BG 301 46 35 30 61 134 105 180 193 107 85
CZ 146 119 108 103 113 102 85 86 77 50 45
DK 165 227 164 74 98 97 104 105 105 107 104
DE 101 103 95 105 103 98 99 86 84 72 73
FR 101 100 101 111 104 103 93 107 62 67 68
HR 137 137 137 133 117 98 84 89 80 74 59
IE 112 87 94 109 112 100 88 81 121 49 51
IT 117 104 86 92 103 100 97 91 83 67 57
LT 74 81 81 84 90 109 101 75 82 71 71
LU 126 113 120 128 125 92 83 74 63 54 43
PT 125 115 95 119 99 113 88 74 79 67 66
RO 175 196 162 92 100 94 106 101 82 64 56
SI 109 97 89 96 99 105 96 101 74 71 67
SK 105 118 105 98 101 99 101 108 100 77 64
ES 127 105 111 121 120 101 79 85 97 88 74
SE 135 159 118 118 113 92 95 81 77 79 83

in the use of more hazardous pesticides

  2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
AT 83 95 101 103 99 102 98 93 91 86 98
BG 152 55 35 29 57 134 109 168 129 122 136
CZ 94 94 99 103 108 97 95 84 80 77 63
DE 90 93 90 89 105 100 95 88 85 78 85
DK 121 194 156 86 96 99 105 87 99 101 124
FR 99 94 98 112 106 102 92 111 62 76 86
HR 91 91 91 111 106 99 95 88 93 77 67
IE 100 71 95 93 113 116 71 69 65 72 72
IT 112 101 99 107 107 102 91 92 79 79 79
LT 32 50 54 61 90 109 100 81 81 68 65
LU 134 126 105 116 132 90 77 63 53 58 62
PT 77 81 48 86 101 120 78 75 77 46 64
RO 66 64 72 90 88 103 109 104 100 86 93
SI 82 68 73 78 91 111 98 122 85 86 84
SK 73 78 86 95 94 102 104 114 94 91 97
ES 91 85 98 97 100 105 96 85 95 49 48
SE 124 185 101 96 123 91 86 75 68 78 86