Pesticide use by volume and by expenditure

Fungicides and Bactericides: 44,310 tonnes; slight increase

Herbicides: 239,657 tonnes; significant increase over last decade and a half (amount in 1999 was less than half)

Insecticides: 70,424 tonnes; slight increase

(2013)

Note:

In 2013/2014 Brazil became the largest consumer of agrochemicals in the world, with 1 billion liters, i.e., 5 liters per inhabitant. See more in; http://cartamaior.com.br/?/Editoria/Meio-Ambiente/Agrotoxicos-proibidos-em-varios-paises-sao-usados-no-Brasil/3/34320