Mean annual amount of agricultural pesticides used and mean area (in hectares) cultivated annually in two areas of Spain*, 1995–99
| Areas | Mean number of tons of pesticides used annually | Mean number of hectares cultivated annually | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| *Estimates based on information provided by the Professional Association for Plant Protection and by the Ministry of Agriculture. | ||||
| †Includes the following provinces: Alicante, Almería, Barcelona, Badajoz, Cádiz, Córdoba, Castellón, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Lleida, Málaga, Murcia, Sevilla, Tarragona, and Valencia. | ||||
| Total | 8830401 | 100.0 | 18829403 | 100.0 |
| Southern and eastern Spain† | 6022333 | 68.2 | 6891561 | 36.6 |
| Rest of Spain | 2808068 | 31.8 | 11937842 | 63.4 |