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Table 4 Global agricultural and non-agricultural use of glyphosate: 1994 through 2014

From: Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and globally

 

1994

1995

2000

2005

2010

2012

2014

Glyphosate use (1000 kg)

56,296

67,078

193,485

402,350

652,486

718,600

825,804

 Agricultural

42,868

51,078

155,367

339,790

578,124

648,638

746,580

 Non-agricultural

13,428

16,000

38,118

62,560

74,362

69,962

79,224

Glyphosate use (1000 lb)

124,112

147,882

426,561

887,030

1,438,485

1,584,242

1,820,585

 Agricultural

94,508

112,608

342,525

749,108

1,274,546

1,430,002

1,645,927

 Non-agricultural

29,604

35,274

84,036

137,922

163,940

154,240

174,658

Share agricultural (%)

76

76

80

84

89

90

90

Share non-agricultural (%)

24

24

20

16

11

10

10

  1. Data in thousands of kilograms or pound of glyphosate active ingredient. See Additional file 1: Table S24 Table for details