Worldwide annual spending on glyphosate-based weed killers is between 6.8 billion and 12.4 billion dollars.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
The claimed 6.8–12.4 billion range matches the three estimates named in the passage, and none of the provided sources addresses those specific estimates. Other sources put glyphosate market value around $7.6–10 billion, inside the claimed range, but they measure market value rather than spending and do not confirm the 12.4 upper bound.
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… Here we go: worldwide annual spending on glyphosate-based weed killers is roughly seven to 12 billion dollars. Seems well, uhm, is one universally agreed total. Global Market Insight estimates 6.8 billion, Insight 8 estimates 9.3, Transparency Market Research estimates 12.4. These are commercial market estimates, not an audited tally of everyone's purchases, so there's not a clear number, but either way, we're talking about billions. …
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Supports. Market research cited in the sources puts the glyphosate market at about $7.6 billion in 2020, projected to reach $8.9 billion by 2026, and at $8.5–10 billion by 2021; these figures fall inside the claimed 6.8–12.4 billion range.[3][4]
Supports. A 2025 herbicides market report says glyphosate holds 25.5% of a $31.4 billion herbicide market, which implies roughly $8 billion for glyphosate in 2025, also within the claimed range.[5]
Context. None of the sources addresses the three named estimates (6.8, 9.3, 12.4 billion), and the passage itself says these are commercial estimates, not an audited tally of purchases.
Context. The sources measure glyphosate market value or total herbicide expenditure (about $14 billion in 2011, per the EPA via Reuters), not glyphosate-based weed killer spending specifically, so the measures differ from the claim's wording.[1][2][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1Cancer cause or crop aid? Herbicide faces big testreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2US EPA - Pesticides Industry Sales and Usage 2008 - 2012epa.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Global Glyphosate Market Report 2022-2026: Growing Adoption of GM Crops Underpins Volume Salesglobenewswire.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Use of Controversial Weed Killer Glyphosate Skyrockets Across ...nebraskapublicmedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Herbicides Market Size, Share & Forecast Report 2025 to 2034dataintelo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Cancer cause or crop aid? Herbicide faces big test | Articlescareygillam.com · not rated · cited for: context
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