Hazardous pesticides — Import quantity in Canada
Canada: Hazardous pesticides — Import quantity was 3,094 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Hazardous pesticides — Import quantity in Canada, 2007–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Canada recorded 3,094 t for hazardous pesticides — import quantity in 2024.
The figure is down 22.7% on the previous year and down 45.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hazardous pesticides — import quantity in Canada peaked at 41,660 t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1,613 t, in 2020.
That places Canada 8th out of 171 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Hazardous pesticides — Import quantity in Canada, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 41,660 t | — |
| 2008 | 10,884 t | -73.9% |
| 2009 | 8,282 t | -23.9% |
| 2010 | 9,271 t | +12.0% |
| 2011 | 9,281 t | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 9,590 t | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 11,097 t | +15.7% |
| 2014 | 5,636 t | -49.2% |
| 2015 | 6,384 t | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 7,731 t | +21.1% |
| 2017 | 5,867 t | -24.1% |
| 2018 | 1,693 t | -71.1% |
| 2019 | 1,821 t | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 1,613 t | -11.4% |
| 2021 | 2,310 t | +43.2% |
| 2022 | 7,104 t | +207.5% |
| 2023 | 4,004 t | -43.6% |
| 2024 | 3,094 t | -22.7% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 3,094 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 15.11 t, 204.8× the median. (61 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Hazardous pesticides — Import quantity in Canada changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +207.5% | 2,310 t | 7,104 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20,275 t | 8,282 t | 41,660 t | 3 |
| 2010s | 6,837 t | 1,693 t | 11,097 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,625 t | 1,613 t | 7,104 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 55.04 t compare
- 5 Guatemala 3,881 t compare
- 6 Poland 3,878 t compare
- 6 Timor-Leste 29.5 t compare
- 7 Costa Rica 3,385 t compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 0.9651 t compare
- 8 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.5119 t compare
- 9 Thailand 2,627 t compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.2675 t compare
- 10 New Zealand 1,868 t compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 0.2 t compare
- 11 El Salvador 1,602 t compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 0.14 t compare
More environment data for Canada
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.642 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3398 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is hazardous pesticides — import quantity in Canada?
- Hazardous pesticides — import quantity in Canada was 3,094 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hazardous pesticides — import quantity recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 41,660 t in 2007.
- What is the lowest hazardous pesticides — import quantity recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,613 t in 2020.
- How does Canada rank for hazardous pesticides — import quantity?
- Canada ranks 8th out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is hazardous pesticides — import quantity rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Hazardous pesticides — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Trade domain contains data on internationally traded pesticides (values and quantities). Data are sourced from international and national trade statistics, predominantly from UN COMTRADE (from 1990 onwards) or from national country trade tapes (1961-1990). Data for the period 1961-1989 cover only Import and Export values (FAOSTAT element codes 5622 and 5922). Data from 1990 onwards also include Import and Export quantities (codes 5610 and 5910) and include a complete time-series for Pesticides (total). The domain contains information on the trade of pesticides products in either: a) finished forms and/or packaging; or b) separate chemically-defined compounds relevant to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.