Herbicides – Phenoxy hormone products — Agricultural Use in Latvia
Latvia: Herbicides – Phenoxy hormone products — Agricultural Use was 139 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Herbicides – Phenoxy hormone products — Agricultural Use in Latvia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 139 t for herbicides – phenoxy hormone products — agricultural use in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbicides – phenoxy hormone products — agricultural use in Latvia peaked at 187 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 43 t, in 2002.
That places Latvia 37th out of 77 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Herbicides – Phenoxy hormone products — Agricultural Use in Latvia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 168 t | — |
| 1993 | 69 t | -58.9% |
| 1994 | 58 t | -15.9% |
| 1995 | 62 t | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 79 t | +27.4% |
| 1997 | 115 t | +45.6% |
| 1998 | 143 t | +24.3% |
| 2000 | 68 t | -52.4% |
| 2001 | 77 t | +13.2% |
| 2002 | 43 t | -44.2% |
| 2003 | 106 t | +146.5% |
| 2004 | 117 t | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 148 t | +26.5% |
| 2006 | 132 t | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 157 t | +18.9% |
| 2008 | 163 t | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 137 t | -16.0% |
| 2010 | 124 t | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 135 t | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 130 t | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 124 t | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 159 t | +28.2% |
| 2015 | 168 t | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 117 t | -30.4% |
| 2017 | 134 t | +14.5% |
| 2018 | 168 t | +25.4% |
| 2019 | 171 t | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 187 t | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 178 t | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 153 t | -14.0% |
| 2023 | 138 t | -9.8% |
| 2024 | 139 t | +0.7% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 139 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 112 t, 1.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 139 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 100.5 t, 1.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Herbicides – Phenoxy hormone products — Agricultural Use in Latvia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +146.5% | 43 t | 106 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.14 t | 58 t | 168 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 114.8 t | 43 t | 163 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 143 t | 117 t | 171 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 159 t | 138 t | 187 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More environment data for Latvia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.883 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.56 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4753 % 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 0.0183 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is herbicides – phenoxy hormone products — agricultural use in Latvia?
- Herbicides – phenoxy hormone products — agricultural use in Latvia was 139 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbicides – phenoxy hormone products — agricultural use recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 187 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest herbicides – phenoxy hormone products — agricultural use recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43 t in 2002.
- How does Latvia rank for herbicides – phenoxy hormone products — agricultural use?
- Latvia ranks 37th out of 77 countries with data for 2024.
- Is herbicides – phenoxy hormone products — agricultural use rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbicides – Phenoxy hormone products — Agricultural Use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).