Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Ireland
Ireland: Insecticides — Agricultural Use was 22 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Ireland, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 22 t for insecticides — agricultural use in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 38.9% on the previous year and down 71.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insecticides — agricultural use in Ireland peaked at 110 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 22 t, in 2020.
Ireland ranks 162nd of 216 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.3 t | 45 t | 110 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.3 t | 24 t | 71 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.6 t | 24 t | 78 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.8 t | 22 t | 42 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 159 Equatorial Guinea 25 t compare
- 159 Seychelles 25 t compare
- 161 Montenegro 24 t compare
- 162 China, Hong Kong SAR 22 t compare
- 164 Comoros 21 t compare
- 165 Bermuda 20 t compare
- 165 Grenada 20 t compare
More environment data for Ireland
- Inland waters — Area 139 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 58.85 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 90.33 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 4,054 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.02 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 9.65 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 433 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.08 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 6.3 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insecticides — agricultural use in Ireland?
- Insecticides — agricultural use in Ireland was 22 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest insecticides — agricultural use recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 110 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest insecticides — agricultural use recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 22 t in 2020.
- How does Ireland rank for insecticides — agricultural use?
- Ireland ranks 162nd out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is insecticides — agricultural use rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Insecticides — 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).