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 152nd of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Ireland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 110 t | — |
| 1991 | 110 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 110 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 110 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 110 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 106 t | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 45 t | -57.5% |
| 1997 | 64 t | +42.2% |
| 1998 | 86 t | +34.4% |
| 1999 | 72 t | -16.3% |
| 2000 | 60 t | -16.7% |
| 2001 | 71 t | +18.3% |
| 2002 | 47 t | -33.8% |
| 2003 | 42 t | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 39 t | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 50 t | +28.2% |
| 2006 | 43 t | -14.0% |
| 2007 | 43 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 44 t | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 24 t | -45.5% |
| 2010 | 24 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 71 t | +195.8% |
| 2012 | 78 t | +9.9% |
| 2013 | 66 t | -15.4% |
| 2014 | 77 t | +16.7% |
| 2015 | 78 t | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 47 t | -39.7% |
| 2017 | 76 t | +61.7% |
| 2018 | 39 t | -48.7% |
| 2019 | 40 t | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 22 t | -45.0% |
| 2021 | 22 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 42 t | +90.9% |
| 2023 | 36 t | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 22 t | -38.9% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 22 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 77.5 t, 28% of the median. (64 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 22 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 162 t, 14% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +195.8% | 24 t | 71 t |
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
- 149 Equatorial Guinea 25 t compare
- 149 Seychelles 25 t compare
- 151 Montenegro 24 t compare
- 152 China, Hong Kong SAR 22 t compare
- 154 Comoros 21 t compare
- 155 Bermuda 20 t compare
- 155 Grenada 20 t compare
More environment data for Ireland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.412 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.13 % 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 -0.0083 % change on previous year (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 152nd out of 200 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).