Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Americas
Americas: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 1.91 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Americas, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Americas is 1.91 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Americas peaked at 1.91 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 609,256 t, in 1990.
That places Americas 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 708,692 t | 609,256 t | 858,585 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 million t | 879,351 t | 1.21 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.46 million t | 1.30 million t | 1.63 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.83 million t | 1.73 million t | 1.91 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More environment data for Americas
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 12.55 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 27.37 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 9.07 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 13.16 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 34.89 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 19.01 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 41.48 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 15.65 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 25.42 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 13.51 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Americas?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Americas was 1.91 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.91 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 609,256 t in 1990.
- How does Americas rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — 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).