Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Aruba
Aruba: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 424 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Aruba, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Aruba recorded 424 t for pesticides (total) — agricultural use in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Aruba peaked at 538 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 148 t, in 1990.
Aruba ranks 133rd of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Aruba, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 148 t | — |
| 1991 | 155 t | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 169 t | +9.0% |
| 1993 | 190 t | +12.4% |
| 1994 | 211 t | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 232 t | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 253 t | +9.1% |
| 1997 | 274 t | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 294 t | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 315 t | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 336 t | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 357 t | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 378 t | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 399 t | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 420 t | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 441 t | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 461 t | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 482 t | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 503 t | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 525 t | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 538 t | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 502 t | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 459 t | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 410 t | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 391 t | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 454 t | +16.1% |
| 2016 | 459 t | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 467 t | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 388 t | -16.9% |
| 2019 | 404 t | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 458 t | +13.4% |
| 2021 | 491 t | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 480 t | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 440 t | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 424 t | -3.6% |
Aruba compared with similar countries
- Aruba's 424 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,463 t, 29% of the median. (64 countries reporting)
- Aruba's 424 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,534 t, 28% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 224.1 t | 148 t | 315 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 430.2 t | 336 t | 525 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 447.2 t | 388 t | 538 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 458.6 t | 424 t | 491 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Aruba
- 130 Cayman Islands 538 t compare
- 131 Iraq 512 t compare
- 132 Turkmenistan 498 t compare
- 134 Oman 415 t compare
- 135 Samoa 409 t compare
- 136 Sierra Leone 361 t compare
More environment data for Aruba
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2020)
- Standard Deviation 0.339 °C (2020)
- Temperature change 1.63 °C (2020)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 0 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 0 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Aruba?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Aruba was 424 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Aruba?
- The highest recorded value was 538 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Aruba?
- The lowest recorded value was 148 t in 1990.
- How does Aruba rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Aruba ranks 133rd out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Aruba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Aruba 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).