Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 320,602 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Eastern Asia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 320,602 t for pesticides (total) — agricultural use in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.8% on the previous year and down 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Eastern Asia peaked at 424,167 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 259,645 t, in 1990.
That places Eastern Asia 5th out of 42 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 | 306,683 t | 259,645 t | 366,783 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 376,932 t | 353,069 t | 415,175 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 405,179 t | 346,399 t | 424,167 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 315,776 t | 300,068 t | 329,394 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 8.54 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 181.93 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 25.26 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Eastern Asia?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Eastern Asia was 320,602 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 424,167 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 259,645 t in 1990.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Eastern Asia ranks 5th out of 42 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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).