Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Republic of Moldova
Republic of Moldova: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 6,979 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Republic of Moldova, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Republic of Moldova is 6,979 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 179.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Republic of Moldova peaked at 6,979 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,308 t, in 2009.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Republic of Moldova, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,897 t | — |
| 1993 | 2,501 t | -13.7% |
| 1994 | 2,554 t | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 2,606 t | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 2,659 t | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 2,711 t | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 2,764 t | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 2,816 t | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 2,869 t | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 2,876 t | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 2,606 t | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 2,716 t | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 2,915 t | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 2,395 t | -17.8% |
| 2006 | 2,466 t | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 2,556 t | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 2,925 t | +14.4% |
| 2009 | 2,308 t | -21.1% |
| 2010 | 2,466 t | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 2,454 t | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 2,316 t | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 2,409 t | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 2,500 t | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 2,739 t | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 2,981 t | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 3,116 t | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 3,349 t | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 3,375 t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 3,355 t | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 5,167 t | +54.0% |
| 2022 | 6,979 t | +35.1% |
| 2023 | 6,979 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6,979 t | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,688 t | 2,501 t | 2,897 t | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,663 t | 2,308 t | 2,925 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,770 t | 2,316 t | 3,375 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,892 t | 3,355 t | 6,979 t | 5 |
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More environment data for Republic of Moldova
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.733 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 3.27 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 6,770 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.25 kg/ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 217.5 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 10.06 % (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 94.3 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 7.17 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Republic of Moldova?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Republic of Moldova was 6,979 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Republic of Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 6,979 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Republic of Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,308 t in 2009.
- How does Republic of Moldova rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Republic of Moldova ranks 6th out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Republic of Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 179.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Republic of Moldova 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).