Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Seychelles
Seychelles: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 127 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Seychelles, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 127 t for pesticides (total) — agricultural use in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Seychelles peaked at 630 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 47 t, in 1990.
That places Seychelles 152nd out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 47 t | — |
| 1991 | 49 t | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 51 t | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 68 t | +33.3% |
| 1994 | 66 t | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 108 t | +63.6% |
| 1996 | 109 t | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 123 t | +12.8% |
| 1998 | 87 t | -29.3% |
| 1999 | 73 t | -16.1% |
| 2000 | 62 t | -15.1% |
| 2001 | 55 t | -11.3% |
| 2002 | 127 t | +130.9% |
| 2003 | 123 t | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 125 t | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 68 t | -45.6% |
| 2006 | 78 t | +14.7% |
| 2007 | 133 t | +70.5% |
| 2008 | 370 t | +178.2% |
| 2009 | 531 t | +43.5% |
| 2010 | 630 t | +18.6% |
| 2011 | 440 t | -30.2% |
| 2012 | 315 t | -28.4% |
| 2013 | 158 t | -49.8% |
| 2014 | 111 t | -29.7% |
| 2015 | 85 t | -23.4% |
| 2016 | 101 t | +18.8% |
| 2017 | 98 t | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 98 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 104 t | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 118 t | +13.5% |
| 2021 | 121 t | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 119 t | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 121 t | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 127 t | +5.0% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 127 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,463 t, 9% of the median. (64 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 127 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 989 t, 13% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Seychelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +178.2% | 133 t | 370 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.1 t | 47 t | 123 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 167.2 t | 55 t | 531 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 214 t | 85 t | 630 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 121.2 t | 118 t | 127 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 149 Yemen 140 t compare
- 150 Bermuda 130 t compare
- 151 Luxembourg 129 t compare
- 153 Guinea 111 t compare
- 154 Malta 110 t compare
- 155 Montenegro 101 t compare
- 155 Saint Kitts and Nevis 101 t compare
More environment data for Seychelles
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.258 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.41 % 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 4.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Seychelles?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Seychelles was 127 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 630 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 47 t in 1990.
- How does Seychelles rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Seychelles ranks 152nd out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Seychelles 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).