Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 16 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Vanuatu, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Vanuatu stood at 16 t. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Vanuatu peaked at 172 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 16 t, in 2012.
That places Vanuatu 194th out of 216 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 94.7 t | 66 t | 172 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.4 t | 64 t | 86 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 20 t | 16 t | 48 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 16 t | 16 t | 16 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 191 New Caledonia 18 t compare
- 191 Sao Tome and Principe 18 t compare
- 193 British Virgin Islands 17 t compare
- 194 Montserrat 16 t compare
- 196 Andorra 15 t compare
- 196 Cook Islands 15 t compare
More environment data for Vanuatu
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 3.45 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 25.98 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 42 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 61.65 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 99.68 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 12.37 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 20 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.37 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 9.82 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 74.02 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Vanuatu?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Vanuatu was 16 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 172 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 t in 2012.
- How does Vanuatu rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Vanuatu ranks 194th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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).