Pesticides (total) — Export quantity in Belgium
Belgium: Pesticides (total) — Export quantity was 100,274 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 100,274 t for pesticides (total) — export quantity in 2024.
That represents a change of down 48.3% on the previous year and down 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — export quantity in Belgium peaked at 258,551 t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 77,325 t, in 2000.
That places Belgium 14th out of 210 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity in Belgium, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 77,325 t | — |
| 2001 | 93,842 t | +21.4% |
| 2002 | 99,809 t | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 96,437 t | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 106,335 t | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 226,681 t | +113.2% |
| 2006 | 220,028 t | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 231,384 t | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 258,551 t | +11.7% |
| 2009 | 230,895 t | -10.7% |
| 2010 | 150,070 t | -35.0% |
| 2011 | 163,890 t | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 156,831 t | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 139,727 t | -10.9% |
| 2014 | 148,206 t | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 160,779 t | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 163,999 t | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 196,229 t | +19.7% |
| 2018 | 191,446 t | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 190,576 t | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 215,750 t | +13.2% |
| 2021 | 216,416 t | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 233,861 t | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 194,010 t | -17.0% |
| 2024 | 100,274 t | -48.3% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 100,274 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,343 t, 42.8× the median. (67 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 100,274 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,374 t, 29.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Export quantity in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +113.2% | 106,335 t | 226,681 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 164,129 t | 77,325 t | 258,551 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 166,175 t | 139,727 t | 196,229 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 192,062 t | 100,274 t | 233,861 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 34.52 t compare
- 11 Hungary 104,356 t compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.8 t compare
- 12 Poland 103,967 t compare
- 13 Mexico 100,897 t compare
- 13 Polynesia 7.74 t compare
- 14 Micronesia 5.9 t compare
- 15 Guatemala 88,715 t compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 0.186 t compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.056 t compare
- 16 Israel 73,644 t compare
- 17 Indonesia 65,670 t compare
- 17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.0003 t compare
More environment data for Belgium
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.574 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5577 % 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 0.0605 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — export quantity in Belgium?
- Pesticides (total) — export quantity in Belgium was 100,274 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — export quantity recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 258,551 t in 2008.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — export quantity recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 77,325 t in 2000.
- How does Belgium rank for pesticides (total) — export quantity?
- Belgium ranks 14th out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — export quantity rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Export quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Trade domain contains data on internationally traded pesticides (values and quantities). Data are sourced from international and national trade statistics, predominantly from UN COMTRADE (from 1990 onwards) or from national country trade tapes (1961-1990). Data for the period 1961-1989 cover only Import and Export values (FAOSTAT element codes 5622 and 5922). Data from 1990 onwards also include Import and Export quantities (codes 5610 and 5910) and include a complete time-series for Pesticides (total). The domain contains information on the trade of pesticides products in either: a) finished forms and/or packaging; or b) separate chemically-defined compounds relevant to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.