Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Americas (excluding intra-trade)
Americas (excluding intra-trade): Pesticides (total) — Import quantity was 1.40 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Americas (excluding intra-trade), 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — import quantity in Americas (excluding intra-trade) is 1.40 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.5% on the previous year and up 97.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import quantity in Americas (excluding intra-trade) peaked at 1.40 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 90,420 t, in 1991.
That places Americas (excluding intra-trade) 4th out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Americas (excluding intra-trade), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 91,477 t | — |
| 1991 | 90,420 t | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 96,092 t | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 123,629 t | +28.7% |
| 1994 | 121,198 t | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 120,127 t | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 149,516 t | +24.5% |
| 1997 | 249,701 t | +67.0% |
| 1998 | 175,593 t | -29.7% |
| 1999 | 169,346 t | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 166,389 t | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 229,880 t | +38.2% |
| 2002 | 238,061 t | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 280,924 t | +18.0% |
| 2004 | 304,358 t | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 330,603 t | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 302,023 t | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 496,369 t | +64.3% |
| 2008 | 376,998 t | -24.0% |
| 2009 | 384,124 t | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 413,707 t | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 455,083 t | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 537,775 t | +18.2% |
| 2013 | 605,037 t | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 711,931 t | +17.7% |
| 2015 | 702,382 t | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 735,857 t | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 860,679 t | +17.0% |
| 2018 | 885,170 t | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 786,097 t | -11.2% |
| 2020 | 1.17 million t | +48.9% |
| 2021 | 1.15 million t | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.25 million t | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 1.13 million t | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 1.40 million t | +24.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 138,710 t | 90,420 t | 249,701 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 310,973 t | 166,389 t | 496,369 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 669,372 t | 413,707 t | 885,170 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.22 million t | 1.13 million t | 1.40 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas (excluding intra-trade)
- 1 Brazil 807,127 t compare
- 2 Viet Nam 192,715 t compare
- 2 Australia and New Zealand 289,968 t compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 92,575 t compare
- 3 Australia and New Zealand (excluding intra-trade) 281,163 t compare
- 4 France 276,081 t compare
- 4 Türkiye 55,964 t compare
- 5 Canada 274,026 t compare
- 6 Australia 269,902 t compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 35,293 t compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 21,757 t compare
- 7 Thailand 202,791 t compare
More environment data for Americas (excluding intra-trade)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 801,554 t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, gaps filled 1.28 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, annual growth rate -3.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 14.61 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 8.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 3.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 11.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 8.04 million t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value, annual growth rate 3.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 7.91 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — import quantity in Americas (excluding intra-trade)?
- Pesticides (total) — import quantity in Americas (excluding intra-trade) was 1.40 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Americas (excluding intra-trade)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.40 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Americas (excluding intra-trade)?
- The lowest recorded value was 90,420 t in 1991.
- How does Americas (excluding intra-trade) rank for pesticides (total) — import quantity?
- Americas (excluding intra-trade) ranks 4th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — import quantity rising or falling in Americas (excluding intra-trade)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 97.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas (excluding intra-trade) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Import 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.